Downing Avenue officers have reportedly drawn up plans for when ‘chief mouser’ at Quantity 10, Larry the cat dies.

Probably the UK’s most well-known feline, Larry has reached the ripe outdated age of 17, which for a cat may be very a lot the twilight years.

Subsequently, preparations – codenamed Larry Bridges – are quietly being put in place for when he passes away, studies The Instances.

The identify is a nod to the code used for getting ready what would occur when Elizabeth II died. ‘Bridge’ comes from ‘London Bridge is falling down’.

Larry’s plans apparently deal with how the information of his loss of life can be introduced.

Larry, who it’s believed is at present wholesome, has been an everyday fixture at Quantity 10 since he was adopted from Battersea Cats and Canine House in 2011 as a pet for then prime minister David Cameron’s household.

He remained on the tackle after Mr Cameron moved on and has since seen the arrival of 5 extra prime ministers, Boris Johnson, Theresa Could, Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak and most lately, Sir Keir Starmer.

We don’t know whether or not he has a favorite chief, however we don’t suppose it was Britain’s shortest serving PM, Ms Truss.

A video caught him giving the previous Tory chief the chilly shoulder as she tried to introduce him to Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen.

Larry’s official function is described as ‘inspecting safety defences and testing vintage furnishings for napping high quality’, in addition to ‘considering an answer to the mouse occupancy of the home’. 

The tabby hasn’t simply seen a number of politicians come and go, he’s needed to take care of the odd fellow cat, which hasn’t all the time gone easily.

He had a long-standing feud with the International Places of work’s cat Palmerston, who retired in 2019.

And police needed to break up a battle between Larry after which chancellor George Osbourne’s cat Freya.

It’s not clear how nicely he will get on with present cat in residence, Sir Keir’s Jojo.

The Labour Prime Minister has beforehand spoken of his fondness for Jojo, who the household obtained from a rescue centre, even joking that the cat ‘is handled with way more respect in our family than I’m’.

In response to hypothesis round operation Larry Bridges, his parody account on X (@Number10Cat), which has nearly 900,000 followers, posted: ‘Plans are being made for tips on how to announce my passing when that unhappy day comes. 

‘My want is to be stuffed and positioned above a hearth in Downing Avenue as a continuing reminder that the inhabitants shouldn’t do something silly.’

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