Skip to main content
Open this photo in gallery:

In this file photo taken on March 07, 2020 Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson (L) with his partner Carrie Symonds attend the Six Nations international rugby union match between England and Wales at the Twickenham, west London .ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images

Boris Johnson and his fiancee, Carrie Symonds, have named their son - in part - after the doctors who saved his life: Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas.

Wilfred comes from Johnson’s grandfather and Lawrie from her grandfather.

But Nicholas is a nod to Nick Price and Nick Hart — two intensive care doctors at London’s St Thomas’ Hospital who the couple praised for saving him from his coronavirus infection.

Symonds announced the name on her personal Instagram account on Saturday.

55-year-old Johnson returned to work on Monday after recuperating from COVID-19, which left him gravely ill in intensive care at the peak of the outbreak.

Follow related authors and topics

Authors and topics you follow will be added to your personal news feed in Following.

Interact with The Globe