It’s a girl!

Duchess of Cambridge gives birth to second child, fourth in line to the throne

LONDON: Britain’s Duchess of Cambridge Catherine Middleton, the wife of Prince William, gave birth to a girl on Saturday, the couple’s Kensington Palace residence announced. The baby, their second child, weighs eight lbs three oz and William was present at the birth, the palace said in a Twitter statement. “Her Royal Highness and her child are both doing well,” the statement added.

Middleton gave birth some two-and-a-half hours after having been admitted in the early stages of labour to the private Lindo wing of St Mary’s Hospital in West London, the palace said. Both families of the couple had been informed, it said, including the new baby’s great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth, her grandfather Prince Charles and William’s brother Prince Harry.

A ceremonial town crier announced the birth of the new baby, who will be fourth in line to the throne after Charles, William and her older brother George. No name for the newborn has yet been announced.

William, 32, was born at the same hospital to the late Princess Diana in 1982.

He and Kate, 33, met as students at St Andrews University in Scotland, married in a spectacular ceremony at Westminster Abbey in April 2011, and became global stars soon thereafter. When Kate leaves the hospital, the couple will return to Kensington Palace for a couple of days before heading to Anmer Hall, their country mansion on the queen’s Sandringham estate in Norfolk, eastern England. 

Published in The Express Tribune, May 3^rd, 2015.

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