UK prime minister, Boris Johnson has secretly married his fiancee Carrie Symonds.
Gatekeepers News reports that the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson has married his fiancee, Carrie Symonds, a British political activist, conservationist in a secretly-planned wedding at Westminster Cathedral.
The marriage according to Downing Street spokesman took place in a “small ceremony” on Saturday afternoon.
The spokesman added that the couple would celebrate again with family and friends next summer, with their honeymoon also delayed until then.
Boris is the first PM to get married while in office in nearly 200 years.
The last prime minister to get married while in office was Robert Banks Jenkinson in 1822.
The Mail on Sunday also reported that 30 guests were invited to the ceremony at short notice – the maximum number of attendees allowed under Covid restrictions in England.
The mail added that a small number of church officials were involved in preparations for the Catholic ceremony, which was officiated by Father Daniel Humphreys.
Although Mr Johnson, 56, has been married twice before, the Roman Catholic Church can allow divorcees to remarry if the previous marriages were outside the Roman Catholic Church.
The Sun reported that the new Mrs Johnson – who has confirmed she will take her husband’s surname – wore a white dress to exchange vows with the prime minister.
The couple were first romantically linked by the media in early 2019. In February 2020, they revealed that they were engaged and that she was pregnant.
Their son, Wilfred, was born last April.
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. He was Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from 2016 to 2018 and Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016.
Johnson has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Uxbridge and South Ruislip since 2015 and was previously MP for Henley from 2001 to 2008. He has been described as adhering to the ideology of one-nation and national conservatism.
