Former prime minister Boris Johnson has welcomed his fourth baby with wife Carrie Johnson.

Mrs Johnson announced on Saturday that she had given birth to their a baby girl, Poppy Eliza Josephine Johnson, on Wednesday (21 May), and that they were “totally smitten”.

In a post on Instagram, she said that the little girl was the “final gang member”.

She wrote: “I can’t believe how pretty and tiny you are. Feel so incredibly lucky. We are all totally smitten. Not sure I’ve slept a minute since you were born as can’t stop looking at how completely lovely you are.”

Mrs Johnson, 37, thanked the maternity team at University College London Hospitals, name-checking staff called Asma and Patrick who she said had “looked after me so well through all my pregnancies. I really cannot thank you guys enough.”

Mr Johnson married Carrie at Westminster Cathedral in May 2021, after getting engaged in 2019. They welcomed their first child, a boy called Wilfred, in April 2020, before having daughter Romy in December 2021. Their third child, a boy called Frank, was born in July 2023.

Mrs Johnson said: “Wilf, Romy and Frank are utterly delighted, particularly Romy who was desperate for a little sister. Bring on the matching dresses.”

She continued: “A final gang member.

“Back from hospital now and time for cocktails and pizza with my tiny baby snoozing on my lap. Life doesn’t get any better”.

Mrs Johnson shared a number of photos from the newborn’s first few days in the world, including a moment where Wilf and Romy are stood around the bassinet looking at their new sibling.

She included a photo of herself with the newborn, as well as one of her husband cradling the baby.

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Poppy is the former prime minister’s ninth child.

He has four adult children – Lara, Milo, Cassia and Theodore – with his second wife Marina Wheeler, from whom he separated in 2018, as well as a daughter resulting from an affair with arts consultant Helen MacIntyre.

The Court of Appeal ruled in 2013 that the public had a right to know that he had fathered a daughter during an adulterous liaison while Mayor of London in 2009.

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There has long been speculation about whether Mr Johnson has another child. During a 2019 radio interview with LBC, presenter Nick Ferrari asked the former politician how many children he had and if he was “fully involved” in their lives.

Mr Johnson responded: “I love my children very much but they are not standing at this election. I'm not therefore going to comment on them.”

Diary of a CEO podcast host Steven Bartlett asked last year why it was such a widely debate subject, to which the former prime minister replied: “Search me.”

“I have eight children, it’s a matter of public record,” he said.

Succeeding from Theresa May, Mr Johnson was prime minister from July 2019 until his resignation in September 2022.

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