It’s Finally Been Revealed Why Boris Johnson Made Charlotte Owen A Peer

The reason former prime minister Boris Johnson made Charlotte Owen the youngest ever life peer was finally revealed last night.

The former aide to the Tory leader was given a place in the Lords as part of Johnson’s resignation honours list, becoming Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge and sitting as a Conservative peer at the age of 30.

Johnson’s press spokesperson Ross Kempsell, then 31, also secured a place in the Lords at the same time.

Their appointments triggered a major backlash at the time as critics questioned why the two deserved the right to help make the UK’s laws for the rest of their lives.

Journalist Martin Rosenbaum subsequently took the House of Lords appointments commission to a first-tier tribunal to reveal who had written letters of citation for the pair.

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