IT'S a boy!
The Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to a baby boy, weighing a healthy 8lbs 7oz.
She safely delivered the newborn at 11.01am.
Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge was safely delivered of a son at 1101hrs.
— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) April 23, 2018
The baby weighs 8lbs 7oz.
The Duke of Cambridge was present for the birth.
Her Royal Highness and her child are both doing well.
The Duke of Cambridge was present for the birth. Her Royal Highness and her child are both doing well.
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As reported by the Evening Times earlier today, Kate was taken to the private Lindo wing of St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, London, as she prepared to give birth to her third child.
Read more: Duchess of Cambridge admitted to hospital in labour
The baby prince will be fifth in line to the throne, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh’s sixth great-grandchild and a younger brother to Prince George and Princess Charlotte.
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