The cabinet minister is facing an investigation over a series of abusive and threatening messages sent to the then Tory chief whip complaining about not being invited to the royal funeral.
Sir Gavin, who was a backbencher at the time, accused Wendy Morton of using the death of the monarch to "punish" senior MPs who were out of favour with Liz Truss's government.
The exchange of messages, obtained by The Sunday Times, concluded with him saying: "Well let's see how many more times you fuck us all over. There is a price for everything."
The paper said the then party chairman, Sir Jake Berry, informed Rishi Sunak the day before he entered No 10 that Ms Morton had submitted a formal complaint to the party about Sir Gavin's conduct.
Both Sir Jake and Ms Morton lost their jobs in the ensuing reshuffle while Sir Gavin - a former chief whip and a supporter of Mr Sunak returned to government.
In the messages, Sir Gavin complained it was "very poor" that privy councillors - senior politicians who formally advise the monarch - who "aren't favoured" have been excluded from the funeral at Westminster Abbey.
This story is from the November 06, 2022 edition of The Independent.
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