Miss Symonds' engagement ring was also on full display while the couple mingled at an event for International Women's Day in No. 10.
Never one to shy away from bold colours and fashion-forward silhouettes, the former Conservative Party press officer donned a long-sleeve tiered maxi dress from Anthropologie for the reception.
It marks the first time Miss Symonds, 31, has been seen since she shared an intimate photo of her and the PM, 55, last Saturday with the caption: 'I wouldn't normally post this kind of thing on here but I wanted my friends to find out from me.
'Many of you already know but for my friends that still don't, we got engaged at the end of last year... and we've got a baby hatching early summer.'
The date of their wedding has not been announced, but it will mark the first time in at least 250 years a sitting prime minister has married while in office.
The appearance book ends a difficult week for Mr Johnson, starting with accusations from Labour MPs that his pregnancy announcement last Saturday was a ploy to distract attention from a damaging Home Office row engulfing the government and Priti Patel.
Mr Johnson was under the spotlight for his slow response to the coronavirus outbreak and faced a backlash for not visiting flood-hit communities during the recent storms, instead staying put at the government's grace-and-favour country retreat in Kent, at the time.
The same day the pregnancy announcement was made, Home Office mandarin Sir Philip Rutnam resigned following an ugly briefing war with Ms Patel.
Sir Philip claimed there had been a 'vicious and orchestrated' campaign against him and added that he intends to sue the Government for constructive dismissal.
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