Boris Johnson's partner shares snaps from their trip to Italy

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She is the woman credited with inspiring Boris Johnson to adopt a new leaner, healthier look ahead of another tilt at Downing Street. And as this arresting holiday snap of Carrie Symonds shows, she is also in fantastic shape.

Taken on the couple’s recent break to Italy’s Amalfi Coast, the photo was shared with Carrie’s Instagram followers and captioned: ‘Positano. Sunshine, swimming, aperols and lots and lots of pasta.’

The former Tory Party communications chief, 31, is responsible for what friends call ‘Boris’s renaissance’. But it is not simply his waistline and unruly blond mop that she has tamed. Gone – almost – is his buffoonery and bumbling. Imbued with a clearer sense of purpose, Mr Johnson – a frontrunner to replace Theresa May – has been transformed, according to their friends.

And should he make it to the top, Miss Symonds could well become 10 Downing Street’s youngest and most glamorous ‘First Lady’ yet.

In January, it was reported that Mr Johnson, 54, was so enamoured of his new girlfriend that he wished to make her

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