Harry, Meghan
‘absolutely thrilled’
about birth of baby boy
By Gregory Katz and Mstyslav Chernov
WINDSOR, England (AP) - Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, gave
birth to a healthy baby boy early, a beaming Prince Harry announced
to the world, declaring he’s “incredibly proud”/ of his wife.
The baby weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces (3.26 kilograms) at birth
and was born at 5:26 a.m. (0426 GMT; 12:26 a.m. EDT). Harry said
their son was a little bit overdue and that had given the royal couple
more time to contemplate names.
Harry said he was ecstatic about the birth of their first child and
promised that more details - such as the baby’s name - will be shared
in the coming days. The couple said earlier they weren’t going to find
out the baby’s sex in advance.
“This little thing is absolutely to die for,” he said. “I’m just over
the moon.”
The infant is seventh in line to the British throne and Queen
Elizabeth II’s eighth great-grandchild. Harry is the younger son of
Prince Charles, heir to the throne, and the late Princess Diana, who
died in a Paris car crash in 1997.
The 34-year-old Harry, speaking before TV cameras in Windsor,
said he was present for the birth.
“It’s been the most amazing experience I could ever have possibly
imagined,” he said. “How any woman does what they do is beyond
comprehension.
“We’re both absolutely thrilled and so grateful for all the love
and support from everybody out there. It’s been amazing, so we just
wanted to share this with everybody,” he gushed.
Meghan’s mother, Doria Ragland, was reportedly also with her
daughter and said she is overjoyed, according to British media.
Senior royals were informed of the birth, as was the family of Diana,
Harry’s late mother, before he went before the cameras.
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The couple’s Instagram account
said: “It’s a boy! Their Royal
Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Sussex are overjoyed to announce the
birth of their child.”
Harry said he planned to make
another announcement, probably in
two days’ time, “so everyone can see
the baby.” It’s expected they will pose
for a family picture at that point.
Crowds that had gathered in
Windsor near the castle that is one
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of the queen’s favorite residences
reacted with joy to the welcome news
that the baby had been born. Some
said it would provide a welcome
respite from, the continuing political
•stalemate over Brexit.
Londoners Pam and Keith Jonson
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said the news will provide a lift to
peoples’ spirits.
“You can tell by people around,”
Pam Jonson said. “Lifts everybody
a bit. Definitely. With all that’s
been going recently. It’s nice uplift
actually.”
Prime Minister Theresa May
congratulated the royal couple and
wished them the best in a tweet.
The former Meghan Markle was
an American TV star before retiring
from acting to marry Harry at St.
George’s Chapel on the grounds of
Windsor Castle a year ago.
The child will be eligible for dual
British-U.S. citizenship if Meghan
and Harry want to go through the .
application process.
The birth of Britain’s latest
royal baby marks the completion of
Harry’s transformation from a boy
whose mother died when he was just
12 to a sometimes-troubled teen, a
committed military man, a popular
senior royal, a husband and now to a
proud father. He has long spoken of
his desire to start a family.
He and his older brother, Prince
William, along with their wives, are
seen by many in Britain as the new,
fresh faces of a royal family that had
become stodgy and aged. They are
raising the next generation of royals
amid a genuine groundswell of British
public support for the monarchy.
Meghan in particular represents a
change for the royals.
At 37, she is older than Harry,
had a previous marriage that ended
in divorce and has strong feminist
views. As the daughter of a black
mother and a white father, she says
she identifies as biracial.
Meghan also achieved
considerable success in her own right
before agreeing to a blind date with
Harry that changed both of their lives.
Meghan had an important role in the
popular TV series “Suits,” pressed for
increased women’s rights around the
world and had a wide following even
before she joined the world’s most
famous royal family.
Harry and Meghan recently moved
from central London to a secluded
house known as Frogmore Cottage
near Windsor Castle, 25 miles (40
kilometers) west of London. The
move is seen in part as reflecting a
desire for privacy as they raise their
first child.
It also separates • Harry and
Meghan from William and his wife
Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge,
who had been living in the same
compound at Kensington Palace
in central London with their three
children - Prince George, Princess
Charlotte and Prince Louis - the new
baby’s cousins.
Gregory Katz reported from
London.
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