Carrie Symonds reveals she has spent time speaking with an ‘amazing’ woman in her 70s to keep her company, taking to Instagram to share a photo of herself cradling Wilfred during the call as he was ‘gurgling away’.
The fiancée of Prime Minister Boris Johnson shared a photo of herself holding their seven-month-old son Wilfred at home whilst she enjoyed a call with 78-year old Patsy Pickis, who she met through a voluntary initiative called Together.
Speaking after the call, Patsy, from Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, said: ‘It was very touching to get a call from Carrie, she was wonderful to talk to, we just chatted like normal.
‘I know that I am incredibly lucky to have family close by that take care of me and usually keep me company at this time of year, even though I won’t get to see them all this year. But this Christmas I will be thinking about those who might not be as fortunate as myself and it’s nice to know that Carrie is too.’
Ms Symonds, 32, revealed how Patsy had been unable to leave her home ‘much’ during the pandemic but had just become one of the 500,000 to have had the covid-19 vaccine.
She captioned the photo: ‘Earlier today, I spoke with another amazing woman in her 80s, who hasn’t been able to leave her home much this year.
‘Despite that, she was in good spirits and having just had the vaccine, was looking forward to returning to her weekly lunch club speaking to her (with Wilf gurgling away on my lap) made my day!’
The mother-of-one described how Wilfred had also attempted to get in on the call, ‘gurgling’ on her lap as she spoke to Patsy.
‘Wilf’, or Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson in full, appeared to be dressed in a Christmas outfit with a star patterned pair of red leggings paired with a simple cream top. The child’s face is yet to be seen by the public since his birth on April 29 this year.
Acknowledging the strict covid-19 restrictions which have left millions with no option but to forgo their Christmas meal with relatives entirely, Ms Symonds encouraged people to follow her lead by ‘doing something like this’ in their communities to spend ‘#ChristmasTogether’.
She added: ‘Many of us won’t be able to see our loved ones this Christmas, but spending a bit of time doing something like this has got to be what Christmas is all about.
