The Conservative leader married Carrie Symonds in London's Roman Catholic Westminster Cathedral on Saturday.
married his fiancé Carrie Symonds on Saturday in a secret ceremony. The event was confirmed by Number 10 Downing Street following media reports.
Johnson and Symonds were married at London's Westminster Cathedral, a Roman Catholic church. 10 Downing Street falls within the cathedral's parish but questions have been raised about how the couple could have been wed in a Catholic ceremony., Marina Wheeler, according tonewspaper. However, news reports have differed on whether Johnson and Mostyn-Owen's marriage ended in divorce or annulment.
The wedding this weekend was reportedly performed by Father Daniel Humphreys, a Catholic priest who baptized Johnson's son with Symonds, Wilfred Johnson, last year. There was speculation in the British press on Sunday about how the couple could have received the Catholic sacrament of marriage considering Johnson's previous wives.newspaper suggested that Johnson could have had his previous marriages annulled or that because they had not been performed in Catholic ceremonies, the Church simply does not recognize them and views Johnson's marriage to Symonds as his first. However, the exact details are not yet clear.
The newspaper also reports that Johnson's mother was a Catholic but he renounced her faith while attending Eton, a famous British private school, and was confirmed into the Anglican faith.
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