My great-grandfather had four wives, why should I be faithful?': Boris Johnson's ex-wives say his womanising mirrors his father's - but biographer TOM BOWER says it's also driven by his constant search for a soul mate
Boris Johnson's first wife Allegra Mostyn-Owen said marriage spelled the end By the time the pair divorced in 1993 Marina Wheeler was already pregnant Boris trusted Marina, who had been a childhood friend, not to cause him harm A month after their wedding in 1993 the couple's daughter Lara Lettice was born
As London Mayor between 2008 and 2016, now-Prime Minister Boris Johnson appeared to exert a fascination over women. In 2009, he joined Marina at Westminster Abbey for a memorial service for her father, the distinguished BBC correspondent Charles Wheeler. To the packed congregation, they appeared united. Yet Boris was in the midst of an affair with Helen Macintyre (inset bottom), a 37-year-old art dealer. Sparky, sexy and good company, Macintyre had admired him for years. Engaging with her, despite all the risks to his marriage and mayoralty, revealed the paradox of Boris. Although a loner, he craved company. Loneliness plunged him into a deep depression, relieved by a conversation with whoever happened to be his mistress at the time. Pictured left, with Marina Wheeler in 2009. Top inset, with Jennifer Arcuri in 2013 and right, at the Christchurch Commemoration Ball in Oxford in 1987.
Jennifer Arcuri’s presence in Boris’s (pictured together in 2013) life could not be kept secret from his closest staff for long. Although he ‘swore blind’ to Marina after his affair with Helen Macintyre that he would be faithful, some could see that while he worshipped Marina as a soul mate, their relationship, they mistakenly speculated, had become strained
Boris had an affair with Helen Macintyre, a 37-year-old art dealer, pictured in 2011. Sparky, sexy and good company, Macintyre had admired him for years. Engaging with her, despite all the risks to his marriage and mayoralty, revealed the paradox of Boris. Although a loner, he craved company +25 Boris had an affair with Helen Macintyre, a 37-year-old art dealer, pictured in 2011. Sparky, sexy and good company, Macintyre had admired him for years. Engaging with her, despite all the risks to his marriage and mayoralty, revealed the paradox of Boris. Although a loner, he craved company
Father Stanley and mother Charlotte. Boris, centre, is pictured with his brother and sisters in the seventies. Mr Bower describes Stanley’s first marriage, to Mr Johnson’s mother Charlotte, as violent and unhappy, quoting her as saying: ‘He broke my nose. He made me feel like I deserved it’
Mr Bower describes Stanley’s first marriage, to Mr Johnson’s mother Charlotte, as violent and unhappy, quoting her as saying: ‘He broke my nose. He made me feel like I deserved it.’
Boris Johnson with his mother Charlotte. Only Boris’s 77-year-old artist mother, Charlotte, could explain Boris' hostility towards his father Stanley. It reflected the Johnson family’s intimate history, which only now has she chosen to make public
Boris Johnson pictured as a young boy with his father Stanley. Marina blamed Stanley for her marriage’s collapse and refused to speak to him. Like Boris’s first wife, Allegra Mostyn-Owen, she said that Boris’s adultery mirrored his father’s habits</</b>
Petronella Wyatt, Boris’s vivacious deputy when he was editor of The Spectator – at that time dubbed the ‘Sextator’ because of the numerous affairs between staff – found out about his passion for her by accident. Pictured together at the Spectator Magazine summer party in 2006
Petronella Wyatt and Boris Johnson are pictured at the Spectator Summer party in June 2000. During their first summer together, Boris told Petronella he wanted to marry her. About eight months after their relationship began, she was pregnant. Attracted by the idea of a second family, Boris urged her to have the child
The truth behind bust up between Carrie Symonds and Boris Johnson in London flat
Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds reportedly had a ferocious argument in her London flat in June last year, a new book claims, and it was all to do with red wine.
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Boris Johnson's first wife Allegra Mostyn-Owen said marriage spelled the end
By the time the pair divorced in 1993 Marina Wheeler was already pregnant
Boris trusted Marina, who had been a childhood friend, not to cause him harm
A month after their wedding in 1993 the couple's daughter Lara Lettice was born
As London Mayor between 2008 and 2016, now-Prime Minister Boris Johnson appeared to exert a fascination over women. In 2009, he joined Marina at Westminster Abbey for a memorial service for her father, the distinguished BBC correspondent Charles Wheeler. To the packed congregation, they appeared united. Yet Boris was in the midst of an affair with Helen Macintyre (inset bottom), a 37-year-old art dealer. Sparky, sexy and good company, Macintyre had admired him for years. Engaging with her, despite all the risks to his marriage and mayoralty, revealed the paradox of Boris. Although a loner, he craved company. Loneliness plunged him into a deep depression, relieved by a conversation with whoever happened to be his mistress at the time. Pictured left, with Marina Wheeler in 2009. Top inset, with Jennifer Arcuri in 2013 and right, at the Christchurch Commemoration Ball in Oxford in 1987.
Jennifer Arcuri’s presence in Boris’s (pictured together in 2013) life could not be kept secret from his closest staff for long. Although he ‘swore blind’ to Marina after his affair with Helen Macintyre that he would be faithful, some could see that while he worshipped Marina as a soul mate, their relationship, they mistakenly speculated, had become strained
Boris had an affair with Helen Macintyre, a 37-year-old art dealer, pictured in 2011. Sparky, sexy and good company, Macintyre had admired him for years. Engaging with her, despite all the risks to his marriage and mayoralty, revealed the paradox of Boris. Although a loner, he craved company +25
Boris had an affair with Helen Macintyre, a 37-year-old art dealer, pictured in 2011. Sparky, sexy and good company, Macintyre had admired him for years. Engaging with her, despite all the risks to his marriage and mayoralty, revealed the paradox of Boris. Although a loner, he craved company
Father Stanley and mother Charlotte. Boris, centre, is pictured with his brother and sisters in the seventies. Mr Bower describes Stanley’s first marriage, to Mr Johnson’s mother Charlotte, as violent and unhappy, quoting her as saying: ‘He broke my nose. He made me feel like I deserved it’
Mr Bower describes Stanley’s first marriage, to Mr Johnson’s mother Charlotte, as violent and unhappy, quoting her as saying: ‘He broke my nose. He made me feel like I deserved it.’
Boris Johnson with his mother Charlotte. Only Boris’s 77-year-old artist mother, Charlotte, could explain Boris' hostility towards his father Stanley. It reflected the Johnson family’s intimate history, which only now has she chosen to make public
Boris Johnson pictured as a young boy with his father Stanley. Marina blamed Stanley for her marriage’s collapse and refused to speak to him. Like Boris’s first wife, Allegra Mostyn-Owen, she said that Boris’s adultery mirrored his father’s habits</</b>
Petronella Wyatt, Boris’s vivacious deputy when he was editor of The Spectator – at that time dubbed the ‘Sextator’ because of the numerous affairs between staff – found out about his passion for her by accident. Pictured together at the Spectator Magazine summer party in 2006
Petronella Wyatt and Boris Johnson are pictured at the Spectator Summer party in June 2000. During their first summer together, Boris told Petronella he wanted to marry her. About eight months after their relationship began, she was pregnant. Attracted by the idea of a second family, Boris urged her to have the child
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Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds reportedly had a ferocious argument in her London flat in June last year, a new book claims, and it was all to do with red wine.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/the-truth-behind-bust-up-between-carrie-symonds-and-boris-johnson-in-london-flat/ar-BB19G7W1?ocid=msedgntp