Bebe Akinboade

BRITAIN HAS A NEW PRINCESS!!!

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The Duchess
of Cambridge delighted her nation and royal enthusiasts around the world
Saturday by delivering one such princess. The royal birth was greeted with
cheers and elated cries of “Hip, hip, hooray!” outside St. Mary’s Hospital in
central London, where fans and the world’s media have waited for days.
The baby —
Prince William and Kate’s second child — was born Saturday morning and weighed
8 pounds 3 ounces (3.7 kilograms), officials said. She is fourth in line to the
throne, and the fifth great-grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II, 89.
I
t may be a
day or two before the world knows what to call her. When Prince George, her
older brother, was born in 2013, royal officials waited two days before
announcing his name.
Britain
hasn’t welcomed a princess born this high up the line of succession for
decades. Speculation about the new royal’s name has been frenetic, and all the
top bets for the baby’s name have been for girls: Alice and Charlotte are the
clear favorites, followed by Elizabeth, Victoria and Diana — all names with
strong royal connections.

Royal
children are usually given several names — the baby’s brother, for example, was
christened George Alexander Louis — so the princess’s name could incorporate
more than one of those guesses.
Anticipation
had been building for weeks after Kate, 33, told a well-wisher she was due
around late April. Still, journalists were caught slightly off guard when she
delivered barely three hours after checking into the hospital at dawn Saturday.
William, 32, was present at the birth.
The couple
later emerged on the hospital steps with the infant to briefly pose for
photographers before leaving for their home at nearby Kensington Palace. Kate,
who wore a yellow-and-white floral shift dress, held the sleeping baby wrapped
in a white blanket.
Congratulations
to the royal couple!!!
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