The boutique hotel at the centre of Hague controversy

The Foreign Secretary, William Hague, this week issued an extraordinary statement denying a “improper relationship” between him and his special advisor and former driver, Chris Myers.

The move came after several newspapers printed photographs of Hague with his young advisor, prompting gossip blogs to speculating the extent of their relationship.

It’s now been revealed that the two men shared a hotel room at a boutique hotel in Birmingham.

Both men stayed in the ‘Moet et Chandon’ twin room at Birmingham’s Hotel Du Vin in Church Street on April 29th.

Hague’s statement this week dismissed rumours that he had been in a relationship with Myers and defended his decision to appoint him. The statement commented:

He is easily qualified for the job he holds. Any suggestion that his appointment was due to an improper relationship between us is utterly false, as is any suggestion that I have ever been involved in a relationship with any man

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