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British PM David Cameron leaves daughter at pub in mix-up

Plough Inn pub near the Prime Minister's country retreat Chequers
Plough Inn pub near the Prime Minister's country retreat Chequers

The British Prime Minister accidentally left his eight-year-old daughter in the pub following a Sunday lunch, after a mix-up with his wife, his Downing Street office has confirmed.

David and Samantha Cameron's daughter, Nancy, had wandered off to the toilets while they were arranging lifts and it was only realised she was not with them when they got home.

Mr Cameron rushed back to the Plough Inn in Cadsden, Bucks, where he found his daughter with staff.

A Downing Street spokesman 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. The Prime Minister went down straight away to get her."

The Camerons were at the pub near their country retreat Chequers with Nancy and their other children Arthur, six, and 22-month-old Florence, as well as two other families.

When Mr Cameron left the pub he went home in one car with his bodyguards and thought Nancy was with his wife and their other children in another car.

Mrs Cameron had assumed her eldest daughter was with her father.

The young girl was away from her parents for about 15 minutes.