{"id":11461,"date":"2020-04-29T14:53:34","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T14:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=11461"},"modified":"2020-04-29T14:53:42","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T14:53:42","slug":"boris-johnson-delays-paternity-leave-after-carrie-symonds-gives-birth-to-baby-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=11461","title":{"rendered":"Boris Johnson delays paternity leave after Carrie Symonds gives birth to baby boy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Boris Johnson will not take paternity leave until later in the year while he deals with the coronavirus<\/a> crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Prime Minister was back in Downing Street and back to work after announcing his fianc\u00e9 Carrie Symonds<\/a> has given birth to a baby boy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

In a shock 10am announcement a spokeswoman for the Prime Minister<\/a> and his partner said both mother and baby are \u201cdoing very well\u201d after the birth in a London hospital on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The spokeswoman said: \u201cThe Prime Minister and Ms Symonds are thrilled to announce the birth of a healthy baby boy at a London hospital earlier this morning. Both mother and baby are doing very well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe PM and Ms Symonds would like to thank the fantastic NHS maternity team.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Johnson, 55, and Symonds, 32, announced in March that they were expecting a baby in \u201cearly summer\u201d, and that they had become engaged at the end of last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Downing Street officials would give no further details of the pregnancy or the birth other than to say the baby had been born in an NHS hospital under NHS care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is understood the Prime Minister was present throughout the birth, which took place in an NHS hospital in London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson missed Prime Minister\u2019s Questions at midday but later hosted a scheduled telephone meeting with Labour leader Keir Starmer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The PM is due to give more details on plans to ease lockdown later this week and is due to chair cabinet tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Carrie Symonds gave birth to a “healthy baby boy” in a London hospital.<\/strong> (Image: Jeremy Selwyn)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Symonds, 32, used to work as the Conservative party\u2019s head of communications but now focuses on environmental and marine conservation issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her due date was described, when they announced they were expected, as \u201cearly summer\u201d leading to speculation that the baby may have come slightly early.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson already has four children with his second wife, the barrister Marina Wheeler: Lara Lettice, 26, Milo Arthur, 24, Cassia Peaches, 22, and Theodore Apollo, 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The couple\u2019s divorce was finalised in February after 25 years of marriage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also has another child fathered during an extra-marital affair while he was mayor of London. Johnson has repeatedly refused to disclose publicly how many children he has.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Symonds moved into Downing Street with him when he became prime minister and they are the first unmarried couple to live there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The couple\u2019s new son follows a recent tradition of babies in No 10 with David Cameron\u2019s wife, Samantha, giving birth to their daughter Florence in 2010, and Cherie Blair giving birth to the Blairs\u2019 fourth child, Leo, in 2000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Downing Street spokesman confirmed the couple and their baby will live in the Prime Minister\u2019s flat which is above 11 Downing Street.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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