The Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle, 37, has given birth to the royal baby, a boy for her and 34-year-old Prince Harry
The 37-year-old safely delivered her first child just minutes before sun rise at 5.26am today.
Here's the Buckingham Palace statement in full: "Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Sussex was safely delivered of a son at 0526hrs. A smiling Harry added: "Mother and baby are doing incredibly well. It’s been the most amazing experience I can ever have possibly imagined."We’re both absolutely thrilled and so grateful to all the love and support of everybody out there, it's been amazing so I just wanted to share this with everybody
Meghan is likely to be pleased she was able to have a royal birth with the fact she was overdue leading to speculation she could be induced at hospital.The Queen kept to the custom for all of her own four children, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York and the Earl of Wessex were born at Buckingham Palace, while the Princess Royal arrived at Clarence House.
The new baby will grow up at the couple's new Windsor home, Frogmore Cottage , which has just undergone a huge renovation.The couple announced they were expecting on the eve of their Royal Tour of Australia and New Zealand in October.
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