Prince William and Kate have named their new-born baby boy, George Alexander Louis, William's office said on Wednesday. The baby is Britain's third-in-line to the throne.
Kate gave birth to a baby boy weighing 8 lbs 6 oz (3.8 kg)on Monday, announced officially via a notice pinned to an easeloutside of Buckingham Palace.
Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge appear with their baby son, as they stand outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital, in central London July 23, 2013. (AFP)
Prince William and his wife Kate emerged from her London hospital on Tuesday and presented their newborn son, a future British king, to the world's media.
The world gets the first glimpse of the Royal baby (AP)
To huge cheers and a frenzy of snapping from the hundreds of waiting photographers, Kate, smiling broadly and wearing a loose-fitting blue dress, walked down the steps holding the boy before passing him to her husband.
Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge appear with their baby son, July 23, 2013. (REUTERS)
"He's got a good pair of lungs on him, that's for sure," William told journalists, while Kate said they were "very emotional" after welcoming their first child, who is third in line to the British throne.
"It's a special time," Kate said. "I think any new parent would know what this feeling feels like."
The unnamed baby raised a tiny hand above his white blankets.
Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge appear with their baby son, July 23, 2013. (REUTERS)
William said the baby was "a big boy, he's quite heavy", and joked: "He's got her looks, thankfully."
The couple were "still working on a name", he added.
After speaking briefly to the press, William and Kate returned to the hospital before re-emerging minutes later with their son in a car seat.
William secured the seat in the back of a black Range Rover parked outside the hospital, before driving his family back to their home at Kensington Palace.
Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall leave the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital the day after Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, gave birth to a baby boy, in London. (REUTERS)
The grandparents have visited, and now the world is due to see Prince William, his wife, Kate, and their newborn baby boy emerge from a central London hospital Tuesday.
Crowds of journalists and onlookers camped outside the hospital are eagerly anticipating the baby's first public appearance.
Michael and Carole Middleton arrive at the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital the day after their daughter, Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, gave birth to a baby boy, in London July 23, 2013. (REUTERS)
Earlier, grandparents Prince Charles, his wife, Camilla, and Michael and Carole Middleton — Kate's parents — visited the young family at the hospital.
Charles called the baby "marvelous," and told reporters that "wait and see, you'll see him in a minute."
Carole Middleton described the infant as "absolutely beautiful."
The couple's Kensington Palace office said Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, gave birth to the 8 pound, 6 ounce (3.8 kilogram) baby boy at 4:24 p.m. Monday, triggering an impromptu party outside Buckingham Palace and in front of the hospital's private Lindo Wing.
The palace said Tuesday that "mother, son and father are all doing well this morning."
As celebratory lights, gun salutes and other tributes were unleashed in Britain and abroad, William thanked staff at St. Mary's Hospital "for the tremendous care the three of us have received."
"We know it has been a very busy period for the hospital and we would like to thank everyone — staff, patients and visitors — for their understanding during this time," he said in a statement.
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