Carrie Symonds has praised the midwives who delivered baby Wilfred – after a Hermes driver was spotted delivering two boxes of organic nappies and baby products to 10 Downing Street this morning. It follows Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds naming their newborn son Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson, after their grandfathers and the hospital doctors who treated … Read more
Boris Johnson has revealed that the fear of never seeing his newborn son drove him in his battle against coronavirus. The Prime Minister, 55, spent a week in April at St Thomas’s Hospital in London fighting the virus, including three days in intensive care, and admitted yesterday that doctors had prepared to announce his death. … Read more
Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds do not intend to make their newborn a ‘public figure’, despite growing up in the flat above 11 Downing Street. Ms Symonds is understood to have chosen a picture that deliberately did not show the baby’s face and will shun the path taken by some previous Prime Ministers who had … Read more
The Duke of Cambridge phoned Boris Johnson and chatted with the Prime Minister over the phone days after the politician welcomed his newborn son. Prince William, 37, called Mr Johnson, 55, on Friday afternoon, with their phone meeting recorded as an official event in the Court Circular. The call came days after Mr Johnson and fiancee … Read more
Carrie Symonds has revealed the name of her and Boris Johnson‘s newborn son as Wilfred, after the Prime Minister’s grandfather, as the proud parents shared the first photograph of the baby boy with the world. In an image shared on Ms Symonds’ Instagram, the first-time mother was seen tightly cradling her son, who sported a … Read more
A woman from the High Commission for Pakistan delivered flowers to 10 Downing Street twice in one day wearing both glasses and safety goggles. On her first visit, the diplomatic official got out of a Mercedes car clutching a huge bouquet and a large envelope to ‘Hon Mr Prime Minister & Ms Symonds, 10 Downing Street’. She returned later … Read more
For an infant it is a princely playground, from the private walled garden to the giant nursery installed by a predecessor but one. But while this child-friendly idyll may be the perfect place to raise a baby, it is also a surreal one. Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds‘ new born son will be welcomed into … Read more
Standing delightedly in her new coveralls, nurse Vicky Burns voiced the sentiments of all her colleagues yesterday, declaring: ‘Can we just say a big thank you.’ Within 24 hours of touching down on UK soil, a 20-ton planeload of personal protective equipment was on its way to the NHS front line yesterday, courtesy of Mail … Read more
‘Yet another excuse to miss PMQs’: Labour MP Ruth Cadbury deletes tweet criticising Boris Johnson for attending the birth of his son – as ex-party spin chief Alastair Campbell says the Prime Minister should STILL have been in the Commons Ruth Cadbury, tweeted minutes after the birth of PM’s child was revealed Wrote: ‘It appears … Read more
Wilfred, Winston and Alexander have emerged as the bookies favourites for the name of Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds‘ newborn baby son. With Downing Street‘s newest resident yet to be named, there’s been a flurry of bets from punters across the country. All bets are now off at Ladbrokes with Wilfred emerging as the heavily backed … Read more