Rishi Sunak moved to 10 Downing Street with Nova in November 2022.
Larry the Cat, the Chief Mouser to the UK Cabinet Office, “would not get on” with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s canine, his spouse Akshata Murty has mentioned. Speaking to youngsters on Sky News FYI present, Ms Murty mentioned Larry has had some “heated exchanges” with the household’s labrador Nova, who has had “combined feelings” about dwelling at 10 Downing Street. The cat accomplished 12 years because the Chief Mouser earlier this yr. The rescue cat has been the Downing Street cat since 2011 when then PM David Cameron and his spouse Samantha received him as a pet for his or her youngsters.
Now, giving perception into life at Downing Street, Ms Murty talked in regards to the household’s canine and its fights with Larry the Cat.
“Nova has combined feelings about (dwelling right here) as a result of she typically would not get on with Larry the Cat. And they’ve had some heated exchanges and Larry’s come out on prime,” she mentioned.
Despite the tensions between the animals, Ms Murty mentioned on the Sky News present that she felt “honoured” to stay within the Prime Minister’s official residence.
Larry has served as a trusted companion to 5 UK Prime Ministers: David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and now Mr Sunak, who got here into workplace a yr in the past.
On microblogging platform X (then Twitter), Larry the Cat had posted an indignant response after Mr Sunak and his household moved to 10 Downing Street with their fox-red Labrador in November 2022.
“ANOTHER canine?! Bring again Liz Truss…” Larry had mentioned.
The response had generated a whole lot of response from customers, who gave Larry some recommendation.
Before Nova, the previous Prime Minister of the UK Boris Johnson had introduced his pet Dilyn, a Jack Russell Cross breed canine, into the official London residence in 2019. And, even at the moment, the cat was not prepared to welcome the brand new member and wrote, “Confirmation that Downing Street goes to the dogs….” on Twitter.
