Boris and Carrie Johnson are no longer planning to host a wedding party at Chequers as the Prime Minister continues his final days in office as caretaker leader, according to reports.
The pair married in a low-key, private ceremony at Westminster Cathedral last year. A small group of family and friends attended the wedding, organised in secrecy, which was followed by a reception in the gardens of 10 Downing Street.
It was known Mr and Mrs Johnson planned to have a larger celebration this year, after coronavirus restrictions were relaxed. They were said to have sent save-the-date cards to family and friends for the celebration on July 30.
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The Evening Standard reported last month that this would take the form of a "champagne-soaked soiree" at the PM's country residence to celebrate the couple's first anniversary. It had been suggested that Mr Johnson wanted to stay on as a caretaker prime minister in part to see this through - although this claim was denied by Downing Street.
The Mirror said it was told by two separate sources that the pair were keen to go ahead with the celebrations. However, the PA news agency says the couple are now planning to move the wedding to a different location.
Newly-installed Education Secretary James Cleverly had earlier told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that a new prime minister should let the two have their wedding party at Chequers, even if Mr Johnson is gone by then. Mr Cleverly said: "I think that if that is done by that point in time, I suspect that it would be a rather generous action of the new prime minister to allow that to go ahead.
"Private functions like that do not impose a burden on the public purse...I think it's churlish to be negative about two people who want to celebrate their marriage and their love for each other."
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