FOREIGN Secretary William Hague has revealed his aide Christopher Myers had resigned following “untrue and deeply distressing” rumours about the nature of their relationship.

In an extraordinarily frank statement, Mr Hague said suggestions that Mr Myers’s appointment was due to an improper relationship between them were “utterly false” and he denied his marriage to wife Ffion was in trouble.

He also revealed that he and Ffion have suffered the trauma of multiple miscarriages, including one this summer, but added that their marriage was “strong”.

Mr Hague’s highly personal statement is an attempt to draw a line under rumours that had been circulating over the internet.

The Foreign Secretary said: “Any suggestion that his appointment was due to an improper relationship between us is utterly false, as is any suggestion that I have ever been involved in a relationship with any man.”

Mr Hague admitted to “occasionally” sharing hotel rooms with Mr Myers during the election.

But he added: “In hindsight, I should have given greater consideration to what might have been made of that, but this is in itself no justification for allegations of this kind, which are untrue and deeply distressing to me, to Ffion and to Christopher.”