The head of the state’s dad, who is additionally a previous individual from the European Parliament (MEP), said his child answered the news with single word: “Magnifique.”

The 81-year-old, who casted a ballot to stay in the EU in the 2016 mandate dissimilar to Boris Johnson who was a nonentity for the Vote Leave crusade, said he is satisfied to hold a bind with the coalition.

The PM’s dad, who is additionally a previous individual from the European Parliament (MEP), said his child answered the news with single word: “Magnifique.”

France’s equity service affirmed Mr Johnson, whose mother was French, got the double ethnicity on Wednesday after initially applying last November.

“This choice just respects Mr Stanley Johnson and doesn’t stretch out to his relatives,” an assertion said.

The head of the state’s dad said: “I’m totally really glad and have no clue at what level this choice was taken however I truly do think it was an exceptionally creative thing to do right now, when relations with France and the EU are not really awesome.

“I believe it’s exceptionally great for arms to be loosened up somehow.

“I got a single word answer from Boris, which said, ‘Magnifique’.”

He said the main explanation for the choice was “nostalgic”, with his mom Irene Williams having been brought into the world in Versailles.

However, the PM’s dad added: “It was a little token of saying that albeit the UK might have left the EU we haven’t left Europe.

“It’s a small signal on my part that I positively don’t view ourselves as being thrown away from Europe and I would agree reasonably as we look forward and attempt to address these exchange issues, the main way we will tackle them is to hold a level of shared characteristic in our two frameworks.”

Number 10 declined to examine Mr Johnson’s new citizenship, saying it is “an individual matter for the state leader’s dad”.