Celebration as Kate’s wish for a prince comes true

The Duchess of Cambridge was hoping for a son and her wish has come true.

Midway through her pregnancy, Kate told a soldier at a St Patrick’s Day parade in Aldershot, Hampshire, that she did not know the sex of her baby, but that she would like a boy.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s as-yet-unnamed son weighed 8lb 6oz after being born at 4.24pm at the private Lindo wing of St Mary’s Hospital in London.