Marrying in office
It was announced Boris Johnson will marry his fiancée, Carrie Symonds, next year. This will be only the fourth time a serving prime minister has married while in office.
— Robert Walpole married Maria Skerrett, daughter of a wealthy merchant, on 3 March 1738, following the death of his first wife. Sadly, Maria died in childbirth a year later.
— In the 15 months the Duke of Grafton was prime minister he found time to divorce his first wife and marry his second, Elizabeth Wrottlesley, on 24 June 1769.
— Lord Liverpool married Mary Chester, a friend of his deceased first wife, at Hampton Court on 24 September 1822.
Cancer detection
How has cancer treatment been affected by the pandemic? According to Cancer Research UK, between March 2020 and March 2021 there were:
380,000 fewer referrals by GPs to specialists than would normally be expected.
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