Cherie Blair backed Tony Blair to sit for a portrait - which caused a headache for aides, documents reveal

Cherie Blair was 'adamant' her husband Tony should sit for a portrait to be hung in Lincoln's Inn, the inn of court he was a member of as he trained as a barrister - but it caused a headache for his aides, the files reveal. But Ms Millar suggested it might be possible to 'slip it into the Dining Hall at Lincoln's Inn without anyone noticing' if it was done on the understanding that it was a private sitting, that the artist Jonathan Yeo was not able to do any publicity on the back of it, and that the portrait was not subsequently 'unveiled'. Mr Blair did eventually sit for a portrait by Mr Yeo shortly after leaving office. Former Prime Minister Tony Blair did eventually sit for a portrait by Mr Yeo shortly after leaving office Former prime minister Tony Blair and his wife Cherie, who was 'adamant' her husband should sit for a portrait to be hung in Lincoln's Inn