After he resigned on Tuesday night saying he could no longer remain loyal to the prime minister, he steered clear of the public eye.
But his wife, daughter of a billionaire, walked out of their London home to show the media some hospitality.
The 42-year-old was carrying a tray of tea and biscuits that she placed on a table before disappearing back inside.
Ms Murty, an Indian citizen, was the subject of a tax dispute earlier this year that cost her husband some of the public’s trust in his family’s honesty.
She chose to claim non-dominance status, meaning she doesn’t have to pay UK tax on her overseas income.
The non-dom arrangement is legal. But when the scheme came to light in April, Labor said it would be “breathtaking hypocrisy” for the then-chancellor’s wife to cut her tax bill while he was collecting them for millions of workers.
Ms. Murty owns a 0.9 percent stake in Infosys, the software giant founded by her father.
Over the past seven and a half years, the period for which there is public data, she has collected about 5.4 billion Indian rupees (£54.5 million) in dividends from the IT division headquartered in India.
The status of non-dominance for that entire period could have saved her around £20 million in British taxes.
Her husband’s reputation was damaged by the controversy and the fine he was fined not long after for breaking the lockdown rules.
Yet he is now one of those who have been tipped off as a possible future head of the Conservative Party after it was announced this morning that Mr Johnson would step down as Tory leader today.
Mr Sunak only became an MP in 2015 and was Minister of Finance in February 2020.
As he continues in his post for the Richmond district of North Yorkshire, it is believed he could use his early (compared to others) decision to leave cabinet to advocate for the integrity and leadership he would bring to No10 if elected to Britain’s top post.
His move – and those of dozens of his colleagues – came over the Prime Minister’s mistreatment of charges surrounding former Whip Deputy Chief Chris Pincher, who was accused of groping two men while drunk in a London nightclub.
In his letter of resignation, Mr Sunak told Mr Johnson “the public rightly expects the government to be duly, competently and seriously led”.
He said he acknowledged that “this may be my last ministerial job, but I believe these standards are worth fighting for and that is why I am resigning”.
However, Mr Johnson’s departure from number 10, less than three years after he first entered Downing St, could well open up new opportunities for the former Chancellor.