Theresa May to feature in Vogue US spread becoming the first UK Prime Minister to do so

The PM will feature in the April issue of the respected fashion title

Theresa May (Getty)

Theresa May will feature in a spread for the esteemed fashion magazine Vogue, Downing Street has confirmed.

The Prime Minister will feature in the upcoming April issue in a spread shot by the respected fashion photographer Annie Leibovitz.

The longtime editor of the US title, Anna Wintour, was recently made a dame in the New Years Honours.

Ms Leibowitz – who is known for her empowering portraits of women – has previously shot Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton for the title. Last year, she photographed the Queen and the Royal Family to mark the monarch’s 90th birthday celebrations.

Ms May’s affection for the publication has been made known before when she told BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs she would take a lifetime’s subscription of the magazine as her luxury item.

While the UK’s only other female Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was photographed on four occasions for British Vogue, Ms May is the only PM to feature in the US title.

However, the Prime Minister’s penchant for fashion has, on occasion, prompted controversy. Last year, she was criticised by former education secretary Nicky Morgan, who she fired when she took over from David Cameron, for wearing leather trousers which cost £995 for a magazine spread.

Downing Street denied the shoot was scheduled to coincide with her first meeting with the President-elect Donald Trump.

“The long-planned shoot for US Vogue will come out in April,” a Number 10 spokesman told the Press Association.