British Prime Minister Boris Johnson married his fiancée Carrie Symonds in an intimate ceremony at Westminister Cathedral on Saturday, according to media reports. A spokesman for Johnson’s Downing Street office told media that the small ceremony took place at an intimate location. He also revealed that the couple has planned to celebrate their wedding again with family and friends next summer.
The ceremony described by the media as ‘secret wedding’ was held in the attendance of close friends and family. The Catholic cathedral was suddenly locked down at 1:30 p.m. (1230 GMT) and Symonds, 33, arrived 30 minutes later in a limo, in a long white dress with no veil, according to reports.
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The couple made their first joint television appearance in 2020 when Johnson joined Symonds to thank NHS workers for treating him in hospital and delivering their baby.
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On April 29, 2020, Symonds gave birth to the couple's first child, Wilfred. In the same month, the Prime Minister was hospitalized with coronavirus.
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The news of their wedding came out a day after, the couple revealed that they have sent date cards to family and friends, and the event is scheduled for July 30, 2022.
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Johnson, 56, and Symonds, 33, have been living together in Downing Street since Johnson became prime minister in 2019.
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Johnson, has four children from his second wife, Marina Wheeler. The two announced they were splitting after 25 years of marriage in September 2018, shortly after Johnson
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Symonds, 33, has enjoyed a successful political career, working as part of the campaign team that helped to get Johnson re-elected as mayor of London in 2012.
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At age 29, Symonds became the youngest-ever director of communications at the Conservative Party. Analysts say she was crucial in tidying up Johnson's famously disheveled persona during the leadership campaign.
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