Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge appear with their baby son, outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital, in London. Kate gave birth to the couple's first child, who is third in line to the British throne, on July 22, 2013. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge appear with their baby son, outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital, in London. Kate gave birth to the couple's first child, who is third in line to the British throne, on July 22, 2013. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge appear with their baby son, outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital, in London. Kate gave birth to the couple's first child, who is third in line to the British throne, on July 22, 2013. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge with her baby son, outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital, in central London . Kate gave birth to the couple's first child on July 22, 2012, ending weeks of feverish anticipation. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge appear with their baby son, outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital, in London. Kate gave birth to the couple's first child, who is third in line to the British throne, on July 22, 2013. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge appear with their baby son, outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital, in London. Kate gave birth to the couple's first child, who is third in line to the British throne, on July 22, 2013. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
In this June 22, 1982, photo, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, and wife Princess Diana take home their newborn son Prince William. On July 22, 2013 Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge and her husband Prince William, gave birth to a boy weighting 4 kilograms. (AP Photo/John Redman, File)
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People watch from an elevated walkway while awaiting the appearance of Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge with their baby son at the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital, in central London. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge appear with their baby son, outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital, in London. Kate gave birth to the couple's first child, who is third in line to the British throne, on July 22, 2013. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge appear with their baby son, outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital, in London. Kate gave birth to the couple's first child, who is third in line to the British throne, on July 22, 2013. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge appear with their baby son, outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital, in London. Kate gave birth to the couple's first child, who is third in line to the British throne, on July 22, 2013. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
Britain's Prince William, right, and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge hold the Prince of Cambridge as they pose for photographers outside St. Mary's Hospital exclusive Lindo Wing in London. Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth
Published Jul 23, 2013
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London - Prince William and his wife Kate emerged from her London hospital on Tuesday and presented their newborn son, a future British king, to the world's media.
To huge cheers and a frenzy of snapping from the hundreds of waiting photographers, Kate, smiling broadly and wearing a loose-fitting blue dress, walked down the steps holding the boy before passing him to her husband.
“He's got a good pair of lungs on him, that's for sure,” William told journalists, while Kate said they were “very emotional” after welcoming their first child, who is third in line to the British throne.
“It's a special time,” Kate said. “I think any new parent would know what this feeling feels like.”
The unnamed baby raised a tiny hand above his white blankets.
William said the baby was “a big boy, he's quite heavy”, and joked: “He's got her looks, thankfully.”
The couple were “still working on a name”, he added.
After speaking briefly to the press, William and Kate returned to the hospital before re-emerging minutes later with their son in a car seat.
William secured the seat in the back of a black Range Rover parked outside the hospital, before driving his family back to their home at Kensington Palace. - Sapa-AFP