Prime Minister Boris Johnson has exchanged on the sale of his home which was on the market for £3.75 million. Pictured: Mr Johnson in Manchester todayThere can be few London houses which have seen as many comings and goings as the handsome, five-storey, Grade II-listed Islington residence which was, until recently, the marital home Boris Johnson shared with his long-suffering second wife, barrister Marina Wheeler. Estate agent Chestertons declined to name the purchaser or the final price, but Marina, in particular, will be relieved by the sale. But a brief inscription on a blue plaque could not begin to summarise the various ‘scrapes’ that he experienced during his decade there. Only a year after Boris, Marina and their four children moved in, Marina threw him out ‘like a tom cat’.

Source: Daily Mail November 19, 2019 21:56 UTC