In Britain, Lord John Browne, the chief executive who transformed BP from a second-tier European oil company into a global giant, resigned after admitting he had lied in court about the circumstances in which he had met a gay companion (apparently, he met him through a male escort agency). In resigning, he said that he had always regarded his sexuality as a personal matter, and he was disappointed that a newspaper – The Mail on Sunday – had made it public.
在英国，英国石油公司的首席执行官布朗爵士将该公司从一个二流的欧洲石油公司转变为一个全球性巨人。他在承认他在法庭中就有关他如何遇上一位同性恋伴侣（很明显，他通过一个男性陪伴机构遇上他的）的问题上撒谎后辞职。在辞职的时候，他说他一直认为他的性问题是个人事务，而且他对星期天邮报将此事公之于众感到失望。