Boris Johnson welcomes surprise new baby with wife Carrie

Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie have welcomed a fourth child.

The delighted mum, 37, revealed their baby daughter Poppy had been born on May 21 in a post on . The couple already have three children - Wilfred, Romy and Frank.

Carrie said: "Welcome to the Poppy Eliza Josephine Johnson born on 21st May. Aka Pops, Pop Tart. 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. Thank you so much to the amazing maternity team at UCLH and particularly to 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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"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. Back from hospital now and time for cocktails and pizza with my tiny baby snoozing on my lap. Life doesn’t get any better."

The Tory former Prime Minister has always refused to talk about his family life but he is believed to have at least nine children, including four with his wife Carrie.

He has another five children who are public knowledge: Lara, Milo, Cassia and Theodore with his ex-wife Marina Wheeler and Stephanie after an affair with Helen McIntyre in 2009.

Asked how many children he had before the 2019 election, Mr Johnson told LBC: "I love my children very much but they are not standing at this election and I'm not therefore going to comment on them."

He has been married three times, first to Allegra Mostyn Owen who he met at Oxford University. The couple were married for six years before they divorced and he tied the knot with lawyer Marina Wheeler in 1993. Their marriage lasted 25 years but they separated in 2018 amid rumours of his affair with his now wife Carrie, who had worked as a Tory spinner.

The couple moved into No10 together after Mr Johnson became PM in 2019 and got married in 2021 with a party in the Downing Street garden.

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