Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancée Carrie Symonds had their baby son Wilfrid Lawrie Nicholas baptised at Westminster Cathedral on Saturday, 12 September, Downing Street said today.
A spokesperson for the Diocese confirmed that baby Wilfred was baptised in a small private service on 12 September by Father Daniel Humphreys.
Mr Johnson was himself baptised Catholic as a child, on the wishes of his mother Charlotte Fawcett who is Catholic – making him the first baptised Catholic to become prime minister. (His godmother was Lady Rachel Billington – daughter of Lord Longford.) He was later confirmed an Anglican, while studying at Eton. Read more
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