He will be bearing the title Viscount Severn. I hope they give him a nice old-fashioned name like they did with Louise. Nothing too old-fogeyish though.
He apparently weighed a little over 6 lbs so that's a pretty good size, especially if he was a little early. Glad that this pregnancy & delivery was so much less traumatic for the Countess. What a nice Christmas present for the Wessexes and the Queen and Prince Philip.
"Edward told reporters at the hospital that the baby's arrival was "a lot calmer than last time, I'm glad to say". Their daughter Louise, four, was delivered by emergency Caesarean when Sophie became gravely ill. The Prince said his wife was very well "but she will obviously be here for a couple of days, recovering from the experience". Otherwise she was "doing very well", he said. Asked to describe his son, Edward said he was "small, cute and cuddly". He revealed that no name had been chosen. "We didn't know what we were going to get," he added. "You've got to get to know the small person who's just come into the world before you pick a name."....At his parents' request, however, the boy will not be given the HRH title normally conferred on the grandchildren of a monarch....A Buckingham Palace spokesman said: "The Earl of Wessex was present. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have been informed and are delighted with the news. "The Countess of Wessex is expected to remain in hospital for the next few days. She and the Prince are thrilled, absolutely thrilled." After the heartache of several other failed bouts of IVF treatment, Sophie - who turns 43 next month - was astonished to discover that their second baby had been conceived naturally. Medics assured the Countess that, despite her medical history, her pregnancy would not put herself or her baby at greater than normal risk. But neither she nor her husband were willing to take any chances and she has been regularly monitored by a team of doctors led by Marcus Setchwell, the royal gynaecologist. Last night Sophie was said to be bonding well with her baby. "It has been a very difficult few years for both Sophie and Edward both," said a friend. "They desperately wanted more children and had all but given up hope of having another one. "They had come to the conclusion that 'what would be, would be'. The pregnancy was an enormous but very happy surprise and has gone extremely well." "
