Kate gives birth to a baby boy
July 23, 2013 02:32
It's a boy! Prince William's wife Kate Middleton has given birth to a baby boy at a hospital in London, as Britain raised a toast to the much-awaited arrival of its future King.
The 31-year-old Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a baby boy Monday evening at 16:24 (local time), Kensington Palace confirmed.
Prince Cambridge, as the first child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge is to be known until being officially named, was born at the private Lindo wing at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, central London.
The royal couple's first child, who under new laws to succession will remain third in line to the throne, was born with the Duke of Cambridge present beside Kate as she delivered the baby.
She was taken to the hospital in the early hours Monday morning by car from the palace to St Mary's.
The couple did not know the sex of their first child, who is third in line to the throne after Prince Charles and Prince William.
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