The Duchess of Cambridge was hoping for a son and her wish has come true, after she gave birth to a baby boy this afternoon.

The baby weighed 8lbs 6oz and was born at 4.24pm, the palace said.

"Her Royal Highness and her child are both doing well and will remain in hospital overnight," Kensington Palace said in a statement.

"The Duke of Cambridge was present for the birth. The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Harry and members of both families have been informed and are delighted with the news.

And what exactly has that got to do with Spain?

Anyway, thanks for that information, at least I won't have to search the papers tomorrow to find out what happened.

I though the british that live in Spain would like to know. ..

He got you there Fred, this is the English speaking forum with loadsa Commonwealth citizens as members.

Though how anyone can miss the news I don't know, I'm in Belgium and we knew right away. The press are really in frenzy.

Good luck to the future king...

Jon

Yes, but on the Siesta forum I think Fred means.

Congrats to all concerned anyway, lets just hope to God they don't give him Charlie for a monika, though Philip I wouldn't mind too much.

depends on if you are a monarchist or not

ITV replaced 'Long Lost Relatives' with an hour of guff about the 4 hour old sprog..

I reckon they should call it Tyler.

or Tyrion the Imp

On the front of the Spanish newspapers too:

Presumably you didn't watch it then, I know I didn't. In fact the first I knew of it was from a Spanish news site I was reading. Personally I have no interest whatsoever, but equally I have nothing against the girl, and I'm sure the programme was enjoyed by many, many people that seem to love the Royal Family. Witness the people that spent hours outside Buck House waiting for news, sad really, but they're happy! Not for me, but if it gives them pleasure, why not? I'm not a monarchist but I don't mind paying my 60p a year or whatever it is to keep them.

I guess now we will be bombarded with newspaper pictures and TV programs about the royals.... to the exclusion of real news.

Already they are directing you to a web page where you can view "pictures of Kate's nine month pregnancy".....as if we would want to.

I am a Monarchist and delighted that the line of succession is strengthened because of this birth. Had the Cambridges' failed to reproduce then the questionable Prince Harry and any offspring he may produce would succeed.

I believe it is related to the Spanish crown but I can't be bothered to work out how

Politically, I seem to be all over the place nowadays, but I'm still something like a quarter-monarchist, the proportion used to be much higher.

I hope they name the boy James rather than William, King Jimmy might appease the Scottish voters next September, King Billy would be too divisive.

It seems there is more euphoria in the rest of the world than on this forum.