BP boss Lord Browne was forced to quit yesterday after lying about a gay affair with a lover less than half his age.

Lord
Browne, 59 - who worked for the oil giant for 41 years and was due to
retire in just two months - misses out on a £15million pay-off.

He
resigned after he lied to a court about how he met his lover of four
years, Jeff Chevalier, 27. Lord Browne was trying to stop details of
his affair being made public.

Lord Browne, who split up
with Chevalier last year, resigned from oil giant BP after losing a
legal fight to stop his ex-lover telling of their life together. He had
previously won an injunction banning a newspaper from printing the
embarrassing kiss and tell revelations.

But
it was lifted yesterday after the millionaire admitted he had lied to
the High Court about how he met Chevalier. Lord Browne said they first
met in London's Battersea Park when in fact they made contact through a
gay website.

He was named Britain's most admired business leader from 1999 to 2002.
He was one of the first company directors to be paid more than
£1million a year. Tony Blair knighted him in 2001 and his relationship
with No10 grew so close the firm was dubbed Blair Petroleum. But now that is all over and BP for him will always stand for Butt Pain... :-)