BORIS Johnson’s father will be applying for French citizenship in the wake of Brexit.

Stanley Johnson was speaking to France’s RTL commercial radio network when he said he would be applying in order to maintain his ties with Europe.

The 80-year-old former MEP said getting French citizenship was “about reclaiming what I already have”.

Speaking in French, he told RTL: “If I understand it correctly, I am French.

“My mother was born in France, her mother was totally French as was her grandfather. So for me it is about reclaiming what I already have. And that makes me very happy.

“I will always be a European, that’s for sure. One cannot tell the British people: you are not Europeans. Having a tie with the European Union is important.”

New rules that only allow British citizens to stay in EU countries for 90 days out of every 180 have been seen as damaging to those who own holiday homes in the EU, as Johnson does.

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The Prime Minister’s father made headlines in July after flying to Greece to spend time in his villa despite the pandemic and associated guidance.

Johnson has often been photographed by members of the public traveling on public transport without a mask, also in direct contravention of Covid regulations. 

Although Stanley Johnson says he voted Remain in the 2016 European referendum, his application is reminiscent of Nigel Farage, who reportedly applied for a German passport just one day after the Leave result was announced.

Although UKIP denied Farage has applied for a German passport, he himself has never publicly done so.

Furthermore, German police documents reported by Skawkbox from October 2016 seem to put the fact that Farage applied for a passport from that nation beyond doubt.