Britain’s Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, hold their newborn daughter as they as they pose for the media outside St. Mary’s Hospital’s exclusive Lindo Wing, London, Saturday, May 2, 2015. The Duchess gave birth to the Princess on Saturday morning. AP
Prince William has driven home the new royal baby, named Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, in a Range Rover. As with his first-born child Prince George, the prince personally drove the baby home in the family SUV. The newborn baby princess was carried in a car seat by her father from the Lindo Wing of St. Mary’s Hospital, in London, loaded and properly buckled into the back seat of the black Ranger Rover. He then climbed in the driver’s seat and gently drove off to Kensington Palace.
Jaguar Land Rover supplies the British royal family, specifically Her Majesty The Queen, His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh and His Royal Highness The Price of Wales. This makes it the only automotive manufacturer to hold all three Royal Warrants. Jaguar and Land Rover were each granted their first Royal Warrants in 1951, a year before the Queen’s coronation.
The baby’s full name is Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, a triple homage to her grandfather Prince Charles, great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth II and William’s late mother Diana, whose death in 1997 prompted a global outpouring of grief.
William and Kate introduced the baby princess Saturday evening to the world, just 12 hours after Kate checked into London’s St. Mary’s Hospital to give birth. The baby weighed in at 8 pounds, 3 ounces (3.7 kilograms).
“The Duke and Duchess are hugely grateful for the messages of congratulations they have received from people all over the world,” their press office said in a statement. “It means a great deal to them that so many people have celebrated the arrival of their new daughter.”
Prince Charles puts a Range Rover through its paces.
The princess is fourth in line to the British throne, after her grandfather Charles, her father William and her older brother George. She will be known formally as Her Royal Highness, Princess (name) of Cambridge.
William’s father and stepmother, Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, went to Kensington Palace on Sunday to visit the baby for the first time, joining Kate’s parents Michael and Carole Middleton and her sister Pippa.
The royal couple is expected to spend several days at their London home before traveling to their country home on the queen’s sprawling Sandringham estate, 120 miles (190 kilometers) north of London. The family is likely to stay out of the public eye in the coming days.
The princess’s birth has mesmerized much of Britain, eclipsing the country’s hard-fought election campaign on the front pages of British newspapers. A number of London landmarks including Tower Bridge were lit in pink overnight to commemorate her birth. -With report from Associated Press
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