<p>British Prime Minister's office fell prey to a Valentine's Day gag put up by a comedian claiming to offer flowers from US President Donald Trump to Theresa May, it emerged today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>An unidentified female No 10 Downing Street aide revealed hydrangeas - a type of plant native to southern and eastern Asia and the Americas - were May's favourite flowers after ringing serial trickster Heydon Prowse back on his mobile number.<br /><br />During the six-minute exchange, the prankster claimed to be "Jeff Arnold", an assistant to White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer in the Oval Office, 'The Sun' reported.<br /><br />After being put through to the British prime minister's office, he asked what May's favourite flowers were because they "want to send something really nice for Valentine's Day".<br /><br />The aide said she's not 100 per cent sure "off the top of her head" but said she will check and get back to him.<br /><br />She ringed him back a short while later asking: "Can I check who the gift is coming from?" The prankster replied: "It's essentially from Mr Trump but Sean Spicer is organising it."<br /><br />She then responded: "Ah yes, I see, excellent, fantastic. Ok, my hunch is hydrangeas."<br /><br />The prankster exclaimed: "Hydrangeas, absolutely fabulous, ok", before the aide interrupted to reveal May is a "keen gardener".<br /><br />"We'll send over a lovely Valentine's gift. Please pass Mr Trump's regards onto Theresa because really he is such a lovely man and he had such a lovely time with Theresa he just wants to pass than onto her, ok?"<br /><br />The aide then replied: "Of course I will certainly relay that message," before the call ended.<br /><br />The pranksters said they couldn't believe May's officials didn't realise even when they left a local UK mobile to call back on.<br /><br />Joe Wade, from the Don't Panic advertising agency behind the sting, said they were shocked aides fell for the joke.<br /><br />Agency founder Joe Wade told the newspaper: "We thought this was a fun thing to do to celebrate Valentine's Day. "It was a spontaneous idea to show how special Donald Trump and Theresa May's relationship is.<br /><br />"Donald Trump is a comical character. We just want to make people think about things in a slightly different way."<br /><br />Comedian Heydon Prowse previously managed to get past staff and security at former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's home in central London – pretending to measure up for a commemorative stained glass window. <br /></p>
<p>British Prime Minister's office fell prey to a Valentine's Day gag put up by a comedian claiming to offer flowers from US President Donald Trump to Theresa May, it emerged today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>An unidentified female No 10 Downing Street aide revealed hydrangeas - a type of plant native to southern and eastern Asia and the Americas - were May's favourite flowers after ringing serial trickster Heydon Prowse back on his mobile number.<br /><br />During the six-minute exchange, the prankster claimed to be "Jeff Arnold", an assistant to White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer in the Oval Office, 'The Sun' reported.<br /><br />After being put through to the British prime minister's office, he asked what May's favourite flowers were because they "want to send something really nice for Valentine's Day".<br /><br />The aide said she's not 100 per cent sure "off the top of her head" but said she will check and get back to him.<br /><br />She ringed him back a short while later asking: "Can I check who the gift is coming from?" The prankster replied: "It's essentially from Mr Trump but Sean Spicer is organising it."<br /><br />She then responded: "Ah yes, I see, excellent, fantastic. Ok, my hunch is hydrangeas."<br /><br />The prankster exclaimed: "Hydrangeas, absolutely fabulous, ok", before the aide interrupted to reveal May is a "keen gardener".<br /><br />"We'll send over a lovely Valentine's gift. Please pass Mr Trump's regards onto Theresa because really he is such a lovely man and he had such a lovely time with Theresa he just wants to pass than onto her, ok?"<br /><br />The aide then replied: "Of course I will certainly relay that message," before the call ended.<br /><br />The pranksters said they couldn't believe May's officials didn't realise even when they left a local UK mobile to call back on.<br /><br />Joe Wade, from the Don't Panic advertising agency behind the sting, said they were shocked aides fell for the joke.<br /><br />Agency founder Joe Wade told the newspaper: "We thought this was a fun thing to do to celebrate Valentine's Day. "It was a spontaneous idea to show how special Donald Trump and Theresa May's relationship is.<br /><br />"Donald Trump is a comical character. We just want to make people think about things in a slightly different way."<br /><br />Comedian Heydon Prowse previously managed to get past staff and security at former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's home in central London – pretending to measure up for a commemorative stained glass window. <br /></p>