David Cameron last night revealed that his seven year-old daughter does not believe he was Prime Minister – just two years after he left office.
The former Prime Minister made the confession as he returned to Westminster for a speech for the first time since he left Downing Street after losing the Brexit referendum.
He also revealed that his proudest achievement in office is committing the UK spends 0.7 per cent of its national income on aid.
Florence was born in August 2010 just a couple of months after her father was voted in as leader of the Coalition Government and spent most of her life living in Number 10.
But Mr Cameron told the audience that she finds it hard to believe that he once led the country.
He said: ‘It’s almost two years since I left Downing Street. Sometimes it feels like 10 minutes. Sometimes it feels like 10 years.
David Cameron (pictured leaving No 10 with, L to R, his daughters Nancy, Florence, with Samantha and son Arthur) last night revealed that his seven year-old daughter Florence does not believe he was Prime Minister – just two years after he left office.
Florence (pictured as a newborn with her mother Samantha) was born in August 2010 just a couple of months after her father was voted in as leader of the Coalition Government and spent most of her life living in Number 10
‘It was only a few months ago that my daughter Florence said to me — ‘Daddy, when are we going home?’
‘But only a few weeks ago she actually turned round and said, ‘Daddy, were you really Prime Minister?’
Mr Cameron had four children with his wife Samantha – Nancy, 14, Arthur, 12, Florence and Ivan, who died aged six in 2009.
His comments came a day after his wife revealed that she did not enjoy her time in Downing Street and described waving in public as the worst part of being wife of the Prime Minister.
The 47-year-old made many public appearances alongside her husband during his time as premier between 2010 and 2016.
But she said she felt ‘awkward’ waving to crowds in both the UK and abroad and felt it was something for the Royal Family alone to do.
She even tried to persuade Barack Obama and his wife to skip the gesture while in Washington.
Mrs Cameron told The Time: ‘I remember we had to stand next to the Obamas in Washington once and I tried to say, ‘Can we not do the waving thing?’
‘So we are standing there, and it is going quite well, and then of course Obama starts waving, and Dave starts waving.’
Mr Cameron spent six years as Prime Minister – first in the Coalition Government and then leading the Tories to a shock majority victory in 2015.
Samantha Cameron has revealed she hated public waving during her time in Downing Street. She is pictured here avoiding the gesture alongside husband David, second left, and former President Barack Obama, second right, and first lady Michelle, left,
He fronted the Remain campaign during the EU referendum and dramatically quit as PM after Britain voted for Brexit.
Last night he also revealed that his proudest achievement in office is committing the UK spends 0.7 per cent of its national income on aid.
The target is highly controversial and many critics in the Tory Party have called for it to be scrapped amid claims it is being spent on frivolous projects.
But Mr Cameron said: ‘Two years give you time to reflect — obviously from my shed, as you may have heard — about the things you got wrong, and the things that you got right.
‘The decision to deliver 0.7 percent of our gross national income in aid is one of the things that I am proudest of.
‘The most important thing was the act of political will to make this choice. We shouldn’t underestimate the controversy, or the difficulty, or the unpopularity, to be frank, among some people.’