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
I drove a few miles by back roads this morning from my remote farm in the Upper Exe valley to the garage at Wheddon Cross to fill up with petrol. I’m not sure whether, strictly speaking, this was an ‘essential’ journey as laid down by law. The tank was still a quarter-full, but I reckoned … 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
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
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
With the birth of his son in the early hours of this morning, Boris Johnson becomes only the fourth Prime Minister in 150 years to welcome a baby to Downing Street. His fiancée Carrie Symonds, 32, is thought to be still in the NHS London hospital where she gave birth but will soon return to … Read more
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s fiancée Carrie Symonds today gave birth to a ‘healthy’ baby boy at an NHS hospital in London today – weeks earlier than anticipated. Mr Johnson is said to have been by his 32-year-old fiancee’s side throughout the labour before their son entered the world in the early hours of this morning. The … Read more
‘Wonderful news’: Labour leader Keir Starmer leads political figures with congratulations for Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds after the birth of their son The as-yet unnamed boy was born in a London hospital this morning He is Ms Symonds’ first child, while Mr Johnson is known to have fathered five After the news broke this … Read more