Left to right: Nicky, Euan, Cherie, Leo,
Tony, Kathryn. Photograph: Scott Barbour/
Getty
All say "Ah" – this is the first photograph of Tony, Cherie, Euan, Kathryn, Nicky and (not so little anymore) Leo since the 2001 election.
Although the Blairs fiercely protect their children from press intrusion between elections, there was a photocall in both 1997 and 2001 as the family arrive on the steps of No 10, enabling the nation to gawp as the Blair kids grow up.
Euan is now 21, Nicky 19, Kathryn 17, and Leo's fifth birthday is coming up later this month.
As a reporter who remembers vividly standing outside Downing Street as Mr Blair arrived home holding his little bundle of joy in May 2000, I suddenly feel a lot older ...
