BREAKING - The Royal Baby is Named!

E! News reports that the royal baby has been named - welcome Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge! The royal family welcomed its newest prince on Monday and gave the world a first look at his precious face yesterday.

His Royal Highness was born at 4:24 p.m. (British Summer Time) in the Lindo Wing of St. Mary's Hospital in London, weighing 8 pounds, 6 ounces, bestowing the monarchy with its third royal in line to the throne and bringing to a full circle the public's potent fairy-tale fascination that began with the couple's drawn-out courtship and culminated in their storybook wedding in 2011.

As befitting the pomp and pageantry of aristocratic tradition, the baby's arrival-and the eventual announcement of its gender-was heralded via a royal declaration signed by Kate's doctor, taken to Buckingham Palace via police escort, and placed on an easel outside the palace, similar protocol that was observed when William was born 31 years ago.

William was by his wife's side when they went to the hospital, he was present during the child's birth and then he spent the night at St. Mary's with Kate and their newborn son.

"We could not be happier," the new dad said following the child's arrival. The family of three left the hospital The Following day, with Will and Kate introducing their baby to the world at 7:14 p.m. (BST).

Both Will and Kate opted not to know their baby's gender, the palace announced in June, and, per British media reports, the Middleton family was informed of the royal baby's arrival at the same time as the queen.

St. James's Palace officially confirmed that Kate was pregnant on Dec. 13, but long before, the public had already been breathlessly awaiting the imminent arrival of a child, heaping massive expectations on a royal twosome whose very coupling embodied the implicit hope and promise that they would produce an heir to the throne.

Following the birth of their child, Prince William is expected to go a statutory paternity leave from his post with the Royal Air Force, where he's been on active duty as a search-and-rescue helicopter pilot. The new family will be making their home at their newly refurbished apartment at Kensington Palace, and they'll reportedly be moving in either September or October.

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