Carrie Symonds reveals she is pregnant with her second child with Boris
Carrie Johnson, 33, reveals she is pregnant with her second child and Boris’s seventh and tells how a miscarriage earlier this year left her ‘heartbroken’
- The Prime Minister’s wife announced on Instagram today that she is expecting a December birth
- Mrs Johnson also reveals in emotional post her heartbreak at suffering a miscarriage earlier this year
- She previously gave birth to the couple’s first child, Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson, in April 2020
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Carrie Johnson has today announced she is pregnant with her second child with Boris Johnson.
The Prime Minister’s wife, 33, revealed on Instagram today that she is expecting a December birth.
She also revealed she suffered a miscarriage at the start of this year that left her ‘heartbroken’.
The environmental campaigner described the child she was expecting as a ‘rainbow baby’ – a term for a child born to a family that has previously lost another due to stillbirth or death during infancy.
In a message to followers, she wrote: ‘Hoping for our rainbow baby this Christmas. At the beginning of the year, I had a miscarriage which left me heartbroken.
‘I feel incredibly blessed to be pregnant again but I’ve also felt like a bag of nerves. Fertility issues can be really hard for many people, particularly when on platforms like Instagram it can look like everything is only ever going well.
‘I found it a real comfort to hear from people who had also experienced loss so I hope that in some very small way sharing this might help others too.’
Downing Street said Mr Johnson had been due to work this weekend from his official country residence Chequers in Buckinghamshire, although it is not known if the couple are there together.
The December arrival will mean the Prime Minister then has at least seven children, though he has not officially confirmed the exact number after leading a tangled love life that has seen him married twice.
The couple seen in good spirits together during England’s Euro 2020 semi-final clash with Denmark at Wembley
The post announcing the pregnancy to social media followers was accompanied by a picture of a small blue pram
Carrie broke the news that she was expecting a second child to followers on Instagram today
Carrie and Boris Johnson were last spotted together in public at Wembley on July 11 for England’s Euro 2020 final clash against Italy
Carrie enjoys a cuddle with son Wilfred, whom she gave birth to in April last year, in a previous Instagram post
Carrie, seen with a push chair on April 21, gave birth to her first baby with the PM, Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson, last April
The couple were last seen in public together watching England’s Euro 2020 final clash with Italy at Wembley Stadium on July 11.
She and Mr Johnson, 57, welcomed their first baby, Wilfred, at the end of April last year.
Following the birth, she praised the staff who delivered her son, thanking UCLH on International Day of the Midwife, captioning: ‘A big thank you from me too! You guys are incredible.’
The couple named their son Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson, after their grandfathers and the hospital doctors who treated the Prime Minister for coronavirus.
Mr Johnson married his partner in a secret ceremony at Westminster Cathedral back in May this year, in front of a handful of close friends and family.
One-year-old Wilfred attended the wedding, as did two official witnesses. Mrs Johnson shared a picture of their son yesterday in a field of bluebells – which some speculated was a nod to the tradition of ‘something blue’.
The PM’s siblings Rachel, Jo and Leo Johnson are also understood to have attended, along with his father Stanley.
It meant he became the first Prime Minister to marry in office since Lord Liverpool married Mary Chester in 1822.
Mrs Johnson gave birth to her son in London last year with her now husband at her side, days after he himself had been released from medical care following a lengthy battle with coronavirus.
In a heart-warming Instagram post revealing the boy’s name, Mrs Johnson said that the middle name Nicholas was a tribute to two NHS doctors, Dr Nick Price and Dr Nick Hart, who ‘saved Boris’ life last month’ following his personal fight against Covid.
Carrie Johnson has announced she is pregnant with her second child with Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Mr and Mrs Johnson, son Wilfred and dog Dilyn all took a holiday to Scotland in August last year while Parliament was in recess
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his wife arriving to cast their vote at Methodist Central Hall, central London, in the local and London Mayoral election on May 6 this year
The couple then also held a top-secret baptism for their son – only witnessed by a few family and friends in September, just days before new lockdown restrictions on social gatherings came into force.
There was no reception after the religious ceremony as Mr and Mrs Johnson were reportedly keen to set a good example for the public and abide by social distancing rules.
The December arrival will mean the Prime Minister then has at least seven children, though he has not officially confirmed the exact number after leading a tangled love life that has seen him married twice.
Both marriages ended after he had affairs. It seems extraordinary that the number of children a Prime Minister has is not public record, yet that is the situation.
Mr Johnson and Marina Wheeler, who split in 2018, have four children together: Lara Lettice, 26, Milo Arthur, 24, Cassia Peaches, 22, and Theodore Apollo, 20.
He also has a fifth child, Stephanie Macintyre, with art consultant Helen Macintyre. Stephanie is allegedly one of two children he fathered as a result of an affair.
Mr Johnson met his first wife Allegra Mostyn-Owen while they were students at Oxford and they wed in 1987 but they were divorced in 1993.
In 2004 it emerged that Johnson was reportedly having an affair with journalist Petronella Wyatt who had fallen pregnant and had an abortion.
He was sacked from the Tory frontbench over the affair. In 2006 the News of the World reported Mr Johnson had had an affair with journalist Anna Fazackerley.
In September 2018, news about his relationship with former Tory communications chief Carrie Symonds came to light – and they later moved in together.
Here are the details on all six of Mr Johnson’s known children:
Lara Lettice Johnson with Boris Johnson and Marina Wheeler in North London in May 2012
LARA LETTICE JOHNSON, 27 (born in 1993 to Boris Johnson and Marina Wheeler)
Lara was the first child born to Mr Johnson and Ms Wheeler, in 1993.
Just five weeks after her parents’ wedding day, Lara – who is only five years younger than Carrie Symonds – was born.
She attended Bedales School – which costs £33,000-a-year – in Hampshire and went on to read Latin at St Andrews University.
Lara allegedly branded her father a ‘selfish b******’ after his split with her mother.
She has previously been pictured in public with her parents, including when she casted a vote with them at a polling station in Islington, North London, during the London mayoral elections of May 2012.
The Prime Minister and Marina Wheeler, pictured after he won his Uxbridge seat in May 2015
Milo Arthur Johnson, 24, was educated at the £27,000-a-year Westminster School
MILO ARTHUR JOHNSON, 25 (born in 1995 to Boris Johnson and Marina Wheeler)
Born in 1995, Milo was Boris Johnson and Marina Wheeler’s first son.
The 24-year-old was educated at the £27,000-a-year Westminster School and is said to be a keen sportsman.
A 2011 issue of his school magazine described him as ‘delight to watch’ and said he was ‘without doubt the player of the season’ for his football skills.
Milo studied at London’s School of Oriental and African Studies, graduating from there in 2014, and can speak Arabic, Russian and French.
He also worked as an intern in Dubai at men’s magazine Esquire Middle East.
After Mr Johnson and Ms Wheeler separated in 2018, the politician and Milo were photographed bringing tea for the Press outside his house in Oxfordshire.
Cassia Peaches Johnson, 22
Cassia Peaches Johnson, 23 (born in 1997 to Boris Johnson and Marina Wheeler)
Cassia, thought to have followed in her father’s footsteps to be a writer, is the youngest daughter of Mr Johnson and Ms Wheeler.
She was born in 1997 and went to Highgate School – which costs £18,000 per year.
During Cassia’s time at the private school she was a student editor of their alumni magazine Cholmeleian.
Theodore Apollo Johnson, 20
THEODORE APOLLO JOHNSON 21 (born in 1999 to Boris and Marina Wheeler)
Born in 1999, Theodore is Mr Johnson and his ex-wife Marina Wheeler’s youngest child.
He attended school in London before going to Cambridge University, unlike his father who attended Oxford.
He is listed on LinkedIn as ‘Theodore Johnson-Wheeler’ in a profile which states he started at Cambridge in 2017.
Theodore has also been labelled previously as something of a doppleganger for Mr Johnson, with the same distinctive hair colour and style.
Helen Macintyre (pictured), the mother of Boris Johnson’s fifth child Stephanie
STEPHANIE MACINTYRE, 12 (born in 2009 to Boris Johnson and Helen Macintyre)
He also has a fifth child, Stephanie Macintyre, with art consultant Helen Macintyre.
Stephanie is allegedly one of two children he fathered as a result of an affair.
The Appeal Court ruled in 2013 that the public had a right to know that he had fathered a daughter during an adulterous liaison while Mayor of London in 2009 – but also mentioned the possibility of a second baby.
The three appeal court judges said: ‘It was not material to the judge’s conclusion whether contraceptive precautions were taken.
‘What was material was that the father’s infidelities resulted in the conception of children on two occasions.
‘The judge was entitled to hold that this was of itself reckless behaviour, regardless of whether any contraceptive precautions were taken. ‘
Carrie Johnson holds Wilfred, her first child with the PM
WILFRED LAWRIE NICHOLAS JOHNSON, 1 (born in 2020 to Boris and Carrie Johnson)
Mr Johnson’s sixth child, Wilfred, was born on April 29, 2020, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and the first lockdown.
It was the first child he had with Carrie, who he would go on to wed in a secret ceremony in Westminster in MAy 2021.
Following the birth, his now wife praised the staff who delivered her son, thanking UCLH on International Day of the Midwife, captioning: ‘A big thank you from me too! You guys are incredible.’
The couple named their son Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson, after their grandfathers and the hospital doctors who treated the Prime Minister for coronavirus.
Carrie’s cover-up! How PM’s wife used subtle styling tricks to hide her baby bump – from bold patterns and bright colours to ‘distract the eye’ to loose maxi dresses and relaxed blazers
By Harriet Johnston for MailOnline
Carrie Symonds hid her growing baby bump with a series of clever styling tricks, a stylist has revealed.
The Prime Minister’s wife, 33, revealed on Instagram today that she is expecting a December birth after suffering a miscarriage at the start of this year that left her ‘heartbroken’.
The normally lowkey mother-of-one has been in the spotlight during the last few months, having joined her husband at the G7 summit in June and Euro 2020 matches in July.
Celebrity stylist Rochelle White told FEMAIL she had managed to keep her pregnancy under wraps thanks to a series of subtle styling hacks, revealing: ‘I would say that Carrie has selected busy patterns and bold colours to also help disguise her growing bump.
‘With bold patterns and colors, they are a great distraction for the eye, drawing attention away from growing bellies.’
Carrie Symonds hid her growing baby bump with a series of clever styling tricks including floaty dresses and oversized blazers, a stylist has revealed (pictured left, May 6, and right, June 11).
Celebrity stylist Rochelle said Carrie had chosen ‘bold patterns and colors’ on recent appearances which have acted as ‘a great distraction for the eye’ (pictured at the G7 summit on June 12)
The mother-one-one is at least three months into her first pregnancy – suggesting that she fell pregnant around mid-March.
Rochelle said Carrie had been ‘selective’ with her outfit choices over the last few months to conceal her bump.
While her baby bump will not have been visible, Carrie has been careful to avoid fuelling speculation by keeping her tummy firmly covered.
She made her most high profile appearances to date when she attended the G7 summit alongside Boris in June.
The stylist said Carrie has been wearing floaty maxi dresses in recent months to keep her figure under wraps (pictured on June 8)
Eco-conscious Carrie hired multiple pieces for the event in Cornwall – two collections from dress hire companies My Wardrobe HQ and Hurr Collective were delivered before the summit.
Meeting with President Joe Biden and First Lady Dr Jill Biden, Carrie donned a scarlet £325 LK Bennett gown.
The vibrant red dress was described online as inspired by the ‘glamour of the chic 1930s’.
Meanwhile she also opted to wear a similar £990 cobalt blue two-piece from Amanda Wakeley for a trip to the theatre.
Rochelle said Carrie had worn floaty maxi dresses during appearances to keep her figure under wraps.
She said: ‘Carrie has been wearing loose fitting dresses, blazers and shirts. She keeps it as casual and to her style, with a few subtle changes. ‘
She also revealed how the Prime Minister’s wife had used bold patterns and bright colours to distract the eye during the early months of her pregnancy.
Rochelle said Carrie had cleverly layered different items on recent outings, mixing multiple patterns which help to add as a ‘visual distraction’ (pictured on July 11)
The mother-of-one opted for a host of bright, colourful dresses while attending her most high profile appearances to date at the G7 summit in June, which Rochelle suggested could have helped her hide her growing baby bump (left, June 10, and right, June 11)
Meanwhile the celebrity stylist pointed to her recent choices to wear oversized blazers with loose fitting trousers, adding: ‘When she has selected trousers and shirt combo, they have loose fitting and tailored, so it could look like she is wearing oversized.
‘It is all very flattering to her body shape and style.’
She said Carrie’s decision to layer blazers and loose shirts, such as her outfit choice when she attended the Euro 2020 final at Wembley on July 11, also helped distract from any hint of a bump.
Rochelle revealed: ‘Items can be layered and mixed multiple patterns can also be added for extra visual distraction.
‘Styles don’t need to be overly busy, so, I would recommend to stick to a similar color family, or use one pattern to dominate and the other to accent.
‘Wearing more form-fitting clothing and slowly adding in layers can help trick the eye.’
The mother-one-one is at least three months into her first pregnancy – suggesting that she fell pregnant around mid-March (pictured on 29 June)
Rochelle said Carrie had selected loose fitting and tailored trousers and shirts, so her garments appeared oversized
Carrie has become one of the biggest profile advocates for hiring clothing, with the mother-of-one marrying the Prime Minister in a rented dress.
She has been hiring her designer outfits, rather than buying them outright, for years.
In 2019, it was reported she pays £9.99 a month membership to the website My Wardrobe HQ, which allows her to supplement her day-to-day high-street outfits.
The service has been described as a ‘private members’ club for the fashion world’.
At the time, a source close to My Wardrobe HQ said: ‘Carrie loves eco fashion so borrowing clothes for special occasions means they aren’t just left hanging in her wardrobe and rarely worn. One dress can go a long way.’
