Carrie Symonds’ mum moves into Downing Street and forms ‘household bubble’ to look after baby Wilfred
BORIS Johnson's future mother-in-law has reportedly formed a "household bubble" with daughter Carrie to help look after her baby grandson Wilfred.
Mum Josephine McAffee is said to be helping to look after the eight-month-old infant in the spacious flat in Downing Street.
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Johnson, 56, and Symonds, 32, became the first unmarried couple to occupy Downing Street when they moved in during July 2019.
After announcing their engagement last February last year, Wilfred was born on April 29 at University College Hospital, London.
Under lockdown rules, people can form a support bubble with another household of any size if they live by themselves or if their household includes a child who was aged one or under.
A spokesman for Johnson declined to comment on the claims reported in the Sunday Telegraph.
A spokesman for Symonds said she "declined to comment on private arrangements, given Carrie’s mother is a private individual".
Symonds was born in London in 1988 when her mother was a lawyer at the Independent newspaper, which her dad Matthew Symonds co-founded.
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