Downing Street staff held two parties the night before Prince Philip’s funeral, it’s been claimed.
Hours before the Queen mourned, No10 workers boozed.
One bash was a leaving do for Boris Johnson’s director of communications James Slack on April 16 last year.
Another was to say goodbye to the PM’s photographer.
Someone was dispatched to a nearby Co-op with a suitcase which they packed with wine, it was reported.
And a staffer is said to have broken the PM’s son Wilf’s garden swing.
At the photographer’s leaving do, a laptop was allegedly placed on a photocopier and music blared out, according to the Daily Telegraph.
While the events started indoors, they moved to the garden where the two groups merged, it is said.
One witness claimed staff were worried wine was spilling on a carpet as they danced.
Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey said: “While the Queen mourned, No10 partied. Johnson must go.”
Advice at the time said: “You can meet outdoors, including in gardens, in groups of six people or two households.”
Johnson was not at the parties, having left for Chequers the previous day.
Scotland Yard has been accused of “losing public trust” by not investigating the Downing Street Partygate scandal.
The news came as Andrew Bridgen, the Conservative MP for North West Leicestershire, was the latest to publicly announce he had submitted a letter of no confidence in the Prime Minister on Thursday night.
He was the fifth MP to say he had written to Sir Graham Brady, the chair of the 1922 Committee, calling for a vote on the PM's future as head of the party.
Bridgen told BBC Newsnight: "With a heavy heart, I have written a letter to Sir Graham Brady indicating that I have no confidence in the Prime Minister and calling for a leadership election."
The Telegraph reported that as many as 30 letters have been submitted so far. A total of 54 are needed to trigger a vote.
A blow was also landed on the PM from the Sutton Coldfield Conservatives, an association in a safe Tory seat, which reportedly passed a motion calling for Mr Johnson to stand down.
A No10 spokeswoman said of Mr Slack's leaving do: "On this individual's last day he gave a farewell speech to thank each team for the work they had done to support him, both those who had to be in the office for work and on a screen for those working from home."
Mr Slack was contacted for comment.
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