Carrie Symonds was seen with Boris Johnson at a Tory event at the Natural History Museum in February

The former Tory aide at the centre of the scandal surrounding Boris Johnson is known for her enthusiastic socialising and her love of a good party. However, Carrie Symonds was keeping an unusually low profile yesterday after she was linked to the soon-to-be-divorced former foreign secretary.

It was confirmed last week that Mr Johnson’s wife, Marina Wheeler, would be calling an end to their 25-year marriage.

Speculation is mounting as to whether his friendship with the young, blonde spin doctor, 24 years his junior, may have played a part in the split, after it was reported that they had enjoyed an intimate Valentine’s Day dinner at Rules restaurant in Covent Garden, central London. A week earlier they had been photographed together at the Conservatives’