LONDON (Reuters) – Boris Johnson and his fiancée Carrie Symonds have named their newborn son Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas, partly as a tribute to two of the intensive care doctors who they said had saved the British leader’s life as he battled COVID-19 complications.
Symonds announced the name on Saturday on Instagram beside a picture of her and the boy, who already has thick hair resembling the blond thatch of his father.
Symonds, 32, said Wilfred, who was born on Wednesday, was named after Johnson’s grandfather, while Lawrie came from her grandfather.
The choice of Nicholas, Symonds said, was a nod to Nick Price and Nick Hart – two doctors who the couple have praised for saving Johnson’s life at St Thomas’ hospital last month.
“I couldn’t be happier,” Symonds said, adding her thanks to the maternity staff of University College London Hospital. “My heart is full.”
Johnson, 55, returned to work on Monday after recuperating from COVID-19, which had left him gravely ill in inte