Boris and Carrie Johnson have welcomed their third child together, named Frank Alfred Odysseus Johnson.

The baby boy, who will be known as ‘Frankie’, is Mr Johnson’s eighth child.

The couple made the announcement on Instagram this afternoon.

They are already parents to Wilfred, thee, and 18-month-old Romy.

Mrs Johnson wrote on Instagram: ‘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.

‘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’.

Mr and Mrs Johnson had their first child, Wilfred, on April 29 2020, in the early months of the Covid-19 crisis.

They married in May 2021 at Westminster Cathedral, with their second child, daughter Romy, born on December 9 in the same year.

The former Prime Minister has four children with lawyer Marine Wheeler.

He also a fifth child with art consultant Helen Macintyre.

Mrs Johnson only announced she was expecting her third child in May.

She wrote: ‘Wilf is v excited about being a big brother again and has been chattering about to nonstop.

‘Don’t think Romy has a clue what’s coming. She will soon.’

How many children does Boris Johnson have?

Boris has four children with his second wife, Barrister Marina Wheeler.

They are Lara Lettice, now 26, Milo Arthur, 24, Cassia Peaches, 22, and Theodore Apollo, 20.

Allegations came out later that Boris had fathered a fifth child after an affair with Helen Macintyre, the wife of a property developer, in 2009.

During his general election campaign, Boris was asked by LBC journalist Nick Ferrari how many children he had, and whether he was ‘fully involved in their lives’.

At the time, he responded: ‘I don’t think this is what the nation wants to hear! The nation wants to hear how we are going to deliver Brexit.’

He has three children with his current wife Carrie Johnson – a son called Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson, born in April 2020, and a daughter – Romy Iris Charlotte Johnson – born December 9 2021.

The birth Frank Alfred Odysseus Johnson was announced today.

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