UK PM Boris Johnson Announces Birth Of Seventh Child At London Hospital, Gender

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson with Carrie Symonds. (Wikimedia Commons/10 Downing Street)

JAKARTA - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie Johnson have announced the birth of a "healthy baby girl," according to the British Press Association. The baby was born on Thursday morning at a hospital in London.

"The prime minister and Mrs Johnson are delighted to announce the birth of a healthy baby girl in a London hospital today," read a statement, citing The Guardian December 9.

"Both mother and daughter are fine. The couple would like to thank the brilliant NHS maternity team for all their care and support."

Meanwhile citing CNN, PM Johnson's family announced in July that they were expecting a second child in December.

Carrie Johnson wrote at the time that she had miscarried earlier this year. "Wishing for our rainbow baby this Christmas," she wrote, referring to a child born after miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death.

Previously, PM Johnson and Carrie already had a son, Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson, who was born in April last year. They wed in a secret wedding at Westminster Cathedral in London in May this year.

Opposition Labor leader Keir Starmer tweeted his congratulations to the Johnson family, adding: "Wishing your family health and happiness."

PM Johnson finally admitted in an interview in September that he has six children, one of whom is a son with Carrie, having previously avoided the question in interviews and press conferences. It makes the newborn the seventh child.