Boris Johnson has eight children in total, including four with his ex-wife, three with his current wife and one from his secret affair(Image: Simon Dawson / No10 Downing Stre)

Boris Johnson's eight children and their names from lookalike son to secret love child

Boris Johnson's love life and family have been the interest of many over the years, as the former PM has divorced twice and fathered a child from a secret affair

06 Dec 2023, 08:59 by Nia Dalton · The Mirror

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be brutally grilled before the Covid Inquiry today about his handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

But it isn't the only topic he has often been quizzed on, as for years he has famously avoided questions about how many kids he actually has. He finally confirmed the number in September 2021 during an interview on the Today Show, adding: "It's fantastic, it's fantastic, it's a lot of work, I'll tell you that much, but I love it, I absolutely love it. And I change a lot of nappies, in case anybody… I do."

The number of children the ex-MP has fathered has been speculated thanks to his complicated love life, including two divorces, three marriages and a love child from one of his many affairs. He has four children with his second ex-wife, Marina Wheeler, one from his secret affair with a property developer in 2009, and three with wife Carrie Johnson.

There is a 30-year age gap between Boris' eldest, Lara, and youngest, Frank, after he and Carrie welcomed a son, called Frank Alfred Odysseus, earlier this year. All of the Johnson kids are very successful, having attended top private schools with some very impressive jobs between them. Here is everything we know about them...

Lara Lettice

Johnson and Marina's oldest child was conceived ahead of their wedding in 1993. Lara, 29, uses the double-barrelled surname Johnson-Wheeler, with the second being her mum's surname. She went to the £33,000-a-year Bedales school before earning a place at St Andrews University where she studied Latin.

Lara Lettice is Boris Johnson's eldest child with his ex-wife Marina Johnson( Image: Getty Images)

She now works as a journalist, writer, editor and broadcaster and lives in London. She specialises in arts and fashion criticism and has been published in Vogue. Her website states: "Johnson-Wheeler is open to and has experience in public speaking, chairing panel discussions and debates." At 30, she is just five years younger than her dad's wife, Carrie. At the time of her parents' split, the Sun reported that Lara called her dad a "selfish b*stard". She reportedly said: "Mum is finished with him. She will never take him back now."

Milo Arthur

Milo Arthur is Boris' eldest son from his former relationship with Marina( Image: PA Archive/PA Images)

Boris and Marina have four children together and married in 1993( Image: Getty Images)

Milo, 28, is Boris and Marina's oldest son and is a keen sportsman. He went to Westminster School, which costs about £ 27,000 a year. He studied at London's School of Oriental and African Studies and can speak Arabic, Russian and French. After his parents' split, Milo was photographed helping his mum clearing out their Highgate home. Removal vehicles were spotted outside the central London property, with Marina Wheeler and Milo seen removing rubbish from the property.

Cassia Peaches

Cassia Peaches Johnson follows in the footsteps of her father as a writer( Image: Facebook)

Cassia Peaches is 26 years old and studied at Highgate School, which costs about £18,000 a year. Like her dad and older sister, she is a writer and was a student editor for her school's alumni magazine. Boris' second-oldest daughter then went on to study at Trinity College in Dublin.

Theodore Johnson-Wheeler

Theo is Boris and Marina's youngest child, now 24, and goes by both of his parents' surnames. He went to Cambridge University - the rival of his dad's Oxford, after attending a private school. He was spotted working at a Hackney restaurant in 2022 - where his dad was booed on a recent visit over the jubilee weekend. He was working Morito, a trendy tapas and mezze restaurant in East London - but is no longer to believed to be there.

Theodore went to Cambridge University and was spotted working in London( Image: REX/Shutterstock)

He looks much like his father and has the same distinctive blonde hair( Image: Andrew Parsons / No10 Downing Street)

Mr Johnson responded to the heckles with a dismissive hand gesture before exiting the venue. "He flicked his finger at the customers when he got booed," a source told the Mail. "It was horrible, it just created a nasty atmosphere." Theo, who shares his father's distinctive shock of blonde hair, no longer works at the restaurant. He left shortly after Boris's visit, though this is thought to be unrelated. According to the Mail on Sunday, he had embraced his family's fame - reportedly writing a play about the Brexit referendum and his dad's role in the campaign at uni.

Stephanie Macintyre

Stephanie was born in 2009 through Johnson's affair with property developer Helen Macintyre. Helen tried to keep their child secret and even launched legal action against a newspaper to prevent them from publishing a report.

However, last year, Johnson's dad Stanley appeared to acknowledge her place in the family, saying he had spoken to her over video call and hoped to meet his grandchildren. "Fourteen includes Stephanie - that's the point," he said. "I am particularly pleased to include Stephanie." However, judges ruled the public had a right to know about Boris's daughter. It is understood that Stephanie has very little to do with her dad or her half-siblings.

Boris and Carrie welcomed their first baby, a son named Wilfred, three years ago( Image: Internet Unknown)

Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas

Boris and Carrie welcomed their first child, called Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas, at a London hospital on April 29, 2020. Johnson's ex Marina was said to be extremely upset by the news. A source said: "Marina has had a tough year with her health scare and the divorce and is very worried about how the kids are handling it too. She's just in pieces over it all."

Sources say their four grown-up kids are "furious" at Mr Johnson over his relationship with Carrie - who at 35 is 24 years his junior. They are said to have barely met her and believe she started seeing him while he was still living with their mum.

Romy Iris Charlotte

Back in July 2021, Carrie and Boris announced they were expecting another child. Sharing their happy news, Carrie also revealed she suffered a miscarriage at the beginning of the year, which left her "heartbroken." She wrote: "I feel incredibly blessed to be pregnant again but I've also felt like a bag of nerves. Fertility issues can be really hard for many people, particularly when on platforms like Instagram it can look like everything is only ever going well.

"I found it a real comfort to hear from people who had also experience loss so I hope that in some small way sharing this might help others, too." But they announced the birth of a healthy baby girl at a London hospital on 9 December 2021 and later revealed that they named her Romy Iris Charlotte Johnson.

Boris and Carrie have three children, Wilfred, Romy and newborn baby Frank( Image: carrielbjohnson/Instagram)

Frank Alfred Odysseus

In July 2023, Carrie and Boris announced they had welcomed a third child into the world. Posting on Instagram, Carrie wrote: "Welcome to the world Frank Alfred Odysseus Johnson born 5th July at 9.15am. (Can you guess which name my husband chose?!) 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."

She added: "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."