TONY Blair was forced to pull out of an event he was due to host with former US president Bill Clinton last night after his father Leo was taken seriously ill.
The former prime minister was to have led an "in conversation" event with Mr Clinton at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in central London, but sent an apology after he had to rush to his father's bedside.
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