British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancee Carrie Symonds have welcomed a healthy baby boy, a spokesperson for the couple confirmed to the UK media.
Communications exec Carrie, 31, gave birth at a London hospital on Wednesday morning, and a spokeswoman for the PM and his partner said both mother and baby are “doing very well”.
“The prime minister and Ms Symonds are thrilled to announce the birth of a healthy baby boy at a London hospital earlier this morning,” the spokeswoman said, according to the BBC. “The PM and Ms Symonds would like to thank the fantastic NHS maternity team.”
The couple, who are believed to have been an item since 2018, announced their engagement and pregnancy in March. According to the BBC, Carrie shared the happy news on her private Instagram account as she revealed they not only had a wedding to look forward to in the near future, but also their first child together.
“I wouldn’t normally post this kind of thing on here but I wanted my friends to find out from me,” she wrote.
“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. Feel incredibly blessed.”
The news comes just two days after the prime minister returned to Downing Street following his battle with Covid-19. The Conservative leader was diagnosed with the virus at the end of March and underwent treatment at St Thomas’ Hospital in London, including a stint in intensive care after his symptoms worsened.
Depending on when the couple decide to tie the knot, Johnson could become the first British leader to get remarried while in office for more than 200 years. The marriage will be the prime minister’s third, after he divorced his first wife Allegra Mostyn-Owen in 1993 and is in the process of finalising his divorce from second wife Marina Wheeler after the pair separated in 2018.
Boris and Marina tied the knot in 1993 and share children Milo Arthur, Theodore Apollo, Lara Lettice and Cassia Peaches. The PM is also allegedly father to another daughter Stephanie Macintyre.