Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeBoris Johnson "paid entirely" for his secret wedding to Carrie Symonds at the weekend, Downing Street has insisted. The couple tied the knot in a top-secret ceremony at Westminster Cathedral on Saturday, followed by a reception in the Downing Street garden. (Image: Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds got married on Saturday, with a reception in the Downing Street garden)Asked if Mr Johnson knew who had paid for the wedding, his spokesman said today: "The Prime Minister paid entirely for the wedding." Questions about who paid for the top-secret wedding came after a long-running row over who funded a refurbishment of Mr Johnson's Downing Street flat last year. Lord Geidt said Mr Johnson was not informed of this and only realised when he read media reports in February.

Source: Daily Mirror June 01, 2021 12:42 UTC