PRINCESS Beatrice welcomed her first baby with husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi on Saturday with the pair said to be “delighted” by the arrival.
At 11:42pm, the Princess of York welcomed their baby girl Chelsea to Westminster Hospital. Their daughter weighed 6lb 2oz.
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The average weight for a baby born in the UK is 7lb 8oz for boys and for girls 7lb 4oz, putting Bea’s baby on the lower end of the scale.
How does she fare against her royal relatives? Here we reveal how much the royal babies weighed at birth…
August Philip Hawke Brooksbank
Beatrice’s sister Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank welcomed their son August on February 9 at 8:55am.
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He weighed 8lbs 1oz at birth making him larger than the average UK baby boy.
August is nearly two full pounds heavier than his cousin.
Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s second child Lilibet “Lili” Diana Mountbatten-Windsor, who shares Her Majesty’s family nickname, arrived at 11.40am June 4 in California.
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A statement from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex confirmed that the baby girl weighed 7lbs 11oz putting her on the higher end of the UK average.
The average baby girl in the USA, where Lili was born, is 7 lb 2. This makes the child 9 oz heavier that the national average.
Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor
Lili’s older brother, by comparison, was much smaller at birth.
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Archie, who is now two-years-old, was born on May 6, 2019 at 5:26am weighing 7 lb 2 oz, a whole 9oz less than his little sister.
This makes him 6oz shorter than the average UK boy baby.
Prince Louis
Born on April 23 at 11.01am, Prince Louis was the heaviest of the Cambridge children.
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Kate Middleton and Prince William’s youngest child weighed 8lb, 7oz when he was born.
Louis was almost one pound heavier than the average UK boy baby and this is what we call macrosomia.
What is the normal weight for a baby born in the United Kingdom?
The average UK baby’s weight is 7lb 8oz (for boys) and 7lb (4 for girls).
Prince Louis weighed 8lb, 7oz when he was born – putting him on the upper end of the normal scale.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s baby Archie weighed 7lbs 3oz at birth.
Macrosomia is a condition in which a newborn weighs more than the normal 8.8 lbs.
Maternities who develop gestational Diabetes during pregnancy are more likely to have these babies.
You may also have a big baby if you:
- Were a big baby yourself
- Were overweight before becoming pregnant
- Have gained a lot of weight during pregnancy
- Give birth two or more weeks after your due date
Princess Charlotte
Though it seems that bigger babies run in the Cambridge family as Louis’ older sister Princess Charlotte weighed just 4lb less.
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s only daughter was born on May 2 2015 at 8:34am and weight 8lb 3oz.
This made the baby girl nearly a pound heavier than the average baby girl.
Prince George
Kate and William’s first child Prince George was born 4:24pm on 22 July 2013.
While heavier than the average UK boy he weighed a pound less than his younger brother at 8lb 6oz.
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Prince Harry
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Until the birth of Beatrice’s daughter Prince Harry was the lightest of the royal family.
At 6 lbs 14 oz, he was just 6 lbs 14 oz when he arrived on September 15, 1984.
Prince William
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Born on June 21 1982, Prince William was just below the average baby weight.
He weighed 7lb 1.5oz.
Prince Charles
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It seems that Prince Charles was the most perfectly average of the royal babies.
He was 7lbs 6oz when he was born on November 14, 1948.
The Queen’s granddaughter Beatrice gave birth at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, welcoming her baby girl just before midnight at 11.42pm.
Beatrice is already Edoardo’s stepmother to Christopher Woolf, five year old boy known as Wolfie.
Beatrice, a multimillionaire property developer, made the official announcement at Buckingham Palace.
The Palace wrote: “Her Royal Highness and her child are both doing well, and the couple are looking forward to introducing their daughter to her big brother Christopher Woolf.”
And Beatrice also made sure to thank the hospital staff after the exciting arrival, writing: “So delighted to share the news of the safe arrival of our daughter on Saturday 18th September 2021, at 23.42, at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London.
“Thank you to the Midwife team and everyone at the hospital for their wonderful care.”
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