The world has seen the royal baby for the first time as the future king left hospital with his ecstatic parents Tuesday evening.
Prince William
and Kate, who revealed they had not yet chosen their baby a name, waved and
smiled broadly to the waiting cameras as they held their prince on the steps of
the private Lindo Wing at St Mary's Hospital in London, 26 hours after he was
delivered, weighing 8lbs 6oz Mail Online said.
The Duke of
Cambridge followed the steps his parents Charles and Diana took with him 31
years ago, when he was born there on June 21, 1982.
William said:
“He's got her looks thankfully' to which the Duchess responded 'No, no, no I'm
not sure about that.'
Kate then added:
“It's been very emotional. Any parent will know what this feeling is like.”
Their child is
now third in the line of succession, displacing Prince Harry to fourth and the
Duke of York to fifth, although he may not become sovereign for half a century
or more.
The Duke,
Duchess and Baby Cambridge will travel home to Kensington Palace tonight,
spending two weeks there while William is on paternity leave.
Huge crowds of
well-wishers and journalists from all over the world have been waiting outside
the west London hospital ward for weeks, first to be there when Kate went into
labour and now as the couple left with her firstborn child.
Meanwhile, this
evening the Queen told guests at a Buckingham Palace reception she was
'thrilled' at the birth of her great-grandson.
Earlier the
royal baby's grandparents met him for the first time, and soon afterwards
Kensington Palace confirmed the Duke, Duchess and baby would leave this
evening.
Kate's sister
Pippa is said to be there waiting for her.
Carole and
Michael Middleton were the first to arrive at the private Lindo Wing at around
3pm today, with Prince Charles and his wife Camilla following them at 5.30pm
after being rushed to London by helicopter after two-days carrying out official
duties in Yorkshire.
Before mounting
the St Mary's Hospital steps, the smiling Prince of Wales asked journalists who
have been stood outside for almost three weeks: 'Have you been there long?'
When he left
around 10 minutes later, Charles said the baby was 'marvellous' and told
journalists: 'You'll see in a minute.”
Soon afterwards
Kensington Palace confirmed: 'Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge will
be discharged this evening.
“The Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge and their son will travel home to Kensington Palace.
“Their Royal
Highnesses would like to reiterate their thanks to the hospital for the care
and treatment they have all received.”
Earlier doting
grandmother Carole Middleton described her grandson, the future king, as
“absolutely beautiful' after she and her husband visited him.
The Duchess of
Cambridge's parents said their first grandchild is 'absolutely beautiful' and
his parents are coping 'fabulously.”
The Middletons spent
just over an hour with their daughter Kate and son-in-law William, and a
smiling Mrs. Middleton, speaking about mother and baby, said: “They are both
doing really well, and we are so thrilled.”
When asked by
the world's media, who have been camped outside for nearly three weeks, how the
proud parents were doing, she replied: “Fabulously.”
Asked what the
first cuddle with her grandson was like, Mrs. Middleton, who had been ushered
forward by her husband to speak to the press, said: “amazing, it’s all coming
back.”
Carole was also
asked if she and Michael had suggested any names for the third in line to the
throne, and she replied laughing: “Absolutely not!”
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