Update (0815ET): British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said he was "very sorry" after pictures of him kissing and embracing his top aide, a friend hired last year, were splashed on the front page of the Sun newspaper. However, he has said he will not resign.

As Summit News' Paul Joseph Watson detailed earlier,yet another architect of the UK's lockdown has been caught violating it as photos revealed Health Secretary Matt Hancock passionately kissing his mistress at a time when Brits were being told they shouldn't even shake hands.

"Health Secretary Matt Hancock has been having a secret affair with his closest aide," reports the Sun. "He cheated on his wife with Gina Coladangelo, 43, who he hired last year with taxpayers' money, as Covid gripped Britain."

The photos were taken on May 6, when restrictions that prevented people from meeting indoors and even shaking hands with each other were still in place.

Hancock's affair almost certainly was going on for much longer before that.

According to a government whistleblower, it was "shocking that Mr Hancock was having an affair in the middle of a pandemic with an adviser and friend he used public money to hire."