The children of Britain's former finance minister, Jeremy Hunt, left welcome notes for Keir Starmer's children at his Downing Street residence, a gesture that the

country's new prime minister described as "really sweet and thoughtful."

Starmer, who secured a landslide election victory last week, has not yet moved into his new home. He did not want to leave his children there while he and his wife attended the NATO summit in Washington this week.

"In terms of notes, what I will tell you is this: it was very nice. Jeremy Hunt's children left notes for our children coming into the Number 11 flat," Starmer told reporters, referring to the residence often used by the finance minister.

Number 11 Downing Street is located next door to Starmer's Number 10 office but offers more space, so in recent years, some prime ministers have chosen to live there.

"We have not moved in yet because we didn't want to leave the kids there while we were away, but I think that was really sweet and thoughtful of them to do that because for children this is very impactful."

"They have been through it. They are slightly different ages, but for them to be thoughtful enough to leave a note is very special," Starmer said. "Our children were very pleased to get those notes."

Starmer and his wife are very protective of their children's privacy but have shared that they have one daughter and one son. Hunt has three children. Photo by robertsharp, Wikimedia commons.