Royal Baby: Prince Charles Feels 'Great Joy' For New Grandson

24 April 2018
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The Prince of Wales has said it is "a terrific delight" to have another grandchild, adding "I do not understand how I am going to stay up to date with them".


Gun salutes throughout London have marked the arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's 3rd child.


The couple's second kid was born upon Monday at the of St Mary's Hospital, London, weighing 8lb 7oz.


The brand-new prince, whose name has yet to be revealed, has actually been getting his first visitors at Kensington Palace.


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His arrival was commemorated with conventional gun salutes from the Tower of London and Hyde Park, which are used to mark every birth of a prince or princess.


Westminster Abbey also marked the celebration with bell ringing - a tradition for substantial royal occasions.


Catherine's sibling Pippa was among the very first visitors to Kensington Palace, where she fulfilled her nephew for the very first time.


In a declaration released by Clarence House, Prince Charles said: "We are both [the Duchess of Cornwall and I] so pleased at the news.


"It is a great happiness to have another grandchild, the only difficulty is I do not understand how I am going to stay up to date with them."


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The palace said a name would be exposed in due course but for the time being a formal notice of the birth of the child has been put on the forecourt of Buckingham Palace.


Arthur, James, Philip and Albert are among the bookmakers' favourites.


The prince's siblings, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, visited their younger bro in hospital on Monday.


The duchess was admitted to the Lindo Wing at about 06:00 BST on Monday with the birth being announced shortly after 13:00 BST.


Crowds had collected outside the medical facility in Paddington, with some well-wishers having actually for more than two weeks.


As Prince William entrusted his brand-new boy, he stated the couple were very happy and joked he would have "thrice the worry now".


In 2013, the law altered which allows Princess Charlotte to keep her place as 4th in line to the throne.


Before, more youthful royal males would have surpassed their older sisters.


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To become King or Queen as the third-born royal kid is rare - and has yet to occur within the present House of Windsor.


But the third child of George III and Queen Charlotte, William IV, took on the task and ruled from 1830 to 1837.


The Hanoverian king acceded to the throne aged 64 when his older brother, George IV, passed away without a successor.


He ended up being next in line when he was 62 and his other older sibling, Frederick, Duke of York, died.