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Royal baby: Queen pays visit to great-grandson Royal baby: Queen pays half-hour visit to great-grandson
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The Queen has arrived at Kensington Palace to visit her great-grandson, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's son. The Queen has paid a visit to her new great-grandson, the son of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
The visit comes after the new family spent their first night at home. The half-hour visit to Kensington Palace came after the new family spent their first night at home.
They left St Mary's Hospital in west London on Tuesday evening, where the duke told reporters the couple were still "working on a name" for the third in line to the throne. They left St Mary's Hospital in west London on Tuesday evening, where the duke told reporters they were yet to name the third in line to the throne.
They described becoming parents as "very emotional", before the duke drove his family home to Kensington Palace. A Kensington Palace spokesman said it was "now private and quiet time for them to get to know their son".
The Queen said she was "thrilled" at the arrival of her first great-grandson during a reception at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday evening. The Queen made the short journey from Buckingham Palace in a dark green Bentley.
The visit came ahead of her departure on Friday for Balmoral in Scotland for her traditional summer break.
'Very special'
The monarch had said she was "thrilled" at the arrival of her third great-grandson during a reception at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday evening.
Louise Butt, a guest at the event for the Queen's Award for Enterprise, said the monarch had also described the baby as a "big boy" and had said that "the first born is very special".Louise Butt, a guest at the event for the Queen's Award for Enterprise, said the monarch had also described the baby as a "big boy" and had said that "the first born is very special".
The Queen was not the first to meet the royal baby prince.
The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall, and Catherine's parents, Carole and Michael Middleton, paid visits to the hospital on Tuesday afternoon.
Prince Charles said the baby was "marvellous" while Mrs Middleton said he was "absolutely beautiful".
Prince William was at the hospital for the birth at 16:24 BST on Monday, and stayed with his wife and son, who weighed 8lb 6oz (3.8kg), overnight.
They left at 19:15 BST on Tuesday - just under 27 hours after the baby's arrival.
The couple described becoming parents as "very emotional".
George?
Although the couple have yet to decide on a name it is known that the newest royal will be styled HRH Prince (name) of Cambridge.
George is the bookmakers' favourite for the first name of the prince, who is destined to be king one day. James and Alexander are among other names on a short price.
Asked by the BBC's royal correspondent Peter Hunt if the baby had already been named George, Prince William replied: "Wait and see, Peter, wait and see."
Royal fans waited seven days before the name of a newborn Prince William was announced in 1982, and there was a wait of a month following the Prince Charles's birth in 1948.
All births in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, regardless of parentage, must be registered within 42 days at the hospital or a local register office.