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