Britain’s Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, react as they talk to the media while holding the Prince of Cambridge on Tuesday after posing for photographers outside St. Mary’s Hospital where the Duchess gave birth on Monday.Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II met her new great-grandson for the first time Wednesday at Kensington Palace, where the royal baby spent a first night at home with his parents, Prince William and Kate.
The 87-year-old monarch made a short trip from Buckingham Palace by chauffeur-driven Bentley and spent about half an hour visiting the two-day-old Prince of Cambridge. The baby is her third great-grandchild and the third in line to the British throne.
The baby’s name hasn’t been revealed yet. “We’re still working on a name,” William told reporters Tuesday as he and Kate took the baby home from St. Mary’s Hospital, promising to let the world know “as soon as we can.”
That could be anything from a few hours to several weeks – the queen did not announce the name of William’s father, Prince Charles, until a month after his birth in 1948.
Bookmaker William Hill has George – the name of six previous British kings – as the favorite at 2-1 odds, with James at 4-1.