Carrie and Boris Johnson announce birth of baby boy named Frank | Boris Johnson

Carrie and Boris Johnson have announced the birth of their third child, a second son.

In the caption of an Instagram post with a picture of her holding the newborn, Carrie Johnson joked: “Welcome to the world Frank Alfred Odysseus Johnson born 5th July at 9.15am. (Can you guess which name my husband chose?!)”

The former prime minister Boris Johnson is keen to be thought of as a scholar of the classics. In Greek mythology, Odysseus leaves behind his wife and child to seek adventure, encountering many other women along the way.

Carrie Johnson added: “Am loving every minute of the sleepy baby bubble. Seeing my older two embrace their new brother with such joy and excitement has been the most wonderful thing to see. We are all very smitten.

“Thank you so much to the incredible NHS maternity team at UCLH. They really are the most amazing, caring people. I feel such immense gratitude. Now, can anyone recommend any good series/box sets to binge while breastfeeding? Time for a drink”.

Boris Johnson has always refused to say how many children he has in total. But he is known to have fathered at least eight so far, by at least three different women.

He had four children with his ex-wife Marina Wheeler, and another in 2009 with the arts consultant Helen Macintyre, with whom he had an affair.

The Johnsons’ first child – a son named Wilfred – was born in April 2020. In May 2021 they married in secret at Westminster Cathedral. And in December that year it was announced the couple had had a baby girl, whom they named Romy Iris Charlotte.

Frank is the couple’s first child born since Boris Johnson left Downing Street last year, having losing the confidence of the Conservative party over his handling of several scandals.