Boris Johnson will be the first British Prime Minister to marry in office for 200 years

LONDON.- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to marry his fiancee Carrie Symonds, with whom he has a one-year-old son, scheduled for next summer 2022, the newspaper reported on Monday The sun. The Tory leader will be the first interim UK head of government in 200 years to marry.

According to the newspaper, which did not quote its sources, the invitations to the ceremony, scheduled for July 30 at a secret location, have already been sent to family and friends. So far, Downing Street has not commented on the matter.

The last Acting Prime Minister to marry was Lord Liverpool, who married Mary Chester in 1822.

Johnson, 56, and Symonds, 33, a former Conservative Party communications adviser, announced in February 2020 that they were engaged and expecting a baby.. Their marriage, however, did not take place due to the pandemic. The couple’s son, Wilfred, was born on April 29, 2020.

Married twice, the first time in 1987 to Allegra Mostyn-Owen and whose marriage was annulled in 1993, he married Marina Wheeler in the same year, with whom he had four children and then separated in 2018, after 26 years. of marriage.

The Prime Minister appeared in public with Symonds in early 2019. They had already made history in the UK by being the first unmarried couple to live in Downing Street, the official residence of Prime Ministers in London.

Johnson was recently criticized for the lavish renovation of his official apartment, which he claimed to have paid for out of pocket, although he has not confirmed whether or not he received a loan or an initial contribution from a donor from the Conservative Party. The Election Commission launched an investigation late last month.

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