Lee Mack makes dig about Partygate scandal at Platinum Party at the Palace in front of Boris Johnson

Comedian Lee Mack made a dig at Prime Minister Boris Johnson on stage at the Platinum Party at the Palace as he was seated just metres away with the royal family. The Freeze the Fear host took to the stage at the star-studded concert to mark Her Majesty the Queen's 70 years on the throne.

Almost immediately he made a jibe at the Prime Minister's expense to cheers from the crowd. "Welcome to the Party at the Palace," he said. "We are here outside the gates of Buckingham Palace for a party of a lifetime."

And he added: "Finally we can say the words party and gate and its positive." The joke was greeted with laughter from the audience gathered in The Mall for the celebrations who include people who worked on the frontline during the Covid pandemic.

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On Friday Mr Johnson and his wife Carrie were greeted by a chorus of boos from spectators as they arrived for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee thanksgiving service at St Paul's Cathedral. Last month Mr Johnson dismissed calls to resign after a damning report found there had been a culture of Covid rule breaking in Downing Street during lockdown.

Civil servant Sue Gray concluded in her 37-page report that there had been "failures of leadership" in Number 10 that had resulted in regular gatherings "not in line with Covid guidance." Facing the Commons Mr Johnson said he had been "humbled" by the report but told MPs he was "not aware" of several parties taking place in the offices below his flat.

The Gray report gave details of gatherings at which officials drank so much they were sick, sang karaoke, became involved in altercations and abused security and