U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his family were spoken to by a police officer after letting their dog off the leash in London's Hyde Park, police said Tuesday.
It comes after a video was shared on TikTok appearing to show the prime minister and his family allowing their Labrador, Nova, to roam freely in an area where rules say dogs must be kept on a leash."We are aware of a video showing a dog being walked off the lead in Hyde Park," the Metropolitan Police force said in a statement. "An officer, who was present at the time, spoke to a woman and reminded her of the rules. The dog was put back on the lead.
Last year, when he was Treasury chief, he was fined 50 pounds for breaching pandemic lockdown rules by briefly attending a party inside government offices. He was one of dozens of officials fined over the "partygate" scandal, including then Prime Minister Boris Johnson.Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak holds a joint press conference with EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at Windsor Guildhall, Windsor, England, Monday Feb.
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