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 joy" to have another grandchild, adding "I do not understand how I am going to keep up with them".
Gun salutes across London have marked the arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's third child.
The couple's 2nd boy was born on Monday at the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital, London, weighing 8lb 7oz.
The new prince, whose name has yet to be exposed, has been receiving his very first visitors at Kensington Palace.
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His arrival was celebrated with traditional gun salutes from the Tower of London and Hyde Park, which are used to mark every birth of a prince or princess.
Westminster Abbey likewise marked the event with bell ringing - a tradition for substantial royal celebrations.
Pippa was amongst the first visitors to Kensington Palace, where she fulfilled her nephew for the very first time.
In a declaration launched by Clarence House, Prince Charles said: "We are both [the Duchess of Cornwall and I] so pleased at the news.
"It is a great delight to have another grandchild, the only trouble is I do not understand how I am going to keep up with them."
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The palace said a name would be exposed in due course but for the time being an official notice of the birth of the child has actually been put on the forecourt of Buckingham Palace.
Arthur, James, Philip and Albert are among the bookmakers' favourites.
The prince's brother or sisters, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, visited their more youthful brother in health center on Monday.
The duchess was confessed to the Lindo Wing at about 06:00 BST on Monday with the birth being announced quickly after 13:00 BST.
Crowds had actually collected outside the health center in Paddington, with some well-wishers having actually camped out for more than two weeks.
As Prince William left with his brand-new child, he said the couple were very pleased and joked he would have "thrice the concern now".
In 2013, the law altered which permits Princess Charlotte to keep her place as fourth in line to the throne.
Before, younger royal males would have surpassed their older sisters.
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To become King or Queen as the third-born royal child is rare - and has yet to take place within the current House of Windsor.
But the 3rd 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 sibling, George IV, died without a beneficiary.
He ended up being next in line when he was 62 and his other older bro, Frederick, Duke of York, died.