Royal newborn leaves hospital

Updated 14.46 Thu Dec 20 2007
Keywords: baby, royal

A beaming Earl and Countess of Wessex have left hospital with their newborn son.

Waving to well-wishers, Sophie, 42, left Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey with her husband Edward and their new arrival who was wrapped snugly in a white blanket.

Waving to well-wishers, Sophie, 42, left Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey with her husband Edward and their new arrival who was wrapped snugly in a white blanket

Queen Elizabeth's youngest son commented on the cold and wished everyone a happy Christmas after putting his son into a baby seat in the back of a waiting chauffeur-driven car.

The new baby, yet to be named, is the Queen's eighth grandchild and was born by caesarean section.

The royal couple already have a four-year-old daughter, Louise.

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