In a very unusual episode for British politics, the newspapers The Mail on Sunday and The Sun reported that Prime Minister Boris Johnson married his girlfriend, Carrie Symonds, on Saturday in a ceremony planned and developed in absolute secrecy, in the cathedral. of Westminster, something that the Government did not confirm but did not deny either.
“They gave me a strict order not to comment,” a government spokesman responded to press inquiries about the alleged secret marriage, carried out only in front of a few close friends and relatives, the DPA news agency reported.
According to The Sun newspaper, not even the entire frontline of the government was aware of the wedding and cards had even been sent for the guests to reserve the date for the wedding on July 30, 2022.
That was the date that had initially been announced for the wedding, with the argument that the coronavirus pandemic made the ceremony impossible in 2020.
precisely Due to pandemic restrictions, weddings in the UK are limited to an attendance of 30.
Johnson, 56, and Symonds, 33, have lived together in Downing Street, the seat of government, since the official became prime minister in 2019. Last year they announced they were engaged and expecting a child.
Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson was born last April and became the sixth child of Johnson, who was previously married for 25 years to attorney Marina Wheeler.
Four of the prime minister’s children are with Wheeler and the fifth is from an extramarital affair with art manager Helen Macintyre.
