Boris weds Carrie, in a first for sitting British PM in 199 years
London, May 30: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has married his fiancée, Carrie Symonds, in a small private ceremony that came at the end of a tumultuous week during which a former top aide said he was unfit for office.
The couple wed on Saturday at the Roman Catholic Westminster Cathedral in front of a small group of friends and family, Mr Johnson’s office said on Sunday, confirming newspaper reports that were published overnight. Photos taken after the ceremony in the garden of the prime minister’s residence showed
JOHNSON, 56, and Symonds, a 33-year-old Conservative Party insider and environmental advocate, announced their engagement in February 2020. Their son, Wilfred, was born in April last year.
Symonds in a long white dress and floral headband. Johnson wore a dark suit. “The Prime Minister and Ms Symonds were married yesterday afternoon in a small ceremony at Westminster Cathedral,’’ Downing Street said. “The couple will celebrate their wedding with family and friends next summer.”
The couple have reportedly sent save-the-date cards to family and friends for a celebration on July 30, 2022. Under current coronavirus restrictions in England, no more than 30 people can attend a wedding. The last British Prime Minister to marry in office was Lord Liverpool in 1822.
Mr Johnson, 56, and Symonds, a 33-year-old Conservative Party insider and environmental advocate, announced their engagement in February 2020. Their son, Wilfred, was born in April last year.
has been provided well in advance to states/UTs by the Union government as communicated to States and UTs vide letters of the Union health ministry,” officials said.
For June, 6.09 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccines will be supplied to states andUTs for vaccination of priority group of Health Care Workers (HCWs), Front-Line Workers (FLWs) and persons aged 45 years and above as free supply from Centre. In addition, over 5.86 crore doses will be available for direct procurement by the states/UTs and private hospitals, officials said.
They added that the delivery schedule for this allocation will be shared in advance and the states had been requested to direct officials to ensure “rational and judicious utilisation of allocated doses and minimise the vaccine wastage”. In May, the health ministry said over 4.03 crore vaccine doses were made available by the Centre to states free of cost, while an additional 3.90 crore doses were available for direct procurement by the states and private hospitals, which totals to 7.94 crore doses.
The health ministry has asked states not to allow “vaccination packages at hotels” since under the guidelines, vaccinations can be carried out at government and private vaccination centres, workplaces, near to home, Covid vaccination centres for the elderly and differently abled persons to be organised at group housing societies, RWA offices, community centres, panchayat offices, schools and colleges, old age homes, etc on a temporary basis.