Britain's Duke and Duchess of Sussex are celebrating the arrival of their baby daughter, who they have named Lilibet "Lili" Diana Mountbatten-Windsor.
Meghan Markle gave birth to her second child on Friday morning at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in California.
The baby, a younger sister for the Sussexes' two-year-old son Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, weighed 7lbs 11oz.
The couple's press secretary said: "It is with great joy that Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, welcome their daughter, Lilibet "Lili" Diana Mountbatten-Windsor, to the world.
"Lili was born on Friday, June 4 at 11.40am in the trusted care of the doctors and staff at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, California.
"She weighed 7lbs 11oz. Both mother and child are healthy and well, and settling in at home.
"Lili is named after her great-grandmother, Her Majesty The Queen, whose family nickname is Lilibet.
"Her middle name, Diana, was chosen to honour her beloved late grandmother, The Princess of Wales.
"This is the second child for the couple, who also have a two-year-old son named Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor.
"The Duke and Duchess thank you for your warm wishes and prayers as they enjoy this special time as a family."
Harry and Meghan revealed they were expecting a girl in March during their tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey.
It was a lighter moment during a series of bombshells that left the British monarchy in crisis.
Meghan accused an unnamed member of the royal family, not the Queen nor Duke of Edinburgh, of racism, saying they expressed concern about how dark Archie's skin tone might be before he was born.
The duchess also called out the institution for not helping her when she was suicidal.
The Queen responded by saying the issues were taken "very seriously" but that "some recollections may vary" and the matter would addressed by the family privately.
The new baby is the Queen's 11th great-grandchild and the first born since the death of the Duke of Edinburgh in April.
But with the Sussexes living in California and amid troubled relationships with their family, it is not known when or if the new addition will meet the Queen and the rest of the royals.
Just like Archie was not entitled to be a prince nor an HRH when he was born in 2018, the Sussexes' daughter is not permitted to be a princess nor an HRH due to rules set down more than 100 years ago by George V.
Meghan controversially claimed during her Oprah interview that Archie had his right to be a prince taken away from him because of his race.
In fact, he was too far removed from the crown because although he is a great-grandchild of a sovereign, he is not the "eldest living son of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales" as George V's rules required.
The new baby will be entitled to be a princess and Archie a prince - both with HRH styles - after the death of the Queen and when Charles becomes king.
This is because they will have moved up the line of succession to become the children of a son of a monarch.
Despite Harry and Meghan quitting as senior working royals, the baby still has a place in the line of succession.
She is eighth in line to the throne, coming after Archie, who is seventh in line, and before the Duke of York, Prince Andrew, who has dropped to ninth place.
Many congratulations to The Duke & Duchess of Sussex on the birth of their daughter.
— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) June 6, 2021
Why Lilibet?
Lilibet – the queen's family nickname - was first used when Princess Elizabeth was just a toddler and unable to pronounce her own name properly.
Her grandfather King George V would affectionately call her 'Lilibet' imitating her own attempts to say Elizabeth.
The sweet nickname stuck and she became Lilibet to her family from then on.
The Duke of Edinburgh also referred to his wife as Lilibet, writing to his mother-in-law after their wedding: "Lilibet is the only 'thing' in the world which is absolutely real to me."
Harry and Meghan's new baby daughter - the Queen's 11th great-grandchild - will be known as Lili.
