Congratulations — it’s a princess!
Prince William and his wife, Kate, presented their new daughter to the world Saturday, emerging from a London hospital just 10 hours after her birth.
Oblivious to the fanfare outside St. Mary’s Hospital, the newest royal slept peacefully, swaddled in a knit white blanket and woolen cap in her resplendent
mom’s arms.
Sporting freshly curled locks, Kate, 33, beamed in a yellow-and-white floral, quarter-sleeve dress reportedly custom-made by designer Jenny Packham.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge waved to the hundreds of spectators and fotogs who had camped out for the occasion.
The couple offered no comment before William, 32, loaded his family into a car headed back to Kensington Palace.
The baby — whose name was still unannounced as of last night — weighed 8 pounds,
3 ounces and was delivered at 8:34 a.m. London time in St. Mary’s private Lindo Wing less than three hours after Kate checked in.
The girl is Baby No. 2 for the couple, and Queen Elizabeth II’s fifth grandkid. The couple’s first child, Prince George, was born on July 22, 2013.
This is the first girl to take the title of princess in 25 years and the first princess of Cambridge since 1833.
She is also the first to benefit from a change to royal-succession rules that ended male primogeniture — meaning any future little brothers wouldn’t unseat her in the royal lineup.
She’s fourth in line to the throne, behind 21-month-old George, her dad and her grandpa Prince Charles, 66.
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