UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie have announced the birth of a healthy baby girl at a London hospital.
"The Prime Minister and Mrs Johnson are delighted to announce the birth of a healthy baby girl at a London hospital earlier today. Both mother and daughter are doing very well. The couple would like to thank the brilliant NHS maternity team for all their care and support," a spokeswoman for the couple said in a statement.
The couple, who were wed in a small ceremony at Westminster Cathedral in May 2020, welcomed their first child - Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas - in April that year. The happy news was announced weeks after the PM was released from hospita,l where he was briefly in intensive care with COVID-19.
Boris and Carrie Johnson are seen in the garden of 10 Downing Street, after their wedding, in London, Britain May 29, 2021. Picture taken May 29, 2021. Rebecca Fulton/Pool via REUTERS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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This July, Boris and Carrie Johnson announced that they were expecting their second child.
Carrie Johnson (née Symonds), 33, had also revealed she had a miscarriage earlier this year. While she felt "incredibly blessed" to be pregnant again, she was quoted as saying:
"I've also felt like a bag of nerves."
In this Monday, March 9, 2020 file photo Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his partner Carrie Symonds arrive to attend the annual Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey in London. Boris Johnson and his partner Carrie Symonds have announced she gave birth to a "healthy baby boy at a London hospital earlier this morning” Wednesday April 29, 2020, and that both mother and baby are doing well
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The newborn girl is the UK Prime Minister's seventh child. After a frenzy of speculation over how many children Johnson has, he confirmed after a legal battle at the high court several years ago that he had a daughter from an affair with art adviser Helen Macintyre.
London Mayor Boris Johnson (R) stands with his wife Marina Wheeler (L) after casting his vote in the local elections
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Boris Johnson has four children with ex-wife Marina Wheeler.