Boris Johnson’s wife Carrie announces birth of fourth baby: ‘We are totally smitten’
Former prime minister Boris Johnson has welcomed his fourth baby with wife Carrie Johnson.
Mrs Johnson revealed she had given birth to their daughter Poppy Eliza Josephine Johnson on Wednesday in a video posted on Instagram on Saturday.
She said: “I can’t believe how pretty and tiny you are. Feel so incredibly lucky. We are all totally smitten. Not sure I’ve slept a minute since you were born as can’t stop looking at how completely lovely you are.”
Mrs Johnson, 37, continued to thank the maternity team at University College London Hospitals, in particular Asma and Patrick, who “have looked after me so well through all my pregnancies. I really cannot thank you guys enough.”
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Together, the couple already share Wilf, five, Romy, three, and Frank, 22 months.
The 37-year-old said: “Wilf, Romy and Frank are utterly delighted, particularly Romy who was desperate for a little sister. Bring on the matching dresses.
“A final gang member,” she continued. “Back from hospital now and time for cocktails and pizza with my tiny baby snoozing on my lap. Life doesn’t get any better”.
Mrs Johnson shared a number of photos from the newborn’s first few days in the world, including the moment where Wilf and Romy stood around the bassinet with their new sibling in it.
She included a photo of herself with the newborn, as well as one of her husband cradling the baby.
Poppy is believed to be the former prime minister’s ninth child. Mr Johnson has four adult children – Lara, Milo, Cassia and Theodore – with his second wife Marina Wheeler, as well as a daughter resulting from an affair with arts consultant Helen MacIntyre.
The Court of Appeal 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.
“The core information in this story, namely that the father had an adulterous affair with the mother, deceiving both his wife and the mother’s partner and that the claimant, born about nine months later, was likely to be the father’s child, was a public interest matter which the electorate was entitled to know when considering his fitness for high public office,” said the court.
The former prime minister announced he had separated from Ms Wheeler in 2018.
Mr Johnson married Carrie in May 2021, after they became engaged in 2019. They welcomed their first child, Wilfred, in Apil 2020, Romy in December 2021 – months after they married in Westminster Cathedral, and their third child Frank in July 2023.
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