Boris Johnson’s son Wilfred looked the spitting image of his father as the pair left Downing Street this morning in the back of a police car.
One-year-old Wilfred’s shocking mop of blonde hair was in full view as he was put into the back of the vehicle outside No. 10 by his doting father, whose own hair was similarly dishevelled.
Wilfred also appeared to be dressed in a black suit, just like his father, 57.
Wilfred is Mr Johnson’s first son with his third wife Carrie, who is pregnant with the couple’s second child.
One-year-old Wilfred’s shocking mop of blonde hair was in full view as he was put into the back of the vehicle outside No. 10 by his doting father, whose own hair was similarly dishevelled
Boris Johnson’s son Wilfred has been described as copy of his father, sharing his instantly recognisable mane of blonde locks. But the Prime Minster took things a step further today as the toddler was seen as his father’s mini me in a black suit leaving Downing Streeet
The PM last week finally admitted that he is the father of six children after years of speculation about the number of children he had.He told US TV it is ‘a lot of hard work’ being a parent before insisting that he ‘changes a lot of nappies’.
Today, little Wilfred adorably held onto a teddy as he wriggled in his father’s arms. He appeared to be without Carrie, who is due to give birth at Christmas.
Mr Johnson is notoriously reluctant to discuss his often colourful private life but let down his guard on American television last week,.
In an interview with NBC on his trip to New York, he admitted for the first time that he has six children – from three different relationships – although there has been some suggestion that there may actually be a seventh.
Mr Johnson, 57, matched his son’s outfit as he picked up the little one and placed him into the back of a police security car to leave their London home
The PM has a son, Wilfred, with third wife Carrie Johnson and four with his second wife Marina Wheeler. He also has a daughter from an affair in 2009 with journalist and art critic Helen Macintyre – although a court case in 2013 hinted that there may be a second.
Boris has never previously put a figure on the size of his family. Speaking to the Today show, he was asked if he was a father of six, replying, ‘yes’. Asked what it was like being a father to a young child while in power he added: ‘It’s fantastic. It’s a lot of work, I’ll tell you that much. But I love it, I absolutely love it. I change a lot of nappies.’
The PM – who once dismissed reports of his cheating as ‘an inverted pyramid of piffle’ – married Oxford University sweetheart Allegra Mostyn-Owen in 1987, but they divorced in 1993 after he cheated on her with Wheeler.
The PM has a son, Wilfred, with third wife Carrie Johnson (above) and four with his second wife Marina Wheeler. He also has a daughter from an affair in 2009.
In 2004, his four-year affair with journalist and society author Petronella Wyatt, the daughter of Labour grandee Lord Wyatt, became public. She later told how she had an abortion and suffered a miscarriage.
Mr Johnson was sacked from his role as shadow arts minister by then-Tory leader Michael Howard for lying about the relationship.
The following year he fathered a child with art consultant Helen Macintyre but again was reconciled with his then wife. They finally announced plans to divorce in 2019 year after his relationship with Carrie came to light.
Boris Johnson’s second wife Marina was reportedly ‘crushed’ and their four children ‘furious’ about news he was having his first child with Carrie in March 2020.
Ms Wheeler divorced Mr Johnson after throwing him out in 2018 amid claims he was having an affair with Ms Symonds.
She is also said to be aggrieved that Boris became engaged and tried for a baby while they were divorcing.
Mr Johnson is thought to have tried to tell their four children Lara Lettice, 26, Milo Arthur, 24, Cassia Peaches, 22, and Theodore Apollo, 20, in person that he and Carrie were having a baby, born later that year.
The Prime Minister is notoriously reluctant to discuss his often colourful private life but let down his guard on American television today as he said he had six children
But not all of his children reportedly bothered to turn up for their father’s announcement and are said to be ‘furious’ because they believe Carrie and Boris got together after an affair.
On discovering his relationship with Carrie, who is 24 years Boris’ junior, Lara told friends he was a ‘selfish b*****d’ and all the children are said to have been supporting their mother through the divorce.
Boris had a fifth child from an affair with art consultant Helen Macintyre.
At first he denied he was the father and even sought a High Court injunction in 2013 to prevent her existence becoming public. He lost, and also the case led to claims there was another secret love child.
The confusion sprang from the judgment that suggested he may have fathered two children as a result of the affair with Ms Macintyre.
It read: ‘What was material was that the father’s infidelities resulted in the conception of children on two occasions.’
Boris and Carrie’s announcement they were getting engaged was made just 11 days after his divorce settlement with Marina Wheeler was agreed in court.
The couple had been married for 27 years and have four children, with Ms Wheeler – a successful barrister – reportedly in line to receive £4million from her husband.