Secret ceremony: Boris Johnson married his girlfriend Carrie Symonds

LONDON (AFP) .- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson got married today with his girlfriend, Carrie Symonds, in a “secret ceremony”, according to British media.

Boris Johnson, 56-year-old, known for her hectic love life, married 33-year-old Carrie Symonds, at Westminster Catholic Cathedral, in the presence of close friends and family, newspapers reported Mail on Sunday Yes The sun.

It is the second British Prime Minister to marry during his tenure. The first was Robert Jenkinson in 1822.

The couple waited months to get marriedThey had to postpone their wedding, scheduled for last year, due to the pandemic. They got engaged in December 2019 and they have a one year old boy, Wilfred.

At the ceremony around thirty people took part, which maximum currently authorized, after being invited at the last minute, according to Mail on Sunday.

The wedding was celebrated by the same priest who baptized the couple’s son, who also attended the ceremony, as reported The sun.

Johnson had already been married twice. He had four children with his ex-wife, lawyer Marina Wheeler, from whom she separated in 2018. In addition, would have a daughter born from an affair.

When he was elected, in 2019, became the first head of government to live in Downing Street with a partner but not married.

Carrie Symonds, former Conservative Party communications officer, had son weeks after Johnson left the intensive care unit, where he was admitted after contracting the Covid-19 coronavirus.

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