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

Mrs Johnson shared the news on social media of the birth of Poppy Eliza Josephine Johnson on 21 May.

She wrote in a post on Instagram: "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."

Poppy is the couple's fourth child, after Wilfred, Romy, and Frank.

Mrs Johnson continued: "Thank you so much to the amazing maternity team at UCLH and particularly to Asma and Patrick who have looked after me so well through all my pregnancies. I really cannot thank you guys enough.

"Wilf, Romy and Frank are utterly delighted, particularly Romy who was desperate for a little sister. Bring on the matching dresses."

She said she is out of hospital and looking forward to "cocktails and pizza with my tiny baby snoozing on my lap".

"Life doesn't get any better," Mrs Johnson added.

The couple married in May 2021. Their daughter Romy was born in December 2021, sons Wilf in April 2020 and Frank in July 2023.

Their daughter Poppy, who Mrs Johnson said is the "final gang member", is Mr Johnson's ninth child.

He finally - at the time it was six - during an interview in 2021, after much speculation.

He also has four children with ex-wife Marina Wheeler, and a child born in 2009 as a result of an affair with art consultant Helen Macintyre.

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