British Prime Minister Boris Johnson married in secret ceremony

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson married his 33-year-old girlfriend Carrie Symonds in a secret ceremony at Westminster Catholic Cathedral on Saturday, in front of 30 guests and with classical music playing in the background.

The wedding took place on Saturday morning and it is the first time in 199 years that a prime minister has married in the kingdom in office.

The marriage between Johnson and the mother of Wilfred, their sixth child, came after an exercise in distraction. This week, the couple sent their friends “a date to remember” for the wedding, which was due to take place on July 30 next year.

The newspaper got the scoop The sun. No one had a clue in Britain, not even the ministers.

According to their friends, the couple had been planning the wedding for six months. The Prime Minister (56) accepted the lines he imposed in front of the Covid and there were only 30 guests. The pandemic will likely delay the honeymoon. She came to church in a long dress but without a veil.

Stanley Johnson, the Prime Minister’s father, was pictured leaving Downing St. after the ceremony with his daughter Julie. The children were not seen, nor were their brothers Joe and Rachel. The guests could be heard singing.

Father Daniel Humphrey held the ceremony and witnessed the kiss of the bride and groom. He had already baptized Wilfred and had given the pre-marriage course to the newlyweds.

The guests, a stranger

The ceremony took place at two in the afternoon and it is so far unknown who their guests were. Photographers saw musicians and guests depart from Downing St. but could not recognize anyone.

Carrie is a practicing Catholic. Boris has a more colorful history in religious terms. His great-grandfather was a Muslim Turk, he changed his name when he arrived in the kingdom. Boris’ aristocratic mother was Catholic, but he abandoned Catholicism and joined the Anglican Church when he was sent to Eton College.

For this reason, the Catholic Church does not consider Boris to be previously married in his church.

Carrie was educated at Godolphin College, her father is one of the founders of the newspaper The independent and was the Labor Party press secretary in 2009. In addition, she accompanied Boris in the Brexit campaign.

The two had an unstable relationship, which included a brutal brawl in their south London apartment, taped by their neighbors and uncharacteristically recounted in the diary. The Guardian.

Surprise among politicians

The news surprised all politicians. Labor opponent Keir Starmer graciously greeted his opponent. “Congratulations to Boris and Carrie. Regardless of our political differences, I wish you a happy life together, ”he wrote.

Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Speaker of the House of Commons, was another surprise. “What good news! I wish the Prime Minister and Carrie good luck and I hope he has time for a honeymoon!” He said.

Marriage is the best news for Boris, after a week in which he endured barrage of accusations Dominic Cummings, his former adviser, who felt that “he is not ready to be Prime Minister”.

This is the third marriage of Boris, who first married aristocrat Allegra Mostyn Owen, which was called off in 1993. He then married his childhood friend, lawyer Marina Wheller, whom he married. ‘got separated in 2018. It was after this that the woman, who had been diagnosed with cancer, found out about her relationship with Carrie.

Boris had to take a week off from Covid to finalize his biography of Shakespeare and be able to finish paying for Marina’s divorce.

The Prime Minister has at least four children with her. Lara Letticce (25), Cassia Peaches (22) and two boys, Arthur and Theodore Apolle, all names chosen for their love of Greece and the classics.

He also had a fifth child with Stephanie Macintiyre, an art consultant, as well as the little baby with Carrie, born in April of last year.

No one knows whether the boys were present at the ceremony or not. The beginning of the relationship with Carrie left deep family wounds.

The wedding comes ahead of the G7 world leaders’ summit in Cornwall. Carrie has already contacted their wives to set up the show. It will be her first official step as First Lady, although in Britain status is not established.

Paris, correspondent.