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Signs of coronation celebrations are still visible all over central London.

The buntings still up, the Union Jacks still hoisted on virtually every flagpole.

Things were not so celebratory when Boris and the soon-to-be king went to Gigali, Rwanda.

Prince Charles, as he was then, had criticised the government's approach to small boats.

He was also planning a speech on slavery.

Boris squared up, confronted him and warned him.

I'd be carefully said,

or you'll end up having to sell the Duchy of Cornwall to pay reparations for those who built it.

Relations never fully recovered.

I'm Gita Harry. I was Boris Johnson's communications chief, and I spent many hectic days and nights behind that shiny black door. In my podcast, I'll take you inside Number 10 Downing Street

and reveal what lurks within. I was up close and personal with the government machine,

as it wrestled with Brexit, COVID,

lockdowns, leaks, the war in the Ukraine, the cost of living crisis, and the scandals that

plagued our politics.

All guidance was followed. There was no party. I'm here to say to you, hand on heart,

that I did not lie to the house.

Boris and I go way back, but I've always called him out when he's lost his way.

And we disagreed fundamentally on Brexit.

Me, an avid remaner, him the driving force behind leaving the EU.

Get Brexit done.

I was in the room when plans were forged, crises dealt with, and yes, sometimes made worse.

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