Royal baby: Meghan, Britain’s Duchess of Sussex and wife of Prince Harry, gives birth to a boy
- Queen Elizabeth’s grandson Harry, 34, and Meghan, 37, a US-born ex-actress, married in a lavish ceremony at the monarch’s Windsor Castle home in May last year
- The baby is the eighth great-grandchild of the 93-year-old queen and could be entitled to hold joint British and American citizenship
The Duchess of Sussex has given birth to a baby son, weighing 7lbs 3oz (3.26kg). Mother and child were both doing well, Buckingham Palace announced.
The Duke of Sussex was present for the birth, which happened at 5.26am on Monday.
The child is seventh in line to the throne, and an eighth great-grandchild for the 93-year-old Queen.
A beaming Prince Harry said: “It’s been the most amazing experience I could ever have possibly imagined. How any woman does what they do is beyond comprehension. But we’re both absolutely thrilled.
“We’re both absolutely thrilled and so grateful for all the love and support from everybody out there. It’s been amazing, so we just wanted to share this with everybody.”
The baby is a fourth grandchild for the Prince of Wales, and a first for Meghan’s mother, Doria Ragland, who is understood to be at the couple’s new residence, Frogmore Cottage, on the Windsor estate, after flying in from her Los Angeles home recently to support her daughter.
