Its a Royal baby boy for William and Kate

The Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to a baby boy after going into labour this morning.
 
The baby weighed 8lbs 6oz and was born at 4.24 p.m., the palace said.
 
"Her Royal Highness and her child are both doing well and will remain in hospital overnight," Kensington Palace said in a statement.
 
The Duke of Cambridge was present for the birth. The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Harry and members of both families have been informed and are delighted with the news.
 
The official notice of birth has left St Mary's Hospital and is making its way towards Buckingham Palace.
 
The new royal baby is third in line to the throne and a future king. A great-grandchild to the Queen – her third – the newborn will also one day be crowned sovereign.
 
If the baby follows after the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge as king, he will be the 43rd monarch since William the Conqueror obtained the crown of England.
 
The baby's uncle, Prince Harry, now moves to fourth in line to the throne, while the Duke of York shifts down to fifth and Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie to sixth and seventh place.

The royal couple used a back entrance to the hospital when they arrived at 6:00 am (0500 GMT), missing the ranks of international media who have camped outside the hospital for three weeks.

The prince was born in the same hospital wing and media from across the globe are hoping for a repeat of the scene in 1982 when Charles and his first wife Diana brought out the baby to show him off to the world.Royal fanatics gathering outside the hospital also took their excitement to a new level.“I’m so excited. Like in a washing machine.


Never been so high!” said John Loughrey, who has slept outside the hospital for seven nights, wrapped in a British flag.The new arrival is Queen Elizabeth’s third great-grandchild, and a first grandchild for Charles.

It ensures that there are three generations of heirs to the crown of the United Kingdom of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland — a nuclear-armed UN Security Council permanent member and the world’s sixth biggest economy.The queen was seen arriving back at Buckingham Palace from Windsor Castle, just outside the capital, in mid-afternoon but other royals went about their usual business.

Charles, the current heir, was visiting York in northern England, where members of the public shouted “Congratulations!”.Smiling, he replied: “Do you know something I don’t?”

Charles, who turns 65 in November, joked: “I’m very grateful indeed for the kind wishes for my rather slowly-approaching grandfatherhood


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