Boris Johnson's new baby baptised at Westminster Cathedral

Lady Chapel, Westminster Cathedral

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancée Carrie Symonds had their baby son Wilfrid Lawrie Nicholas baptised at Westminster Cathedral on Saturday, 12 September, Downing Street said today.

A spokesperson for the Diocese confirmed that baby Wilfred was baptised in a small private service on 12 September by Father Daniel Humphreys.

Mr Johnson was himself baptised Catholic as a child, on the wishes of his mother Charlotte Fawcett who is Catholic - making him the first baptised Catholic to become prime minister. (His godmother was Lady Rachel Billington - daughter of Lord Longford.) He was later confirmed an Anglican, while studying at Eton.

Tony Blair is now a Catholic, but he was received into the Church after his time as Prime Minister ended.

Just for the record: Several media outlets today reported that Wilfred's baptism took place in the Lady Chapel of Westminster Cathedral - which they describe as 'Henry VII's 16th century chapel.' This is more likely to be a reference to the Lady Chapel in Westminster Abbey. Westminster Cathedral was built in 1903.