Zara Tindall gives birth to 9lbs 3oz baby girl, a sister for Mia
Zara Tindall has given birth to a baby girl weighing 9lbs 3oz, a sister for Mia, Buckingham Palace has announced.
Mrs Tindall and her husband, Mike, welcomed their new arrival at an NHS hospital, Stroud Maternity Unit, on Monday.
The Queen is said to be "delighted" by news of her seventh great-grandchild. the proud grandmother, the Princess Royal, and great-grandmother will celebrate at Royal Ascot today.
A spokesman for Buckingham Palace said: "Mrs Michael Tindall was safely delivered of a baby girl on 18th June, at Stroud Maternity Unit. Mr Tindall was present at the birth. The weight of the baby was 9lbs 3oz.
"The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Princess Royal, Captain Mark Phillips and Mike’s parents, Mr Philip and Mrs Linda Tindall, have been informed and are delighted with the news. The baby’s name will be confirmed in due course.
"This baby is the second child for Zara and Mike, the fourth grandchild for The Princess Royal and the seventh great-grandchild for The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh."
The baby girl joins a cohort of lively cousins, including Prince George, Prince Louis, Princess Charlotte, Savannah and Isla Phillips and Mia Tindall.
Mrs Tindall’s pregnancy was confirmed in January, celebrated just over a year after a spokesman announced the miscarriage of a child due in 2017.
On Christmas Eve 2016, a spokesman said the couple had “very sadly” lost their baby.
The new baby girl, whose name will be announced in the days to come, is a little sister for Mia Grace, who turned four this year.
She was born also born on the NHS, at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in 2014 weighing 7lbs 12oz, and has become a firm favourite among royal-watchers for her entertaining and boisterous outings with her family at her mother’s riding events.
Her new baby sister will be 19th in line to the throne, and is likely to follow in the footsteps of Mia and Zara herself in having no royal title in keeping with the wishes of the Princess Royal, who eschewed HRH status for her children when they were born.
The news comes in a remarkably busy year for the Royal Family, with the birth of Prince Louis, the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Prince of Wales’ 70th birthday, the Queen’s Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting and major overseas tours for numerous senior royals.
