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Paul McAuley

Britain's first gay dad welcomes new son with £10,000 worth of baby clothes and £3,700 Versace stroller

A multi-millionaire has welcomed his seventh child as a gay dad and said they are going to be “best-dressed baby".

Barrie Drewitt-Barlow, 52, announced the birth of 7lb 13oz Romeo, his second baby with his 26-year-old fiance Scott. The couple live in a £10m mansion with Barrie’s ex Tony, the dad of his five other children. Barrie who became Britain’s first gay dad in 1999, also has a son called Colin from a brief heterosexual relationship when he was younger.

He told the Mirror : “We are so excited to announce we have a new member of our family. I love being a dad more than anything. It has been almost two years since our youngest Valentina was born. With the age difference between her and the other children, we felt it would be unfair to not have at least one more to grow up with her.”

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