From the speed of lockdowns to a macho culture in Downing Street, Britain’s former prime minister faced a two-day grilling.

The former prime minister started the day being heckled by four protesters and finished it by being booed as he left

The former prime minister said his government had initially underestimated the coronavirus. But he insisted that he and his aides had done the best they could at the time.

Four protesters — who were quiet, but holding signs aimed at Johnson — were removed from the COVID-19 inquiry.

Boris Johnson's love life and family have been the interest of many over the years, as the former PM has divorced twice and fathered a child from a secret affair

It comes after criticism of the former UK prime minister and the culture inside Downing Street during the pandemic

Boris Johnson will claim he delayed implementing the first lockdown based on Sir Chris Whitty's advice when he gives evidence at Wednesday's Covid Inquiry.

The bombshell WhatsApp messages between former Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings were show to the Covid Inquiry and relate to the first lockdown

Boris Johnson was driven up to the venue in central London nearly three hours before his appearance is scheduled to begin at 10am.

Ushers were ordered to remove four people from the hearing room by inquiry chair Baroness Heather Hallet as Johnson began his evidence.