The Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to a daughter at St. Mary's Hospital in London,
Kensington Palace announced Saturday.
And oh, the verbiage: "Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge was safely delivered of a daughter at 8:34 a.m.," the statement read. The likes of which we haven't seen since...well, since Kate and Will's first child arrived! (This time, however, the palace simultaneously tweeted the announcement, another tip of the cap to modernity.)
Her daughter automatically becomes fourth in line to the British throne, behind grandpa Prince Charles, papa William and big brother Prince George of Cambridge. (Yes, the new baby jumps uncle Prince Harry in the succession.)
The palace announced late Friday night (in the U.S.) that Kate had been admitted to St. Mary's at 6 a.m. Saturday in London and was in "the early stages of labor." She is said to have traveled by car straight from Kensington Palace to the hospital's private Lindo Wing, where George, William and Harry were all born as well.
Dr. Alan Farthing and Dr. Guy Thorpe-Beeston were due to preside over the arrival of the spare heir, both of them having helped usher newborn George into the world nearly two years ago. Farthing is Queen Elizabeth II's surgeon-gynecologist and obstetrician Thorpe-Beeston specializes in high-risk pregnancies.
And oh, the verbiage: "Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge was safely delivered of a daughter at 8:34 a.m.," the statement read. The likes of which we haven't seen since...well, since Kate and Will's first child arrived! (This time, however, the palace simultaneously tweeted the announcement, another tip of the cap to modernity.)
Her daughter automatically becomes fourth in line to the British throne, behind grandpa Prince Charles, papa William and big brother Prince George of Cambridge. (Yes, the new baby jumps uncle Prince Harry in the succession.)
The palace announced late Friday night (in the U.S.) that Kate had been admitted to St. Mary's at 6 a.m. Saturday in London and was in "the early stages of labor." She is said to have traveled by car straight from Kensington Palace to the hospital's private Lindo Wing, where George, William and Harry were all born as well.
Dr. Alan Farthing and Dr. Guy Thorpe-Beeston were due to preside over the arrival of the spare heir, both of them having helped usher newborn George into the world nearly two years ago. Farthing is Queen Elizabeth II's surgeon-gynecologist and obstetrician Thorpe-Beeston specializes in high-risk pregnancies.