'Humiliation', 'ambush'... How the British papers reacted to Boris Johnson's absence from Luxembourg press conference

No show: Prime Minister of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel goes ahead with a press conference yesterday despite Boris Johnson not joining him. Photo: Reuters

Alexander Britton

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's trip to the continent made headlines in today's papers with some calling it a "humiliation" and others an "ambush".

Mr Johnson travelled to Luxembourg for his first face-to-face meeting with European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker since entering Downing Street.