British Prime Minister Boris Johnson married his fiancée Carrie Symonds on Saturday in a small private ceremony in London, AP reported.
The Daily Mail reported that the couple wed at the Roman Catholic Westminster Cathedral.
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The couple, who have a one-year-old son Wilfred, announced their engagement in February 2020. This would Symonds’, an environmental campaigner’s first marriage and Johnson’s third. Symonds is 33, while Johnson is 56.
Northern Ireland First Minister Arlene Foster tweeted: “Huge congratulations to Boris Johnson & Carrie Symonds on your wedding today.”
Johnson was married to Allegra Mostyn-Owen, a journalist and socialite from 1987 to 1993. Johnson then married Marina Wheeler a lawyer in 1993. The couple divorced in 2020. Johnson is said to have six children, including Wilfred Johnson. Boris Johnson is the first Prime Minister to get married while in office in over 200 years.
30 guests were invited to the ceremony, The Guardian reported.
Symonds is the first live-in partner of a British Prime Minister to reside at Number 10, Downing Street. She is also the first unmarried partner of a British PM to be invited to Balmoral by Queen Elizabeth II.
