Who is Carrie Symonds? Meet Boris Johnson's fiancée who's just given birth to their baby boy

The pair announced they have welcomed a baby boy
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Emma Clarke29 April 2020

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancée​ Carrie Symonds have announced the birth of their baby boy.

Both mother and child are said to be doing well, and it is understood that the Prime Minister was present at the time of birth, despite current restrictions in place.

But who is Carrie Symonds? Here's a closer look...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's partner Carrie Symonds on has given birth to a "healthy baby boy"
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Who is Carrie Symonds?

Ms Symonds was born March 17, 1988 in south west London, to Matthew Symonds and Josephine Mcaffee.

Her father is the co-founder of The Independent, while her mother is a lawyer.

Carrie comes from a line of journalists and media specialists, as her paternal grandfather is former Labour MEP and newspaper editor John Bevan, Baron Ardwick, while her parernal grandmother Anne worked as a BBC World Service journalist.

Carrie went to study art history and theatre studies at Warwick University, before graduating in 2009.

She works as a senior adviser at Oceana, an ocean conservation charity. She had previously worked for the the Conservative Party as a press officer, rising to be head of communications.

Carrie was also one of taxi driver John Worboys' victims, and campaigned to keep him in prison.

When did Carrie and Boris Johnson get engaged?

The pair's relationship was confirmed in mid-2019, when Carrie supported Boris during his leadership bid.

She moved into Downing Street with him when he became Prime Minister.

While Mr Johnson is still married to his second wife, Marina Wheeler, it was announced on February 20, 2020, that the Prime Minister was engaged to Carrie, and that they were expecting a baby together.

Carrie revealed the couple had got engaged a few months earlier, at the end of 2019.

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When did she give birth to their baby boy?

A spokesman for the couple said both mother and child were doing well.

It is understood that the Prime Minister was present during birth.

It comes after both Ms Symonds and Mr Johnson suffered with coronavirus.

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