Freya (cat)
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| Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office | |
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In office 16 September 2012 – 9 November 2014 Serving with Larry |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Succeeded by | Larry |
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| Born | c. April 2009 (age 7) London, United Kingdom |
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| Gender | Female |
| Owned by | George Osborne |
Freya (born c. April 2009) is a tabby cat owned by the former Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom George Osborne and his family.
Freya went missing from the Osbornes' house in Notting Hill when she was just a few months old and after searching West London for her, the family assumed she had died or had become lost. In June 2012, Osborne's wife received a call telling her that Freya was alive and the family brought her home. In September 2012, Freya shared the role of Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office with the Downing Street cat Larry. In November 2014, Freya was retired from the position to the Kent countryside.
Freya is a tabby cat owned by former Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, his wife and their two children. In 2009, when Freya was a few months old, she went missing from the Osbornes' house in Notting Hill. The family searched west London for her and put up posters, but they did not find her. The family eventually gave up hope, assuming she had been lost or died.
In early June 2012, Frances Osborne received a call telling her Freya was alive and living in a garden near her family's former Notting Hill house. She had been fed and looked after by a neighbour. After bringing Freya to their home above 10 Downing Street, the Osbornes introduced her to the Cameron family's cat, Larry. A Treasury spokesman stated "She is settling in nicely and getting on well with family, staff and Larry." Freya was then allowed outside to explore her surroundings.
On 16 September 2012, Nigel Nelson from The People reported the Prime Minister David Cameron had sacked Larry from his position as Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office and installed Freya instead. Nelson revealed that Cameron had become fed up with Larry's laziness. It took him six months to make his first kill and a Daily Mail reporter commented that it appeared he had not made any since.
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