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Carrie’s G7 triumph will be galling to Boris’s ex

WHat a joyous breath of fresh Cornish air it was to see the new Mrs Johnson walk hand-in-hand with her husband, her wedding ring glinting in the sunlight, alongside President Biden and his wife Jill ahead of the g7 summit.

forget Boris, it was a PR triumph for our new first Lady in Red, with pictures on the front pages of every newspaper and footage beamed on news channels across the world. Barefoot in the sand, long blonde hair flowing in the breeze, she was frolicking in the sea with arms outstretched to baby Wilfred. Who could not rejoice at such happiness?

Well, perhaps the woman Boris was married to for 25 years, for one — distinguished lawyer Marina Wheeler, 56. as any wife knows who’s been dumped for a younger woman, those images of Carrie will be like a dagger through her heart.

Unlike most betrayed partners who can quietly rebuild their lives and steer away from constant reminders of their ex, Marina simply can’t avoid them. they’re everywhere, in pictures and stories and footage, and no end of them in sight.

and what about Marina and Boris’s four children? Just imagine how they feel as they see the woman who usurped their beloved mum’s place at Boris’s side parade Wilfred for the world’s media.

How galling for them that it is Carrie, 33, strutting the world stage, not Marina who put in so much hard work, put up with so much and kept things together for so long for the sake of the family.

Marina is the woman who nurtured and supported Boris’s dreams of glory, of one day becoming PM, and yet now she sees Carrie who has known him for barely a few years revelling in the spoils of his success. It is as if Boris has won the Lottery jackpot, and she is the ex looking on as her successor shares his winnings.

Boris’s affair with Carrie was the last straw for Marina after years of tolerating his infidelity. She’d put up with him because she believed in him but the relationship broke down as she was battling cervical cancer. as Marina said in an interview with good Housekeeping magazine after the split: ‘My four children and I already had tough stuff to handle. My 25- year marriage had become impossible, so I ended it.’

We know marriages go wrong and people move on. But for Marina it must be so hard — because Carrie’s triumph is there before her every hour, every day.

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