Kate Middleton might be superhuman – merely a few hours after giving birth to her third child, she emerged from the Lindo Wing of St Mary’s Hospital in London with Prince William by her side and the new royal highness in her arms, looking nothing short of perfect.
As with her first two children, the couple posed on the hospital steps for photos with their newborn, swaddled in a white blanket and matching white cap.
Prince William reportedly cracked a joke as he put his newborn son in the car – “Thrice the worry now!”
The Duchess of Cambridge wore a red Jenny Packham dress for the occasion, adorned with a white peter pan collar and accompanied by a pair of nude heels, looking as radiant as ever. Whether intentionally or not, she appeared to be channeling the late Princess Diana, who wore a long red coat over a white blouse when she presented Prince Harry to the world on the very same steps in 1984.
Kate Middleton was admitted to hospital early yesterday morning and delivered her son at 11.01am London time, weighing 8lbs 7oz. Prince George and Princess Charlotte were photographed arriving at the hospital soon after their baby brother was born accompanied by Prince William, and not too long after that, the couple emerged with their new bundle of joy.
Kensington Palace tweeted “Welcome to the family” alongside a photo of the couple smiling and waving outside the hospital, and thanked the hospital staff for their service on behalf of the couple.
His Royal Highness, who has yet to be named, is now fifth in line to the throne, after his grandfather Charles, father William, and siblings George and Charlotte. For the first time ever in the British monarchy’s long history, Princess Charlotte will stay in front of her new baby brother in the line of succession for the Crown, in line with the 2013 Succession to the Crown Act, which states that “the gender of a person born after 28 October 2011 does not give that person, or that person’s descendants, precedence over any other person (whenever born).”
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