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Monday, July 22, 2013

The Duke & Duchess of Cambridge, it's a boy, Buckingham Palace Notice, Clarence House Google+ Card

The Queen's Press Secretary and a footman posted the official announcement of the birth of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's baby on an easel in Buckingham Palace forecourt

The Queen and Prince Philip are delighted at the news of the birth of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's baby

It's a Baby Boy for Kate and William  Congratulations



22nd July 2013

8lb 6 oz

Birth Time 4.24pm  (16:24)

On the steps of Lindo Wing at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington Town Crier 
Tony Appleton announced the birth.



This was shortly followed by a short speech  from the Prime Minister David Cameron
outside Number Ten Downing Street.


The Prince of Wales said this evening:

“Both my wife and I are overjoyed at the arrival of my first grandchild.  It is an incredibly special moment for William and Catherine and we are so thrilled for them on the birth of their baby boy. 

Grandparenthood is a unique moment in anyone’s life, as countless kind people have told me in recent months, so I am enormously proud and happy to be a grandfather for the first time and we are eagerly looking forward to seeing the baby in the near future.”

  1. Want to send your congratulations to Their Royal Highnesses? You can sign the Google+ card here: