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Robin Hood and Maid Marian's baby joy | Robin Hood and Maid Marian's baby joy |
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Nottingham's official Robin Hood and Maid Marian have announced the birth of a girl. | Nottingham's official Robin Hood and Maid Marian have announced the birth of a girl. |
University lecturer Sally Chappell, who is the city's Maid Marian, gave birth to the baby weighing 7lb 14oz (3.2kg) at 18:20 GMT on 26 December. | University lecturer Sally Chappell, who is the city's Maid Marian, gave birth to the baby weighing 7lb 14oz (3.2kg) at 18:20 GMT on 26 December. |
Tim Pollard who has been Robin Hood for over 20 years, had joked about calling the baby Little John, after one of Robin Hood's fellow Merry Men. | |
The couple, who live in Beeston, gave the girl the name Scarlett Louise. | |
Mr Pollard said: "We're stupidly proud to announce the drug and intervention-free birth of Scarlett Louise. | Mr Pollard said: "We're stupidly proud to announce the drug and intervention-free birth of Scarlett Louise. |
"We're all doing well and overwhelmingly happy as she's utterly gorgeous." | "We're all doing well and overwhelmingly happy as she's utterly gorgeous." |
Scarlett was born at the Queen's Medical Centre's maternity unit in Nottingham. | |
Ms Chappell, who is a genetics lecturer at the University of Nottingham, was "just friends" with Mr Pollard before she became Maid Marian seven years ago. | |
Robin Hood pardoned | Robin Hood pardoned |
Maid Marian is traditionally Robin Hood's love interest in the legends. | |
Will Scarlet, Friar Tuck, Little John and Alan-a-Dale were popularly known in stories as Robin's merry men, a band of outlaws that roamed Sherwood Forest evading the Sheriff of Nottingham's soldiers. | |
As Robin and Marian, Mr Pollard and Ms Chappell promote tourism and take part in civic events including the annual Robin Hood Pageant. | |
They helped ice skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean welcome the Olympic torch to Nottingham in 2012. | They helped ice skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean welcome the Olympic torch to Nottingham in 2012. |
In the same year, they were introduced to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in a Nottingham park, as Prince William and Kate accompanied the Queen on her Diamond Jubilee tour. | |
Robin Hood was officially pardoned by the Sheriff of Nottingham in November, and Mr Pollard was appointed Under-Sheriff, so the two can work together to support redevelopment of the city's castle. |
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