LONDON 8 May (ANA) - Boris Johnson's father has told how he broke Covid-19 lockdown rules to buy a newspaper after the Prime Minister's son was born.

The PM and his fiancee Carrie Symonds announced she had given birth to a baby boy on April 29 weeks after Mr Johnson was discharged from intensive care where he had been battling coronavirus.

His father Stanley Johnson on Friday spoke of his delight after his grandchild was named Wilfred after the PM's grandfather, a Second World War RAF pilot.

He told ITV's Good Morning Britain: "I'm thrilled that Boris and Carrie have named their boy ... after my father Wilfred.(ANA)

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