UK First Lady Akshata Murty offers peek into 10 Downing Street life

Murty is said to have commissioned exquisite fabrics for the flat, which is “far less glitz” than that associated with the Johnsons’ now-infamous ostentatious redecoration London: Akshata Murty, the Indian wife of Rishi Sunak, plans to make 10 Downing Street a more accessible place during her tenure as UK First Lady and has offered a peek into the official residence of the British Prime Minister, according to a magazine feature released on Wednesday. “There will be a different vibe now,” a friend tells the magazine, with reference to Murty’s plans to move away from the more closed style of her predecessor, Boris Johnson’s wife Carrie Johnson. 10 Downing Street when Rishi Sunak was still chancellor and the family of four including daughters Krishna, 11, and Anoushka, 9 used that as their home. Murty is said to have commissioned exquisite fabrics for the flat, which is far less glitz than that associated with the Johnsons now-infamous ostentatious redecoration We made long, fully interlined curtains for all five windows overlooking the garden, hand-pleated and held back with heavy coordinating tassels in red, gold, and the ivory of the damask, interior designer John Challis tells the magazine.