Sir Keir Starmer today revealed his ‘tiny’ new kitten Prince is yet to meet Downing Street’s famous cat Larry.
The Prime Minister expressed his concern that fur could fly in No10 if the pair were to cross paths.
The Stamer family adopted Prince, a Siberian kitten, not long after moving into Downing Street this summer.
It followed what the PM had described as ‘negotiations’ with his children about getting a dog.
Asked for an update on Prince during an appearance on ITV’s This Morning, Sir Keir said: ‘Prince is the name of the kitten. So, Prince and Larry haven’t met yet.
‘I am worried that Larry will come off the better – the kitten is tiny.’
Sir Keir Starmer revealed his ‘tiny’ new kitten Prince is yet to meet Downing Street ‘s famous cat Larry
Larry the cat, whose title is Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office, is Downing Street’s most famous feline occupant
Larry is known to get into scrapes and was previously pictured brawling with Palmerston – the resident feline at the Foreign Office
Larry the cat, whose title is Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office, is Downing Street’s most famous feline occupant.
But he is known to get into scrapes and was previously pictured brawling with Palmerston – the resident feline at the Foreign Office.
Since the Starmer family moved into the flat above No 11, Larry has been joined by the PM’s rescue cat Jojo, and now Prince.
Sir Keir also told ITV how he had visited an escape room for his daughter’s birthday over the weekend.
‘When she first said it, I said, ‘Oh, that’s great. I’ll have a nice cup of coffee, and we’ll see you when you get out’,’ he said.
‘She said. ‘No, no, no, you’re in there with me’. So we did it yesterday.’
He added the family would now start making its Christmas plans following the event.
Asked about his choice of Christmas film, the PM said he was likely to be at the back of the queue when it came to choosing.
‘Love Actually would be quite interesting this year actually,’ he added.
In the 2003 Richard Curtis comedy, Hugh Grant plays a fictional prime minister, who in one scene dances through the halls of an empty Downing Street.
Palmerston has retired from mousing duties at the Foreign Office in 2020 and moved to the countryside.
