The UK’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson married on Saturday with his fiancée, Carrie Symonds, in a private ceremony at a Catholic cathedral in London, his office has confirmed.
“The Prime Minister and Ms. Symonds were married yesterday afternoon in a small ceremony at Westminster Cathedral,'' A spokesman from No. 10 Downing Street said on Sunday. “The couple will celebrate their wedding with family and friends next summer.”
There have been media reports saying the couple had sent save-the-date cards to family and friends for July 30, 2022.
It is understood Symonds will take her husband’s surname and be known as Carrie Johnson.
Johnson is the second British prime minister to have married while in office and the first in 199 years, after Lord Liverpool married Mary Chester in 1822.
He’s also the first sitting prime minister who has been baptised as a Catholic, although he was later confirmed as an Anglican.
The Johnsons announced their engagement—together with the news that they were expecting their first child—in February last year. Their son, Wilfred Johnson, was born on April 29, 2020.
The prime minister has had two previous marriages. His divorce from his second wife Marina Wheeler was finalised last year.
The Conservative Party and Johnson’s cabinet ministers took to Twitter to congratulate the newlyweds.
“Congratulations to the newlyweds, @BorisJohnson and @carriesymonds from the whole Conservative Party,” the Conservative Party’s Twitter account says.
