Shawdesh Desk:

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his partner Carrie Symonds are engaged and are expecting a baby in early summer, the couple have announced.

Ms Symonds wrote on Instagram that they got engaged at the end of last year, adding she felt “incredibly blessed”.

Mr Johnson, 55, and Ms Symonds, 31, became the first unmarried couple to occupy Downing Street when they moved in last year, reports BBC.

Ms Symonds is also the youngest partner of a prime minister in 174 years.