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Thursday, December 30, 2010

Queen hails first great-grandchild

From the Press Association:


The Queen is "delighted" with the birth of her first great-grandchild - a baby girl. 

Buckingham Palace announced that the wife of the Queen's grandson Peter Phillips gave birth to a daughter on Wednesday.

Autumn and Peter Phillips' first child, whose name is yet to be confirmed, weighed 8lbs 8oz when she was born at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital.

A statement from Buckingham Palace read: "The Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Princess Royal, Captain Mark Phillips and Autumn's family have been informed and are delighted with the news."

The baby is the first child for Mr and Mrs Phillips, the first grandchild for the Princess Royal and the first great-grandchild for The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. She is 12th in line to the throne.

Mr Phillips was present at the birth.

Mr Phillips, the Queen's eldest grandson, married his Canadian-born wife at a glittering ceremony at Windsor Castle in May 2008.

The son of the Princess Royal met his wife in 2003 at the Montreal Grand Prix, where they were both working. Initially, he did not tell her that he was the Queen's grandson and she only found out when she spotted him in a programme about Prince William.

Mrs Phillips is a former Roman Catholic but was accepted into the Church of England shortly before the wedding. Had she not changed churches, Mr Phillips would have had to give up his right to become king.

The couple faced controversy two years ago after being paid a reported £500,000 by a glossy magazine for photographs of their wedding.



http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20101230/tuk-queen-hails-first-great-grandchild-6323e80.html

1 comment:

  1. God forbid that Peter Phillips respect his wife enough to "allow" her to keep her religion. She's as shallow as he is. I'm just surprised this was yet another thing they didn't cash in on.
    Well, don't NOT want to be 12th in line to the Protestant succession. How selfish.

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