William, Kate show off newborn royal baby boy
Prince William and Duchess Kate appear for the first time in public with the royal baby boy. A name has not yet been released.
July 23, 2013 - 11:36 am
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Britain's Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge hold the Prince of Cambridge, Tuesday July 23 as they pose for photographers outside St. Mary's Hospital exclusive Lindo Wing in London where the Duchess gave birth on Monday July 22. The Royal couple are expected to head to Londonu2019s Kensington Palace from the hospital with their newly born son, the third in line to the British throne.
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Britain's Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge hold the Prince of Cambridge, Tuesday July 23 as they pose for photographers outside St. Mary's Hospital exclusive Lindo Wing in London where the Duchess gave birth on Monday July 22. The Royal couple are expected to head to Londonu2019s Kensington Palace from the hospital with their newly born son, the third in line to the British throne.
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Britain's Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge hold the Prince of Cambridge, Tuesday July 23 as they pose for photographers outside St. Mary's Hospital exclusive Lindo Wing in London where the Duchess gave birth on Monday July 22. The Royal couple are expected to head to Londonu2019s Kensington Palace from the hospital with their newly born son, the third in line to the British throne.
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Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, carries her new born son, the Prince of Cambridge, who was born on Monday. into public view for the first time. outside the Lindo Wing of St. Mary's Hospital, in London, Tuesday, July 23. The boy will be third in line to the British throne.
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Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, carries her new born son, the Prince of Cambridge, who was born on Monday. into public view for the first time. outside the Lindo Wing of St. Mary's Hospital, in London, Tuesday, July 23. The boy will be third in line to the British throne.
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The Queen's Press Secretary Ailsa Anderson with Badar Azim, a footman, places an official document to announce the birth of a baby boy, at 4.24pm to the William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at St Mary's Hospital, in the forecourt of Buckingham Palace in London Monday July 22. The child is now third in line to the British throne.
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Carole and Michael Middleton, the parents of Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, smile as they arrive at St. Mary's Hospital exclusive Lindo Wing in London, Tuesday, July 23, where the Duchess gave birth on Monday July 22. The Royal couple are expected to head to London's Kensington Palace from the hospital with their newly born son, the third in line to the British throne.
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Carole and Michael Middleton, the parents of Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, arrive at St. Mary's Hospital exclusive Lindo Wing in London Tuesday July 23 where the Duchess gave birth on Monday July 22. The Royal couple are expected to head to Londonís Kensington Palace from the hospital with their newly born son, the third in line to the British throne.
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Tourists ride a camel past a sand sculpture created by sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik to celebrate the birth of the Prince of Cambridge, the son of Britain's Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, at a beach in Puri, India, Tuesday, July 23.
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Photographers take pictures of The Duchess of Cambridge's parents Carole and Michael Middleton as they arrive at the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in London, to meet their new grandson Tuesday, July 23. Prince William, Kate and their baby boy were spending their first full day as a family Tuesday inside a London hospital, thanking staff for their care but making well-wishers wait for a first glimpse of the royal heir.
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The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery fire a 41 Royal Gun Salute in Green Park, to mark the birth of a baby boy of Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, in London, Tuesday, July 23.
sidebarONDON — A beaming Prince William and his wife, Kate, emerged from a London hospital on Tuesday with their newborn baby boy, presenting the world with a first glimpse of the prince who is third in line to the British throne.
The royal couple appeared happy and relaxed as they waved at the crowds of journalists and onlookers gathered outside London’s St. Mary’s Hospital, posing for photographs and joking with reporters.
Kate, wearing a baby blue polka dot Jenny Packham dress, smiled and waved as she stepped out from the hospital doors with the future monarch in her arms.
“It’s very emotional. It’s such a special time. I think any parent will know what this feeling feels like,” she told journalists.
She then gave the baby to her husband, who, cradling their child, said: “He’s got her looks, thankfully. He’s got a good pair of lungs on him, that’s for sure.”
William added: “He’s a big boy. He’s quite heavy,” and laughed when a reporter asked him about the baby’s hair.
“He’s got way more than me, thank God,” he said.
The prince said they are still determining what to name the baby.
The couple re-entered the hospital to place the child in a car seat before re-emerging to get into an SUV. William drove the couple away – palace officials said they will head to an apartment in Kensington Palace.
The young family’s first public appearance together has been the moment that the world’s media and crowds of onlookers camped outside the hospital had long been waiting for, and the photographs snapped Tuesday are likely to be reprinted for decades as the baby grows into adulthood and his role as a future king.
The appearance recalls a similar appearance three decades ago, when Princess Diana and Prince Charles carried the newborn William out to pose for photographs on the same steps in 1982.
Earlier, grandparents Prince Charles, his wife, Camilla, and Michael and Carole Middleton – Kate’s parents – were the first relatives to visit the young family at the hospital.
Charles called the baby “marvelous,” while a beaming 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.
The news was greeted with shrieks of joy and excited applause by hundreds of Britons and tourists gathered outside the hospital and Buckingham Palace.
Revelers staged impromptu parties at both locations, and large crowds crushed against the palace gates to try to catch a glimpse – and a photograph – of the golden easel placed there to formally announce the birth.
Hundreds were still lining up outside the palace gates Tuesday to get near the ornate easel.
In London, gun salutes were fired, celebratory lights came on, and bells chimed at Westminster Abbey, where William and Kate wed in a lavish ceremony that drew millions of television viewers worldwide.
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