Meet Wilf, Carrie and Boris’s baby
Boris’s hair apparent... wilfred Johnson makes his bow to the nation
BORIS Johnson and fiancee Carrie Symonds have named their baby son in honour of the two doctors who worked to save the Prime Minister’s life when he was struck down with Covid-19.
They unveiled the new arrival’s full name as wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson. The second middle name is a salute Dr Nick Price and Dr Nick Hart who cared for Mr Johnson at St thomas’ Hospital.
Ms Symonds, 32, shared a photograph online of her cradling her son. She said: “I couldn’t be happier. My heart is full.”
Little wilfred is clearly taking after his dad already boasting a full head of blond locks. Ms Symonds explained that the first two names came from both parents’ grandfathers. She then heaped praise on the “two doctors that saved Boris’s life last month”, adding: “Thank you so, so much to the incredible NHS maternity team at [University College Hospital in London] that looked after us so well.”
Ms Symonds and wilfred are said to be home in Downing Street with Mr Johnson, 55.The two doctors congratulated the couple and said they were humbled by the honour.
Dr Price is a consultant in infectious diseases and general medicine, while Professor Hart is the director of the Lane Fox Respiratory Service.
In a statement they said: “Our warm congratulations go to the Prime Minister and Carrie Symonds on the happy arrival of their beautiful son wilfred.
“We are honoured and humbled to have been recognised in this way, and we give our thanks to the incredible team of professionals who we work with at Guy’s at St thomas’ and who ensure every patient receives the best care.
“We wish the new family every health and happiness.”
In Mr Johnson’s message after leaving hospital he had thanked the doctors who cared for him, saying that several of them were “for some reason called Nick”.
The choice of wilfred is a tribute to the PM’S paternal grandfather, Osman wilfred Kemal, whose father was an interior minister of the Ottoman Empire and was killed by a mob in 1922.The PM is expected to take a short period of paternity leave later in the year but is focused on the coronavirus crisis. Ms Symonds also experienced symptoms of the disease before the birth.
Professor Marcel Levi, of University College London Hospital, sent his congratulations. He said: “I would like to thank the teams who cared for Carrie and her baby. they are an incredibly skilled, dedicated and compassionate group of professionals who put patients at the heart of everything they do.
“I am very proud of them and all our staff at UCLH who are working extremely hard in very difficult circumstances at the moment.”