Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds first met in 2012, when she was seconded to work on his Mayor of London re-election campaign.
She was 23 at the time while the senior politician was 47.
The pair were first linked romantically in the press when he attended her 30th birthday party in 2018.
It wasn’t much later that Mr Johnson and wife, barrister Marina Wheeler, announced that they were getting a divorce, in September 2018, at which time his romance with Carrie was made common knowledge.
Boris Johnson: Carrie Symonds – early signs of relationship in February 2018
Had romance blossomed between the pair as early as February 2018?
A body language expert analysed one of the first images of Carrie and Boris together.
The snap, taken on 7 February 2018, shows the now Prime Minster leaving the Conservative party Black and White Ball at Natural History Museum.
The then Foreign Secretary looks towards waiting cameras smiling, with his hands in his pockets.
Meanwhile Carrie can be seen rummaging through her Chanel bag, looking down and smiling.
Judi James told Express.co.uk: “It might have seemed like a sensible idea to leave this venue separately to avoid speculation about their relationship but Boris and Carrie needn’t have bothered as the evidence of their strong feelings about one another is written all over their facial expressions here.”
In fact, the future Prime Minister adopted a rather different attitude to this usual public persona in this candid picture, Judi claims.
“Boris’s normal smile is more sheepish and often involves steepled brows or an actual frown,” she said.
“Here though his cheeks are rounded and his eye and mouth expressions are congruent, with both suggesting utter delight, pride, and a sense of fun.”
“Stuffing his hands into his pockets is a bit of an over-acted gesture to make an avoidance of touch look ‘natural’ and it adds to his look of a rather naughty schoolboy,” she added.
The blonde aide appears to have taken a similar approach by rummaging though the designer purse.
“Carrie has opted to root in her bag to keep her occupied and to avoid any over-egged performances of ignoring one another like strangers but she’s also mirroring Boris’s wide beaming smile as she does so, showing they’re sharing the same joke or thought at that moment,” Judi said.
“Both look extremely happy to have been ‘discovered’ together no matter how much their positioning might suggest a desire to deny it.”
Is Carrie Symonds older that Boris Johnson’s children?
Boris Johnson’s children are now in their adult years.
He has four children with his wife Marina, who he is currently seeking a divorce from.
His daughter Lara Lettice is his oldest child at 26, only five years younger than his current girlfriend.
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