It's A Boy!

The countdown is over. Meghan and Harry have welcomed a baby boy. The news was delivered less than an hour after Buckingham Palace announced that the Duchess of Sussex had gone into labor early on Monday with Prince Harry by her side. "I'm very excited to announce that Meghan and myself had a baby boy earlier this morning, a very healthy boy," a beaming Prince Harry told members of the media at Windsor Castle. "Mother and baby are doing incredibly well. It's been the most amazing experience I could ever have possibly imagined." In October 2018, just five months after their wedding, Harry and Meghan touched down in Australia for their first overseas tour as a married couple. turned into a royal frenzy when news that the couple were expecting broke as they arrived in Sydney at the start of their 16-day tour of Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga. Kensington Palace officials were tight-lipped about the Duchess of Sussex's exact due date, other than to say that the baby was due in the spring of 2019. But at various royal engagements since the original announcement, Meghan is said to have told members of the public the baby was due to arrive around the end of April or the beginning of May. When the couple launched a joint Instagram account on April 2, fevered speculation followed that a big announcement was imminent. But the public had to wait more than a month for the Instagram post on May 6 announcing: "It's a BOY!" "We are pleased to announce that Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Sussex welcomed their firstborn child in the early morning on May 6th, 2019. Their Royal Highnesses' son weighs 7lbs. 3oz," Sussex Royal wrote. Prince Harry told the media at Windsor Castle on Monday that his son was "a little bit overdue," giving the couple "a little bit of time to think about" names.