Boris and Carrie Johnson will host a wedding celebration on Saturday at the Cotswolds estate of a major Tory donor.
The retired prime minister, 58, and his wife, 34, will welcome family and friends to the 18th-century Daylesford House in Gloucestershire, owned by Anthony Bamford, chairman of construction equipment manufacturer JCB.
Johnson scrapped plans to hold the celebration at the prime minister’s official country residence, Checkers in Buckinghamshire, after accusations he was using the event to delay his exit from office.
A huge white marquee covered with bunting has been erected in the grounds of Daylesford House. The event will celebrate the couple’s wedding, which took place in a modest private ceremony at Westminster Cathedral in May 2021 during the Covid restrictions.
Aerial view of the grounds of Daylesford House. Photo: Steve Parsons/Pennsylvania
Guests will be able to lounge on hay bales set up outside the marquee and eat and drink at kegs and small tables while enjoying views of meadows and orchards, according to reports.
Lord Bamford, 76, is covering at least part of the cost of the party at the Grade One listed estate, the Mirror reported.
The billionaire entrepreneur, who backed Johnson’s successful leadership bid in 2019, has given more than £10m in donations and gifts to the Conservatives since 2001.
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The prime minister, who has been married twice before, has regularly mentioned JCB in speeches and events and visited its plant in Gujarat during a trip to India earlier this year.
He rammed a digger displaying the slogan ‘Get Brexit Done’ through a fake brick wall emblazoned with ‘Gridlock’ during a visit to a JCB factory in a campaign stunt in 2019.
Asked about the wedding celebrations, the No 10 declined to comment on the “personal matter”.
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