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Sounds like the battery is gone in your key AND the valet trunk button on the vehicle is pushed to disable the switches, which would be a double whammmy.
How to manually get into the trunk / boot area. http://us.lexusownersclub.com/forums...trunk-release/
Check that the luggage rail is properly stowed when you open the trunk as that might have been displaced by the car hitting a pothole or something.