Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton gave birth to a baby boy on Monday evening at St. Mary's Hospital in Paddington. Her husband Prince William was with her during the delivery.
Official statement that was displayed in the forecourt of Buckingham Palace read, "Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge was safely delivered of a son at 4.24 p.m. and her child are both doing well ".
31-year-old Kate was taken to the hospital around 6 a.m. on Monday.
The baby is now third in line to the British throne. This is the first time in 119 years that there have been three generations waiting in succession to the throne.
Speaking outside 10 Downing Street, British Prime Minister David Cameron described the birth as "an important moment in the life of our nation".
"It has been a remarkable few years for our royal family - a royal wedding that captured people's hearts, that extraordinary and magnificent jubilee and now this royal birth - all from a family that has given this nation so much incredible service," he said.
There will be a 41-gun salute at London's Hyde Park and 62 rounds fired at the Tower of London later Tuesday to herald news of the birth.
Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, was born in the same hospital in 1982, as well as his brother Prince Harry.
William and Kate held a spectacular wedding at Westminster Abbey in April 2011. Kate was confirmed as pregnant last December.
(with inputs from IANS)
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