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Buckingham Palace revealed that the Duchess of Sussex gave birth in the early hours of Monday morning
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Your support makes all the difference.In the early hours of Monday 6 May, the Duchess of Sussex gave birth to a baby boy, with Prince Harry by her side.
A statement was released on the royal couple’s official Instagram account, revealing that the baby was born before 6am and weighs 7lbs. 3oz.
The first pictures of the couple with their newborn were revealed on Wednesday. The newborn was seen swaddled in a white blanket wearing a white hat.
The couple later announced on Instagram that they had named their son Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor.
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Students from Cheetham Academy in Manchester have shared their predictions for the name Meghan Markle and Prince Harry will choose for the royal baby.
From Prince Harry Junior to Crystal and Kevin, the children tell Teach First what they think the best name would be:
Prince Harry is expected to take a two-day trip to The Netherlands next week, despite the arrival of baby Sussex being imminent.
The visit will take place on Wednesday 8 and Thursday 9 May 2019.
While in The Netherlands, The Duke will undertake an official engagement in Amsterdam before travelling to The Hague to officially launch the one year countdown to the Invictus Games The Hague 2020.
With Meghan Markle due to give birth any day now, the trip could mean that Harry is either away for the birth or the first few days of being a first-time father.
A spokesperson for the Royal Collection Trust has confirmed to The Independent that it has "no new ranges to announce" suggesting that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will not be launching any royal baby paraphernalia.
The charity, which is chaired by Prince Charles, released collections of merchandise for the births of Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis in 2013, 2015 and 2018, respectively.
This isn't the first time the couple have turned away from royal convention. Last month, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced that the arrival of their baby will be kept a secret so they can "celebrate privately as a new family".
Should Baby Sussex be born today, then he or she would share a birthday with their first cousin, Princess Charlotte.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have released three new photographs of Princess Charlotte in celebration of her fourth birthday, taken by the duchess at Kensington Palace and at their family home in Norfolk.
In one of the pictures, the young royal sits on the grass wearing a floral dress and plimsolls.
The second picture shows the four-year-old smiling as she runs holding a flower, and the third shows her sitting on top of a fence.
Buckingham Palace has denied accidentally leaking potential names for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's baby.
Eagle-eyed royal fans thought they may have spotted monikers being considered for the child when they discovered that certain URLs, such as https://www.royal.uk/prince-arthur, redirected to the royal family's homepage on its official website, whereas URLs featuring other names prompted the message "page not found".
However, according to the palace, this isn't the case.
"A large number of search term redirects were set up some time ago on royal.uk," a spokesperson told Entertainment Tonight.
"This was in order to improve user experience."
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While some have speculated that the Duchess of Sussex has already given birth, despite no announcement having been made, these rumours have been staunchly denied by Buckingham Palace.
Following the announcement of the Duke of Sussex's upcoming trip to the Netherlands next week, many expressed their confusion over the duke's decision to travel at such a pressing time.
This lead some to the conclusion that Baby Sussex had been born. However, it has been confirmed that the duchess has not given birth.
"The duchess hasn't had her child and we won't get into what might happen with [Harry's] visit to the Netherlands," a royal spokesperson told Metro.
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The birth date of the royal baby is likely to fall very close to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's first wedding anniversary.
The royal couple wed on 19 May last year at St George's Chapel in Windsor.
The duchess wore a wedding dress designed by Clare Waight Keller, artistic director at Givenchy.
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Royal fans across the world are excitingly waiting for any further hints surrounding when Baby Sussex may arrive, many of whom are becoming increasingly impatient.
However, as Oprah Winfrey pointed out, the Duchess of Sussex's due date is nobody else's business, so everyone will just have to wait and see what happens.
Former US first lady Michelle Obama revealed her advice for the Duchess of Sussex for navigating life in the public eye.
“Like me, Meghan probably never dreamt that she’d have a life like this, and the pressure you feel - from yourself and from others - can sometimes feel like a lot,” Obama said in the January issue of Good Housekeeping.
“So my biggest piece of advice would be to take some time and don’t be in a hurry to do anything."
In December, Kensington Palace confirmed that the pair had met during a "private audience".
Earlier this week, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced that, in honour of Mental Health Awareness Month in the US and Mental Health Awareness Week in the UK, they would be supporting several Instagram accounts which "promote mental wellbeing, mental fitness, body positivity and self-care".
The @sussexroyal Instagram account now follows 16 of said Instagram accounts, including best-selling author Matt Haig.
Haig shared his astonishment on Twitter:
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