It’s a boy: William, Kate have third child

LONDON: Kate, the wife of Prince William, gave birth to a boy at a hospital in London on Monday, the third child for the British royal couple and now fifth in line to the throne. Kensington Palace said the baby was born at 1001 GMT and weighs 8 lbs 7oz (3.8 kg). William was present for the birth at St Mary´s Hospital in west London where their other two children, George and Charlotte, were also born, it added. “Her Royal Highness and her child are both doing well,” the Palace said. Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles, the baby´s grandfather, and other members of the royal family and Kate´s family have been informed and “are delighted with the news”, it added. The baby is the queen´s sixth great-grandchild and is behind his siblings George, 4, and Charlotte, 2, their father William, and grandfather and heir Prince Charles in line to the throne.