As an accomplished writer, Rachel Johnson is understandably narked to be known primarily as “the sister of Boris Johnson”, or nowadays, “the sister of the prime minister”. Section headings such as “Sister of Boris” and “Sister of the PM” also emphasise how much she has minded her own reputation becoming entwined with that of the Etonian shagger. They made my brother prime minister”, extracts from and publicity for the book can only have further promulgated this calumny, just when extreme social distance from the prime minister might be, for more sensitive family members, as merciful as it is wholesome. It’s possible – I know from experience – to meet a Johnson who never mentions his public school. Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘Very proud’: Rachel Johnson on her brother’s handling of coronavirus on ITV’s Loose Women.

Source: The Guardian March 22, 2020 08:15 UTC