BOJO’S BABY PM to wed Carrie after she reveals pregnancy
DAILY STAR SUNDAY, March 1, 2020
BORIS JOHNSON and girlfriend Carrie Symonds revealed they are expecting a baby in the summer and will get married.
On her Instagram page, Carrie, 31, shared an intimate photo of her and the PM and wrote: “I wouldn’t normally post this kind of thing on here but I wanted my friends to find out from me.
“Many of you already know but for my friends that still don’t, we got engaged at the end of last year... and we’ve got a baby hatching early summer.”
The wedding date has not been announced but it would be the first time in at least 250 years that a prime minister has married while in office.
Johnson, 55, already has four children by his second ex-wife Marina Wheeler – sons Theo and Milo and daughters Lara and Cassia – and a daughter, Stephanie, 10, by Helen MacIntyre.
The PM reached a reported £4million financial agreement with his estranged wife and a judge gave the go-ahead to apply for a divorce order early last month.
This will be Boris’ first child by Carrie, who was the Tories’ communications director under Theresa May.
A spokesman for the couple said: “The Prime Minister and Miss Symonds are very pleased to announce their engagement and that they are expecting a baby in the early summer.”
It is believed Boris and Carrie began dating two years ago when he was still married to his second wife.
The couple made the news in June last year when police were called to her London flat as they rowed loudly.
Since Boris was elected to No.10 in December, Carrie has kept a low profile and she was rarely seen on the election trail.
Bookies have already priced up odds for the baby’s name, with Charlotte, James and Winston among favourites. The name Brexit is an outsider at 1000/1.