Boris Johnson free to marry Carrie Symonds after agreeing divorce settlement with estranged wife Marina Wheeler

BORIS Johnson will soon be free to marry girlfriend ­Carrie Symonds — with his divorce now imminent.

The PM, 55, moved a step closer to being a single man after a ten-minute family court ­hearing on Tuesday cleared the way for him to divorce.

Neither he nor estranged second wife, Marina Wheeler, were in court. Instead, their lawyers and a district judge set out how the pair had agreed a private deal to carve up their estimated £6.5million fortune.

London’s Central Family Court granted top human rights QC Marina, also 55, permission to apply for a decree absolute to end the 27-year marriage.

She must now fill in a form known as a D36.

When completed and returned to the court, the couple’s divorce will be finalised within a fortnight. The split means Mr Johnson, the UK’s 77th PM, will become only the second in British history to be divorced while in office.

Augustus FitzRoy, the 3rd Duke of Grafton, was the last to do so in 1769.

He also remarried while at the helm — and went on to have nine children with his second wife.

Details of the couple’s settlement were kept secret under the terms of strict reporting restrictions.

But in November, it emerged the pair’s £3.75million marital home was being sold. The proceeds are likely to have been split between them.

Rumours about Mr Johnson and Carrie started circulating in 2018, when she was head of communications for the Tory party.

Not long afterwards, Marina announced she was divorcing.

Carrie, 31, should be well aware the PM’s love life has always been colourful — with two marriages, a string of affairs and an unknown number of children.