# The Royals Welcome a Boy!

Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge show their new-born baby boy named George Alexander Louis to the world's media, on the steps outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in London on July 23, 2013. On the right Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales leave St Mary's Hospital with newborn baby Prince William on June 22, 1982 in London, England. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge show their new-born baby boy named George Alexander Louis to the world's media, on the steps outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in London on July 23, 2013. The baby was born on Monday afternoon weighing eight pounds six ounces (3.8 kilogrammes). The baby, titled His Royal Highness, Prince (name) of Cambridge, is directly in line to inherit the throne after Charles, Queen Elizabeth II's eldest son and heir, and his eldest son William. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge depart The Lindo Wing with their newborn son named George Alexander Louis at St Mary's Hospital on July 23, 2013 in London, England. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge show their new-born baby boy named George Alexander Louis to the world's media, on the steps outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in London on July 23, 2013. The baby was born on Monday afternoon weighing eight pounds six ounces (3.8 kilogrammes). The baby, titled His Royal Highness, Prince (name) of Cambridge, is directly in line to inherit the throne after Charles, Queen Elizabeth II's eldest son and heir, and his eldest son William. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge show their new-born baby boy named George Alexander Louis to the world's media, leaving the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in London on July 23, 2013. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge depart The Lindo Wing with their newborn son named George Alexander Louis at St Mary's Hospital on July 23, 2013 in London, England. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge depart The Lindo Wing with their newborn son named George Alexander Louis at St Mary's Hospital on July 23, 2013 in London, England. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge depart The Lindo Wing with their newborn son named George Alexander Louis at St Mary's Hospital on July 23, 2013 in London, England. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, depart The Lindo Wing with their newborn son named George Alexander Louis at St Mary's Hospital on July 23, 2013 in London, England. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge depart The Lindo Wing with their newborn son named George Alexander Louis at St Mary's Hospital on July 23, 2013 in London, England. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, depart The Lindo Wing with their newborn son named George Alexander Louis at St Mary's Hospital on July 23, 2013 in London, England. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, depart The Lindo Wing with their newborn son named George Alexander Louis at St Mary's Hospital on July 23, 2013 in London, England. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, depart The Lindo Wing with their newborn son at St Mary's Hospital on July 23, 2013 in London, England. The Duchess of Cambridge yesterday gave birth to a boy at 16.24 BST and weighing 8lb 6oz, with Prince William at her side. The baby, George Alexander Louis, is third in line to the throne and becomes the Prince of Cambridge. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, depart The Lindo Wing with their newborn son at St Mary's Hospital on July 23, 2013 in London, England. The Duchess of Cambridge yesterday gave birth to a boy at 16.24 BST and weighing 8lb 6oz, with Prince William at her side. The baby, George Alexander Louis, is third in line to the throne and becomes the Prince of Cambridge. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> The baby was born on Monday afternoon weighing eight pounds six ounces (3.8 kilogrammes). The baby, titled His Royal Highness, Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge, is directly in line to inherit the throne after Charles, Queen Elizabeth II's eldest son and heir, and his eldest son William. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge' new-born baby boy seen in a car seat outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in London on July 23, 2013. The baby was born on Monday afternoon weighing eight pounds six ounces (3.8 kilogrammes). The baby, titled His Royal Highness, Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge, is directly in line to inherit the throne after Charles, Queen Elizabeth II's eldest son and heir, and his eldest son William. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge depart The Lindo Wing with their newborn son named George Alexander Louis at St Mary's Hospital on July 23, 2013 in London, England. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> William on daddy duty! <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge depart The Lindo Wing with their newborn son named George Alexander Louis at St Mary's Hospital on July 23, 2013 in London, England.  The messenger is sent to the palace from St. Mary's Hospital with the Royal baby's birth certificate. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Splash</span> Crowds of well wishers take photographs as Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, depart The Lindo Wing with their newborn son named George Alexander Louis at St Mary's Hospital on July 23, 2013 in London, England. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> Hospital staff wait outside The Lindo Wing at St Mary's Hospital on July 23, in London, England. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> Hospital staff at St Mary's Hospital on July 23, in London, England. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> Crowds of well wishers take photographs as Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, depart The Lindo Wing with their newborn son named George Alexander Louis at St Mary's Hospital on July 23, 2013 in London, England. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> Prince Charles (L) and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, arrive at the St Mary's Hospital in London, on July 23, 2013. Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate on Tuesday thanked staff at the hospital where their baby was born, Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge, as the world waited for a name and hopefully a glimpse of the future king. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> Carole Middleton and Michael Middleton, proud grandparents, are spotted leaving the Lindo Wing. <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Splash News</span> Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge greets people as she attends an evening reception to celebrate the work of The Art Room charity at The National Portrait Gallery on April 24, 2013 in London, England. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge arrives at the Inauguration Of Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden on April 26, 2013 in London, England. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> Catherine, The Duchess Of Cambridge meets children and staff during a visit to Naomi House Children's Hospice on April 29, 2013 near Winchester, Hampshire, England. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge attends a Garden Party in the grounds of Buckingham Palace hosted by Queen Elizabeth II on May 22, 2013. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge stand on the balcony of Buckingham Palace during the annual Trooping the Colour Ceremony on June 15, 2013 in London, England. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, arrives at the King Edward VII hospital in central London, on December 6, 2012 where Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, is resting after being admitted suffering severe morning sickness. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> Prince Harry, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge on the balcony of Buckingham Palace during the annual Trooping the Colour Ceremony on June 15, 2013 in London, England. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge arrives at the National Fishing Heritage Centre on March 5, 2013 in Grimsby, England. The pregnant Duchess of Cambridge is spending the day visiting Grimsby in the North East of England. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge laughs on the balcony of Buckingham Palace during the annual Trooping the Colour Ceremony on June 15, 2013 in London, England. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge attends the St Patrick's Day Parade at Mons Barracks on March 17, 2013 in Aldershot, England. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> The Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton is seen attending the naming ceremony of 'Princess Cruises' new 3,600 passenger vessel the 'Royal Princess' in London, UK. Loving the leopard and the baby bump! <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Splash News</span> Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge arrives at the Astute-class Submarine Building at BAE Systems in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, northern England, on April 5, 2013. The Duke of Cambridge is Commodore-in-Chief of the Royal Navy Submarine Service and during their visit they toured the offices of Vanguard replacement programme and meet with the crew of Artful and their families, who are now based in Barrow. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> The Lindo Wing where the Duchess of Cambridge will give birth at St Mary's Hospital on June 26, 2013 in London, England. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge attends the National Review of Queen's Scouts at Windsor Castle on April 21, 2013 in Windsor, England. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> Souvenir gifts celebrating the upcoming birth of the royal baby of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, the Duchess of the Cambridge are seen on sale in a Souvenir outlet in central London on June 26, 2013. The baby is expected to arrive in mid-July, with the mother likely to opt for a natural delivery. The baby, which will be third in line to the throne, will be born in the same London hospital wing where William himself was born to Prince Charles and Princess Diana. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> A display of plates, part of an assortment of souvenir gifts celebrating the upcoming birth of the royal baby of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, the Duchess of the Cambridge on sale in a Souvenir outlet in central London on June 26, 2013. The baby is expected to arrive in mid-July, with the mother likely to opt for a natural delivery. The baby, which will be third in line to the throne, will be born in the same London hospital wing where William himself was born to Prince Charles and Princess Diana. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> Blue and pink pouches inside a card decorated with teddies and the message 'Solid sterling silver good luck penny' are to be presented by the Royal Mint to babies born on the same day as the first child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on July 4, 2013 in Pontyclun, Wales. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> Blue and pink pouches inside a card decorated with teddies and the message 'Solid sterling silver good luck penny' are to be presented by the Royal Mint to babies born on the same day as the first child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on July 4, 2013 in Pontyclun, Wales. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> Royal well-wisher Terry Hutt poses for a picture as he waits outside the Lindo Wing of Saint Mary's Hospital in London, on July 12, 2013, where Prince William and his wife Catherine's baby will be born. Britain's royal family and the world's media are on tenterhooks awaiting the birth of Prince William and wife Catherine's first child, a baby who will one day be king or queen of Britain and a diverse group of commonwealth countries. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> Royal supporter Terry Hutt (2L) and self-proclaimed "Loyalest Royalist" Margaret Tyler (2R) pose for a photograph outside the Lindo Wing of Saint Mary's Hospital in London, on July 15, 2013, where Prince William and his wife Catherine's baby was be born. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> A board showing bookmakers odds on the name and birth date of the Royal baby is displayed outside the Lindo Wing of Saint Mary's Hospital in London, on July 17, 2013, where Prince William and his wife Catherine's baby will be born. Queen Elizabeth II, it seems, is just as impatient as her subjects for the royal baby to arrive this week -- because she is going on holiday. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> Crowds of tourists gather on the steps of the Queen Victoria Memorial Statue outside Buckingham Palace in central London on July 22, 2013. Prince William's wife Kate, (Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge) was admitted to hospital today in the early stages of labour as the world awaited the birth of a baby directly in line to inherit the British throne. It will then be made public in the traditional way, with a proclamation signed by royal doctors displayed on an easel in the Buckingham Palace forecourt -- the same easel used to announce William's birth in 1982. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> AT the exact moment the royal baby arrived - 4.24pm on Monday - so did little Kate Kilcoin, named in honour of the Duchess. Natia Kavelavli 26, welcomed her new baby at Basildon Hospital, Essex. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Splash News</span> Royal Baby Boy Born at 18:24 weighing 8lbs 6oz. All family members have been informed, no name has yet been released. The Town Crier of London made the announcement outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary Hospital to the World's Press and hundreds of waiting well wishers. <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Getty Images</span> <b><a href="http://1055online.iheart.com/articles/trending--104650/its-a-boy-for-prince-william-11504168/"target="new">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate Middleton! </a></b> <p><span style="font-size: 9px;">Photo: Splash</span>