The British Home Secretary apologized with a smile for stepping on a guide dog.

MOSCOW, October 4 – RIA Novosti. British Home Secretary Suella Braverman apologized after stepping on a guide dog’s tail while speaking to representatives of Guide Dogs UK, a charity that supports blind and visually impaired people, a newspaper reported on Wednesday. daily express.

“I feel like I should start with an apology… I don’t think any dogs were harmed during the filming of my visit. But for the record, let me apologize to all the dogs,” he said. The video, shot the day before the event, was published on the newspaper’s website.

The head of the UK Home Office also added that he had no idea what was going on until he was shown the photo. At the same time, the minister smiled while apologizing, and loud laughter was heard in the hall at that time.

Shortly before that, a photo was circulating on social networks in which Braverman was standing next to the Guide Dogs UK stand set up at the Conservative Party congress and talking with a representative of the organization. The minister, also wearing low-heeled shoes, stands with one foot on the tail of a dog whose leash is held by a blind man with dark glasses.

The organization Guide Dogs UK itself half-jokingly noted on social media