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Royal baby: Queen pays half-hour visit to great-grandson | |
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The Queen has paid a visit to her new great-grandson, the son of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. | |
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 they were yet to name the third in line to the throne. | |
A Kensington Palace spokesman said it was "now private and quiet time for them to get to know their son". | |
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. |