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British PM leaves daughter in pub
Published: Monday June 11, 2012 | 9:05 am Comments 0
(AP) — Prime Minister David Cameron left his eight-year-old daughter in the pub following a Sunday lunch, after a mix-up with his wife Samantha.
British Prime Minister David Cameron's office confirmed the incident on Monday
The incident sparked a debate in Britain about Cameron's parenting and comes only a few weeks, after the government set up a program to give parents of young children classes in how to raise them.
The incident also highlighted a sharp contrast with the United States, where it is nearly inconceivable that a similar mistake would have been made with one of President Barack Obama's daughters.
On the popular British parenting website Mumsnet, some people said the mistake was "easily done" while others wondered why the Camerons had not kept a closer watch on their young daughter.
A Downing Street spokeswoman said the Camerons were at the Plough Inn, near the Chequers, the official country house prime ministers use while in office.
Nancy had gone to the bathroom while Cameron and the rest of the family piled into two cars to drive back to the house west of London.
Cameron was travelling in one car with his bodyguards and assumed that Nancy was in the other car with his wife Samantha and their two other children.
Samantha assumed Nancy was with her father, and they only realised she was missing when they got home.
A spokeswoman for Cameron, said "the prime minister and Samantha were distraught when they realised Nancy wasn't with them.
Thankfully when they phoned the pub she was there safe and well."
She said Nancy was separated from her parents for around 15 minutes until Cameron arrived to collect her.
The spokeswoman declined to say whether Cameron's security detail had erred in their duties, insisting that Cameron and his wife took responsibility for the incident.
"No one is going to face disciplinary action. This was an error."
"They are their children and they take responsibility for them," said the spokeswoman.
Published: Monday June 11, 2012 | 9:05 am Comments 0
(AP) — Prime Minister David Cameron left his eight-year-old daughter in the pub following a Sunday lunch, after a mix-up with his wife Samantha.
British Prime Minister David Cameron's office confirmed the incident on Monday
The incident sparked a debate in Britain about Cameron's parenting and comes only a few weeks, after the government set up a program to give parents of young children classes in how to raise them.
The incident also highlighted a sharp contrast with the United States, where it is nearly inconceivable that a similar mistake would have been made with one of President Barack Obama's daughters.
On the popular British parenting website Mumsnet, some people said the mistake was "easily done" while others wondered why the Camerons had not kept a closer watch on their young daughter.
A Downing Street spokeswoman said the Camerons were at the Plough Inn, near the Chequers, the official country house prime ministers use while in office.
Nancy had gone to the bathroom while Cameron and the rest of the family piled into two cars to drive back to the house west of London.
Cameron was travelling in one car with his bodyguards and assumed that Nancy was in the other car with his wife Samantha and their two other children.
Samantha assumed Nancy was with her father, and they only realised she was missing when they got home.
A spokeswoman for Cameron, said "the prime minister and Samantha were distraught when they realised Nancy wasn't with them.
Thankfully when they phoned the pub she was there safe and well."
She said Nancy was separated from her parents for around 15 minutes until Cameron arrived to collect her.
The spokeswoman declined to say whether Cameron's security detail had erred in their duties, insisting that Cameron and his wife took responsibility for the incident.
"No one is going to face disciplinary action. This was an error."
"They are their children and they take responsibility for them," said the spokeswoman.
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