Zara Tindall baby: Queen’s granddaughter gives birth to baby boy

Zara and Mike Tindall are celebrating the birth of a baby boy – born at home on the bathroom floor after the couple were unable to make it to hospital.
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The Queen’s granddaughter Zara and former England rugby player Mike Tindall welcomed their third child, weighing 8lbs 4oz, on Sunday, March 21.

The couple have named their baby boy Lucas Philip Tindall – with Philip in honour of both Mr Tindall’s father as well as Zara’s grandfather the Duke of Edinburgh.

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“Arrived very quickly. Didn’t make it to hospital. On the bathroom floor,” Mr Tindall said on The Good, The Bad & The Rugb‪y‬ podcast.

He described how he rushed to get a mat for his wife.

“So yeah, it was running to the gym, get a mat, get into the bathroom, get the mat on the floor, towels down, brace, brace, brace.”

The baby’s birth at 6pm on Sunday comes just a few weeks after Zara’s cousin Princess Eugenie had her son August on February 9.

A spokeswoman for the couple said: “Zara and Mike Tindall are happy to announce the birth of their third child, Lucas Philip Tindall.”

Zara Tindall and Mike Tindall.Zara Tindall and Mike Tindall.
Zara Tindall and Mike Tindall.
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The newest addition to the Tindall family is a younger brother to seven-year-old Mia and two-year-old Lena.

Lucas is a great-grandchild of the monarch, but is only 22nd in line to the throne. He is a regular Master Tindall and is not an HRH.

Mike Tindall had joked about wanting a boy this time around.

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh are “delighted” and “look forward to meeting their 10th great-grandchild when circumstances allow”, Buckingham Palace said.

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