Buckingham Palace has strongly rejected ''outrageous'' claims by a Labour MP that officials tried to warn David Cameron against appointing former News of the World editor Andy Coulson as his director of communications.
The Palace issued a formal denial after Chris Bryant claimed senior figures had sought to relay their concerns directly to No 10.
''Very senior people at Buckingham Palace were very troubled by the appointment of Andy Coulson and tried to make it absolutely clear to the Prime Minister,'' he told the BBC.
''I am not sure whether this information ever got directly to the Prime Minister, but it certainly got to senior figures at Downing Street.''
A Palace spokesman said: ''On no occasion did any officials from Buckingham Palace raise concerns to Downing Street and indeed it is outrageous to suggest this.''
A No 10 source described Mr Bryant's claims as ''scurrilous'' and ''complete rubbish''.
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