What Can We Learn From Carrie's 'First Lady' Debut?

It's not every gathering of world leaders that is upstaged by a baby. But Boris and Carrie Johnson’s son Wilfred made his debut on the diplomatic scene at the G7 summit, which kicked off on 11 June in Cornwall, sitting on the sand as his giggling mum whipped off her shoes to paddle in the sea with Dr Jill Biden, wife of the US President.

The laid-back scenes, following a more traditional first photocall for both women and their husbands, seemed aimed at defusing tensions ahead of potentially awkward formal negotiations between Joe Biden – known to be worried about the disruption Brexit is causing internationally – and his British counterpart.

But they also marked a big moment for Carrie, in her first major public appearance since the Downing Street couple’s secret wedding last month. After endless catty references to her being the ‘first girlfriend’, and malicious comparisons with the Prime Minister’s ex-wife Marina, some saw her role leading a programme for G7 leaders’ spouses as confirmation of her official status in his life.

The very idea of world leaders bringing their wives – or husband, in Angela Merkel’s case – to work, or joking about having ‘married way above their station’ as Joe Biden did, may seem old-fashioned. But these women are nobody’s arm candy.Dr Biden’s black Zadig & Voltaire blazer had the word ‘Love’ spelled out on the back in crystals

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gabyhinsliff My question is why was the Duchess of Cambridge subbed in on day 2?

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gabyhinsliff There is no first lady, we have a monarch's consort which was Prince Philip.

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