Royal baby news: Official Instagram account pays tribute to mums on Mother's Day
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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According to bookmaker William Hill, the name Diana is the current favourite for the royal baby, with odds of 4-1.
Allegra and Grace follow in joint second with odds of 8-1, while the names Alice, Arthur, Isabella follow in joint third with odds of 12-1.
It seems that many people are of the opinion the Duchess of Sussex will give birth to a baby girl.
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have wished their niece Princess Charlotte a happy birthday.
"Happy Birthday Charlotte! Lots of love, H and M xo," the couple wrote on Instagram from their recently launched account.
Baby Sussex will be the first grandchild for the Duchess of Sussex's mother Doria Ragland, and the fourth grandchild for the Duke of Sussex's father Prince Charles.
Ragland and Prince Charles were pictured chatting at the royal wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan on 19 May last year.
Several Twitter users commented on their apparent bond at the time.
"I just want to know what Doria and Charles are talking about because they seem to have become buddies and I kind of love it. #RoyalWedding," one person tweeted.
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On Wednesday, it was announced that the Duke of Sussex will be travelling to the Netherlands next week for an official engagement, around the same time that the Duchess of Sussex is expected to give birth.
At last year's Sydney Invictus Games, Prince Harry and Meghan took part in the medal ceremony following the gold medal match of the wheelchair basketball between the Netherlands and the United States.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex watch the gold medal wheelchair basketball match between the Netherlands and the United States at the Sydney Invictus Games on 27 October 2018 (Getty Images)
On Friday last week, Luther star Idris Elba married his partner Sabrina Dhowre.
The pair attended the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's wedding in May last year, with Elba even performing a DJ set during the wedding reception.
While Prince Harry and Meghan were unable to attend Elba and Dhowre's wedding in Morocco, they reportedly gave the newlywed couple an extravagant gift.
According to the Daily Mail, the royal couple gave Elba and Dhowre a £7,000 work of art by artist duo the Connor Brothers.
The 1950s-style print features the slogan: "Why fit in when you were born to stand out?"
Idris Elba and Sabrina Dhowre at the royal wedding in May 2018 (Getty Images)
In January, Prince Harry spoke candidly about the responsibility he feels about the issues facing young people today as a father-to-be.
"As someone who is about to become a father, I am acutely aware of our shared responsibility to make the world more resilient and its inhabitants more accountable for the next generation," he said during a roundtable discussion with Commonwealth young leaders at Lancaster House in London.
"The only way to see real progress is not by chance, it's by change."
In February, the Duchess of Sussex headed back to the US for her baby shower, which was held in New York City.
Close friends of the duchess who attended the shower included human rights lawyer Amal Clooney and tennis player Serena Williams.
Following the festivities, Meghan donated the flowers used at the celebration to Repeat Roses, an organisation which recycles flowers from events and sends them to hospitals and care centres.
A hotel in Windsor is joining in one the debate over whether Meghan Markle will give birth to a boy or a girl with a sign that reads, "Prince or Princess?"
Chris Ship, royal editor at ITV News, shared a photo of the sign on Twitter alongside the caption: "A Windsor hotel has got its sign ready. They just need a reason to put it out on the street."
A private ambulance has been spotted driving through Windsor with a police escort, according to a BBC reporter.
Simon McCoy posted a tweet sharing the sighting alongside the hashtag #justsaying.
Buckingham Palace has confirmed that the royal baby "hasn't been born yet".
CBS News says the statement was made by a representative on Thursday morning.
The news comes as many royal fans have begun speculating that the Duchess of Sussex has already given birth to her first child.
Despite no announcement having been made, the rumours have been staunchly denied by Buckingham Palace.
"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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