Boris Johnson's tumultuous two-year tenure as UK prime minister - in pictures

Mr Johnson has presided over one of the most dramatic periods in recent British history

July 2019: Queen Elizabeth II invites Boris Johnson, as Britain's new Prime Minister, to form a government after his resounding victory in the Conservative Party's leadership election.

August 2019: Then-US president Donald Trump and Boris Johnson attend a bilateral meeting during the G7 summit in Biarritz, France. The pair exchanged warm words despite vast differences in their positions on geopolitics and global trade.

November 2019: Boris Johnson poses for a photo wearing boxing gloves emblazoned with ‘Get Brexit Done' during a stop on his general election campaign trail in Manchester.

December 2019: Boris Johnson and his partner Carrie Symonds enter Downing Street as the Conservatives celebrate a sweeping UK general election victory.

January 2020: Five years since David Cameron announced he was calling a referendum on the UK leaving the EU, known as Brexit, Mr Johnson holds the reins of power as the country hands back its membership and is cut adrift from the European bloc.

February 2020: Boris Johnson finalises his divorce deal with his estranged wife Marina Wheeler after a year-long financial dispute. It paves the way for marriage to his partner Carrie Symonds. The couple announce they are engaged and are expecting a baby.

March 2020: Everything changes as the coronavirus pandemic envelopes the world. Boris Johnson orders a national lockdown with families told to stay in their homes in all bar exceptional circumstances. Non-essential shops are also shut and events such as weddings and funerals suspended. It is the biggest shutdown in Britain’s history.

March 2020: Mr Johnson begins a series of sombre press conferences at which he warns many people will die from coronavirus. He says the country faces the worst public health crisis for a generation. He urges people to work from home and stay away from pubs, restaurants and other social gatherings.

March 2020: Mr Johnson takes part in the first 'Clap for Carers', a weekly round of applause for National Health Service staff that brings the nation out on their doorsteps to acknowledge the workers putting their lives at risk on the front line in the battle against coronavirus. He is soon in need of their assistance as he tests positive for Covid and is hospitalised.

April 2020.: From near death to nappy duty! In a rattling change of fortunes, Mr Johnson and his partner Carrie reveal the birth of their son. It is Carrie’s first child but thought to be Boris’s fifth child. Surprisingly, the PM has never confirmed exactly how many children he has through a series of relationships. The boy is named Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson, in a tribute to their grandfathers and the doctors who treated the prime minister in hospital.

June 2020: Boris Johnson visits M&S clothing department and other retail outlets in Westfield Stratford, London, as the first lockdown restrictions ease.

July 2020: The public get their first real glimpse of Wilfred as he is cuddled by Carrie on a Zoom call to thank University College Hospital staff who helped with the birth.

October 2020: The UK orders a string of local lockdowns as Mr Johnson tries to regain control of the second wave without forcing the entire country back into hibernation.

November 2020: Mr Johnson orders a new national lockdown after weeks of costly dithering and the failure of tiered restrictions to stem the spread of the virus.

January 2021: Despite the pandemic's third wave, a glimmer of light is presented in the shape of the UK's burgeoning vaccination programme. Here, Mr Johnson visits a mobile vaccination centre at Barnet FC's ground at The Hive, north London.

March 2021: Mr Johnson gives a thumbs-up gesture after receiving his first dose of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine at St Thomas' Hospital in London.

April 2021: Boris Johnson is embroiled in a furore over who paid for his flat at 11 Downing Street to be refurbished, with wife Carrie Symonds alleged as to have derided its John Lewis decor. Here, Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer attempts to make political capital out of the incident at a John Lewis in Manchester.

May 2021: Boris Johnson poses with his wife Carrie Johnson in the garden of No 10 Downing Street after their secret wedding at Westminster Cathedral.

May 2021: Boris Johnson visits Hartlepool after the Conservative Party candidate Jill Mortimer won the Hartlepool Parliamentary by-election. Ms Mortimer won with 51.9 per cent of the vote, marking a significant victory for Mr Johnson's Tories as Hartlepool was traditionally a Labour stronghold.

May 2021: Erstwhile chief adviser turned fiercest critic Dominic Cummings delivers damming evidence to UK politicians regarding Boris Johnson and his government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

June 2021: The Prime Minister and his new wife Carrie Johnson walk with US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden in Cornwall where the UK hosted the G7 Summit.

July 2021: Boris and Carrie Johnson attend the UEFA Euro 2020 semi-final between England and Denmark at Wembley in July. The match ends in victory for the hosts but success in a major tournament final proves elusive as England are beaten by Italy on penalties. The Prime Minister received criticism from some quarters for wearing an England football shirt over his usual shirt and tie.

When Boris Johnson accepted Queen Elizabeth II’s invitation to form a government in 2019, it was on the basis that the UK needed to “get Brexit done”, with political warfare over the manner of departure from the EU dominating his predecessor Theresa May’s time at No 10 Downing Street.

The incoming prime minister duly won a resounding Christmas election on a clear promise to sever ties with the bloc, in line with the 2016 referendum result but, as he celebrated victory, he could not have imagined how his life, political and personal, would take a dramatic turn as 2020 dawned.

Three months later he would impose the most draconian restrictions in history on the UK in an attempt to get to grips with the coronavirus crisis, although many critics said his action was too slow and not strict enough.

Mr Johnson's admission to hospital and then intensive care in what he later admitted was a brush with death was swiftly followed by the birth of his son Wilfred.

Mr Johnson would, in 2021, tie the knot in Westminster Cathedral with Wilfred’s mother, Carrie Symonds, after presiding over a major vaccination drive that he considered key to a return to normality in the UK.

But with this weekend marking his two-year anniversary as prime minister, Mr Johnson has been self-isolating after being a close contact of Health Secretary Sajid Javid, who contracted Covid-19.