Boris Johnson has planned a wedding party in July with his wife, Carrie, on his retirement from the prime minister, several sources have said.
Johnson, who resigned on Thursday, and his wife have sent reservation invitations to party guests at Checkers, the house of grace and favor of the Prime Minister in Buckinghamshire, later this month.
The couple got married last year in a small ceremony with 30 guests due to Covid’s restrictions, but Johnson’s spokesman said at the time that they planned to celebrate again in the summer of 2022. It is their third marriage. of Johnson, who has two children with Carrie.
Last year’s ceremony at Westminster Cathedral was secretly prepared and guests were held in the Downing Street Garden, with only one official photograph published.
Plans for the wedding party at Checkers, first reported by Bloomberg, will likely go into renewed scrutiny now that Johnson has said he will resign as Conservative leader and leave Downing Street when a new candidate is elected.
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Critics of the party, including former Prime Minister John Major, have urged him to leave immediately and let his deputy, Dominic Raab, act as interim prime minister due to his party’s lack of confidence in him. .
Carrie Johnson saw her husband’s resignation speech on Downing Street, carrying her daughter, Romy, in a sleeve. Their youngest son, Wilf, was waiting for them in lobby number 10.