Harry and Meghan welcome their first royal baby

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Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, have welcomed their first child, a boy, the royal family confirmed on Monday. The new baby is Queen Elizabeth’s eighth great-grandchild and the seventh in line to the British throne.

Kensington Palace said in a statement that Meghan went into labor early Monday morning. Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, was by Meghan’s side, the statement said.

The boy was born at 5:26 a.m. weighing 7 pounds, 3 ounces, the palace said.

A private affair

Former Hollywood star Meghan’s baby bump was one of the most photographed in history, but for all the attention received in the womb, this royal birth was a private affair. The Duke and Duchess ditched decades of tradition by not having their baby at the Lindo Wing of St. Mary’s Hospital in London.

That’s where both Princess Diana and Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, gave birth to all of their children, and where they famously posed for the world’s press on the steps outside with their newborns. The palace said Monday that Meghan’s mother, Doria Ragland, was with the couple near Windsor Castle at Frogmore Cottage, where the couple recently moved from London.

Royal succession

The new baby is seventh in the line of succession. That makes it very unlikely that he will ever make it to the throne, as grandfather Prince Charles, uncle Prince William and his children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, and then dad Harry are all in line first, in that order.

Now bumped to No. 8 in line to the crown: The newborn’s grand-uncle Prince Andrew, who is the Duke of York and the second son of the queen. He’s also known as the former husband of Sarah Ferguson.

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