By John Stevens
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Chillaxing? David Cameron enjoys a pint during a visit to a brewery
David Cameron mistakenly left his eight-year-old daughter in a pub by herself when he drove offwithout her, it was revealed last night.
The Prime Minister â€" who had been enjoying Sunday drinks with his family near Chequers â€" only realised his eldest daughter was missing when he arrived back at his official country residence.
The Camerons had been drinking at the Plough Inn, in Cadsden, Buckinghamshire, with their three children and two other families.
As they went to leave Nancy went off to the toilet without telling them.
The Prime Minister was driven back to Chequers, which is two miles from the pub, with protection officers in one car, while Mrs Cameron drove their other children in another.
Mr Cameron presumed that Nancy was in the car with his wife, while she thought that their daughter had jumped in with the Prime Minister.
A spokesman for the Prime Minister last night said he was ‘distraught’ when he realised what had happened.
‘Thankfully when they phoned the pub she was there safe and well,’ the spokesman said. ‘The Prime Minister went down straight away to get her.’
When Mr Cameron arrived back at the pub he found his daughter happily helping the pub staff.
It is understood she had been left by herself for 15 minutes.
Last night a pub ‘insider’ said: ‘You’d have thought that someone would have done a headcount or something.’
Popular: The Plough pub, where the Camerons are regulars
The Plough is a short drive away from Chequers
The source told The Sun: ‘It’s not like you can look up David Cameron in the phonebook and then ring to say you’ve left your daughter behind.
‘It’s frightening that the Prime Minister of Britain can forget something so important as his own daughter.’
Friends of Mr Cameron last month told how he enjoyed drinking ‘three or four glasses of wine’ over lunch at the weekend.
The revelations were in a biography that criticised the amount of time the Prime Minister spends ‘chillaxing’
The book records weekends at Chequers singing karaoke, playing frames of snooker, and tennis against a machine dubbed ‘The Clegger’.
After long lunches the Prime Minister likes to recharge his batteries with an afternoon nap, the book claimed.
Mrs Cameron thought her daughter had travelled back to Chequers with the Prime Minister
A source told the authors: ‘If there was an Olympic gold medal for ‘chillaxing’, the Prime Minister would win it.’
One adviser claimed that the Prime Minister ‘spends a crazy, scary amount of time playing Fruit Ninja’, a computer game in which players use a cartoon sword to slash fast-moving fruit.
Mr Cameron has previously been branded ‘DVD Dave’ for his love of watching Danish dramas in bed with his wife Samantha.
He also finds time for a weekly date night.
Plough landlord Steve Hollings, who has run the pub with his wife Sharon for more than 13 years, said the Prime Minister and his family regularly pop in for lunch or drinks.
Mr Hollings said Mr Cameron had again been in the pub with his family at lunchtime yesterday, and had spent about an hour there.
He said he had no knowledge of the incident with Nancy â€" thought to have happened about three weeks ago â€" and the family had enjoyed dr inks, opting to have lunch at Chequers instead.
Mr Hollings said: ‘We see the Prime Minister and his family whenever he is at Chequers. He normally comes in for some lunch or drinks. He’s a lovely family man and a nice customer.’
The Plough has been nestled in the picturesque Chiltern Hills since the 16th century and is the oldest pub in the area. Its traditional Sunday roast is served for £14.95.
The Prime Minister and his family spent Boxing Day lunch at the pub.
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Why is this news? Was the child harmed? No. Parents are NOT perfect, and they're not meant to be!
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Go easy on him, it's not like he has a great example to learn from. His parents palmed him off to a nanny at birth and then sent him to a boarding school when he was old enough to say "bye bye mummy". He would have been settled in to boarding by the time he was Nancy's age.
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Its a genuine mistake, its not like they were all travelling in one car. Samantha thought she was with david and vice versa so get over it. And yes i know hes the prime minister but he still is a human being and human beings are prone to making mistakes. Simples!!!!
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I hope he's paid for the extra fuel.
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Off course Cameron can " chillax", we are 75-90% governed by the czars based in Brussels, with its unelected EU President, have been for a long time. You can convert the Houses of Parliment into expensive appartments, as there's no need for our costly, approx 700, MPs and PM. The illusion of democracy is costing us billions,why? Get rid of the wasters now, we are being ruled by an EU dictatorship, or get out of the EU, the latter would be my choice.
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Our leader....
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Oh dear, oh dear. I bet anything that if someone from the 'general public' had done this, there would be hell to pay. I wonder what is going to happen with this next. It will be interesting to see.No further comment, even though I could go on to say,that, if he has forgotten his daughter, what else has is forgotten???? No doubt he will blame it due to the economic climate, stress etc.Anyone else would be in serious trouble.
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Very irresponsible but people make mistakes. I'm sure if they were somewhere unfamiliar they'd have taken greater care.
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Do head count all the time. You won't be so lucky next time, Mr. Prime Minister.
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This man is a walking embodiment of ineptitude.
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