Photo: Getty "This is a girl! Today, the Duchess of Cambridge safely gave birth to her first daughter. If you want to greet a new member of our family, do it! Post a picture and use our hashtag #WelcomeToTheFamily, then we can include this post in our blog on social networks! ”- the representatives of the royal network in“ Instagram ”shared a joyful event. After 10 minutes, the official royal family wrote that the weight of the child amounted to 3.71 kg and Prince William was present at birth. The name Kensington Palace will be announced only after the baby's parents share the good news with their family and friends.Photo:Getty A little princess has appeared in the Windsor dynasty! Today Kate Middleton became a mother for the second time. The Duchess's pregnancy was officially announced on September 8 last year, but the sex of the child was kept secret until birth. Even for Kate and William, it was a surprise, because at the very beginning of pregnancy they agreed not to ask the doctors the sex of the baby, which gave rise to a lot of rumors and hypotheses. Bookmakers even accepted bets on boy, girl and twins. Most of the votes were for the second option. During pregnancy, Kate leaned on sweets and recovered greatly, which, according to popular beliefs, indicated that a daughter would be born. The baby appeared in the same St. Mary's Hospital in Paddington, where Princess Diana gave birth to William 32 years ago, and on July 22, 2013 Kate Middleton gave birth to the prince's first child - a son. Then the birth cost the royal family 10 thousand pounds. The second baby was born with a 10% discount, which was given to parents for a second visit to the clinic of St. Mary. As a result, childbirth cost 6.6 thousand pounds (this is about 500 thousand rubles).Photo: Instagram, boy, girl or twins?The first rumors that Kate and Prince William will become parents for the second time appeared in May last year, long before the real pregnancy. Then the Duchess didn’t just appear at an important social reception - a charity dinner The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, where the designer Ralph Lauren, actress Cate Blanchett and other famous guests were waiting for her. And the journalists immediately suspected that the reason lies in the “interesting situation”. Their fantasy was played out so that there were allegations that Kate was pregnant with twins! But a week later, the information was refuted. An official statement was made only on September 8, 2014. A post appeared on the official Facebook page of the British Monarchy community: “The Duchess of Cambridge is expecting her second child. The queen and all family members are very pleased with this news. As during her first pregnancy, the Duchess of Cambridge will not accompany Prince William at business events. She is now under the supervision of Kensington Palace. ” A little later, on October 20, 2014, it was announced that the second child of Catherine and William would be born in April 2015. It would be a boy or a girl, they did not clarify it in the palace. But the whole world began to guess. Many have made bets on the fact that the sex of the second child will coincide with the first one for genetic reasons: two girls were born in the Middleton family, two boys in the royal family. they had twins in their family: “Uncle William Charles Spencer has twin daughters, and his grandfather, Lord Farm, was also a pair of twins. As for Kate, her paternal grandmother had a twin sister, ”the historian told. And the royal family was said to have hoped for the girl to appear, since they had already chosen a name for her. Even during the first pregnancy, when Kate and William did not know who would be born, for the girl, just in case, they came up with a name in honor of Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Diana - Elizabeth Diana Winzdor. In favor of the daughter spoke of the state of a pregnant Middleton. Reporters noticed that Prince William often visits the candy store for cakes. And if you believe the national signs, then it is the mothers of girls - big sweet teeth .... Read More