Diary of a love affair
2012
Carrie Symonds and Boris Johnson meet, as she works on his campaign to be re-elected as London mayor.
February 2018
Mr Johnson, seen laughing with Ms Symonds as he leaves the Tory Party Black and White Ball, right
March 2018
Mr Johnson is seen dancing to ABBA while at Ms Symonds’s “alcohol-fuelled 30th birthday bash”.
May 2018 The couple are spotted at Mr Johnson’s Oxfordshire home together.
September 2018
The pair are linked after it is announced that Mr Johnson has separated from Marina Wheeler, his wife of 25 years.
June 2019
During the Tory leadership campaign the police are called after a disturbance at Ms Symonds’s flat in south London.
June 2019
Days later they are seen, right, holding hands around a secluded garden table, which some suggest is a publicity stunt.
July 2019 Ms Symonds moves into Downing Street after Mr Johnson wins the Conservative leadership election.
September 2019
They arrive, arm in arm, at the Tory party conference. After his speech, Mr Johnson leaves the stage and kisses her.
September 2019
The pair adopt rescue dog Dilyn, a Jack Russell cross who was born on a puppy farm.
December 2019
The Prime Minister returns to Downing Street with Ms Symonds by his side after a landslide election victory.
December 2019
The pair head to the island of Mustique on Boxing Day for a Caribbean break in a £20,000-aweek villa.
February 2020 Mr Johnson and Ms Wheeler, right, agree a divorce settlement.
February 2020
The couple reveal that they are engaged. Shortly after, Ms Symonds announces she is pregnant in an Instagram post.
April 2020
The Prime Minister is taken to hospital – and eventually intensive care – with Covid-19, leaving Ms Symonds “worried sick”.
April 2020
After seven nights in St Thomas’ Hospital, Mr Johnson is discharged and heads to Chequers with his fiancée.