WATCH: Boris Johnson recites beautiful Shakespearean sonnet for GB News viewers

Oliver Trapnell

By Oliver Trapnell


Published: 26/03/2026

- 22:20

Updated: 26/03/2026

- 22:25

Boris Johnson has regaled GB News viewers with a beautiful Shakespearean sonnet in honour of Shakespeare Week - a national annual celebration giving primary school-aged children experiences of Britain's most famous playwright.

Speaking from the University of Miami, the former British Prime Minister delivered the 14-line poem in perfect iambic pentameter.

Mr Johnson said it was a "very handy thing to have under your bonnet".

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