First day at home for royal baby -- but wait for name goes on - CNN

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Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, depart St. Mary's Hospital with their newborn son on Tuesday, July 23, in London. The boy was born at 4:24 p.m. Monday, weighing 8 pounds, 6 ounces.

Catherine holds the baby outside the hospital for the public's first view.

The new parents stand in front of the Lindo Wing of the hospital.

A Kensington Palace spokesman said: "Mother, son and father are all doing well this morning."

Catherine hands the baby off to William.

The couple is "still working on a name," William said, "so we'll have that as soon as we can." But he added, "He's got her looks, thankfully."

"It's very special," said William. The prince has already changed his first diaper, the couple told reporters.

The new parents leave the hospital Tuesday evening with William carrying the boy out in a car seat and installing him in the back of a black SUV for the trip to Kensington Palace.

The newborn sits in his car seat for the ride home.

Prince William gets ready to depart St. Mary's Hospital.

Catherine waves to the crowd gathered outside the hospital.

Well-wishers see the royal couple off after getting a glimpse of the newest heir to the British throne.

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• Prince William, Catherine and the baby are at their home at Kensington Palace
• The couple has not yet announced a name for their son, now third-in-line to the throne
• The family left the hospital Tuesday, a day after the prince was born
• Catherine: "It's such a special time." Says William, "He's got her looks, thankfully"

London (CNN) -- Prince William, his wife Catherine and the royal baby start their first full day at home together Wednesday, after giving the world its first glimpse of the future king as they left the hospital.
The family's emergence Tuesday evening from the Lindo Wing of St. Mary's Hospital marked the end of a long wait for the throngs of journalists camped outside.
There's just one detail left to wait for now -- the little prince's name.
He and his wife are "still working on a name," William said on the hospital steps, "so we'll have that as soon as we can -- it's the first time we've seen him really, so we're having a proper chance to catch up."
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He said the baby has a "good pair of lungs," and added, "He's got her looks, thankfully."
Catherine and William took turns holding the child, wrapped in a cream-colored blanket, as they waved to well-wishers. The prince has already changed his first diaper, the couple told reporters.
"It's very emotional. It's such a special time," Catherine said.
The 8-pound, 6-ounce boy was born Monday afternoon. He's third in line, behind Charles and William, for the British throne now held by his great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II.
On their way out, they walked out down the same hospital steps where Diana, Princess of Wales, and Prince Charles gave the world its first look at Prince William 31 years ago.
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William installed the new royal heir in a car seat in the back of a black SUV, then got behind the wheel for the trip to their residence at Kensington Palace, in London.
It's not clear how long the new family will spend at Kensington Palace, which was William's boyhood home.
They may decide to relocate after a few days to the home of Catherine's parents in the village of Bucklebury, in Berkshire.
The grand apartment they will eventually move into within the palace, Apartment 1A, is still being refurbished, so William and Catherine have been living in a small cottage in the grounds.
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The late Diana, Princess of Wales, moved into Kensington Palace on her marriage to Prince Charles in 1981 and brought up William and his brother Harry there. When she died in 1997, streams of mourners laid flowers and tributes outside its gates.
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Members of the Honourable Artillery Company fire a salute to mark the birth of Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge's son at the Tower of London on Tuesday, July 23. The news was placed in the forecourt of Buckingham Palace in London on July 22. Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, gave birth to the boy at 4:24 p.m. July 22. He weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces. A name has not been announced for the child, who is third in line to the British throne.

People gather outside Buckingham Palace in London to read the notice announcing the birth of the royal baby on July 23.

A man reads a copy of British tabloid The Sun, renamed "The Son," on July 23.

Empty bottles of alcohol sit outside Buckingham Palace in London on July 23.

Crew members of the British warship HMS Lancaster celebrate the birth of the royal baby on patrol in the Caribbean in a handout photo released July 23.

A sand sculpture was created by sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik to celebrate the birth in Puri, India, on July 23.

Crowds push forward to see the birth announcement on Monday, July 22.

People clamor for their chance to see and photograph the birth announcement that was placed on a golden easel by the queen's press secretary on July 22.

The London Eye Ferris wheel on the banks of the Thames is lit up in red, blue and white to mark the birth of the boy on July 22.

The fountains at Trafalgar Square are lit blue to signify the birth of a boy on July 22.

Royal fans celebrate the announcement of the birth of a boy to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at St. Mary's Hospital in London on July 22.

Hayley Simmonds, an employee at the British restaurant and grocery Tea & Sympathy, celebrates the birth on July 22 by hanging a sign in the store's window in New York.

Karen Milne, left, of Scotland wears a mask of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, as she and friends celebrate the royal birth at Ye Olde King's Head English Pub in Santa Monica, California, on July 22.

Revelers crowd against the railing of Buckingham Palace in London after an official notice proclaiming the birth was put on display on July 22.

Crowds gather outside Buckingham Palace on July 22 after the announcement of the birth.

The queen's press secretary, Ailsa Anderson, left, and Badar Azim, a palace footman, place the official birth announcement on a golden easel in front of Buckingham Palace on July 22.

Crowds gathered outside Buckingham Palace cheer as Anderson places the birth announcement in front of the palace on July 22.

A town crier reads the announcement of the birth outside the Lindo Wing of St. Mary's Hospital in London on July 22.

Two of the gynecologists who attended to the duchess, Marcus Setchell, center, and Alan Farthing, right, leave the Lindo Wing of St. Mary's Hospital on July 22.

Media gather outside the Lindo Wing of St. Mary's Hospital in London on July 22 as they await news of the birth.

Crowds gather outside Buckingham Palace in London as news of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge's, labor arrives on July 22.

A Buckingham Palace official on July 22 hands the birth announcement to a colleague in a car to be driven from St. Mary's Hospital in London to Buckingham Palace.

Police guard the Lindo Wing at St. Mary's Hospital in London as crowds gather and await news of the birth of the first child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on July 22.

Royal supporters are interviewed by a television crew outside St. Mary's Hospital on July 22.

Crowds gather behind a barricade outside St. Mary's Hospital as they wait for news of the birth on July 22.

Hospital staff look out over a gathering crowd at St. Mary's Hospital in London on July 22.

Royal fan Teba Diatta stands outside St. Mary's Hospital with a cake decorated for the occasion on July 22.

Royal supporter Margaret Tyler holds decorative balloons as she waits outside St. Mary's Hospital in London on Saturday, July 20.


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Tuesday, London echoed with the sound of cannon fire and peals of bells to mark the birth.
Many bets are being placed as the wait continues for the baby's name to be announced. British bookmakers Ladbrokes have George and James as favorites Wednesday, followed by Alexander, Arthur, Louis and Henry.
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William's name was announced a few days after birth; his brother Harry's on leaving the hospital.
Shortly before the new baby's departure from St. Mary's, Prince Charles stopped by for a brief visit with his first grandchild, accompanied by his wife, Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall. He told reporters it was "marvelous."
And Catherine's parents, Carole and Michael Middleton, visited earlier, with Carole Middleton telling reporters the royal baby is "absolutely beautiful."
She said both mother and baby are doing "really well" and that she and her husband were "so thrilled" at being grandparents.
"It was so exciting. It was fantastic," said Eliza Wells, one of the well-wishers gathered outside the hospital. "The crowd erupted, because everyone's been waiting so long for it."
William and Catherine "both seemed very relaxed, even with the press there and the crowd," Wells said. "They just seemed like a normal couple."
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Royal commentators say the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will try to give their son as regular an upbringing as possible.
But the intense media interest in the birth of the new prince highlights the challenge his parents face in trying to protect his privacy and maintain a degree of normalcy.
"This baby has two things stopping it from being normal," historian Kate Williams said. "Number one, it lives in a life of incredible wealth and privilege ... number two, it is an incredible celebrity, and we've seen this with the coverage."
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But Prince William loved that his mother tried to give him as normal a childhood as possible, including trips to the cinema and an amusement park, and sending him to a local private school as a boy -- "and that's what he wants for little baby Cambridge."
Although the excitement over his birth is not universal, there's no doubting the level of global interest in the prince.
On Monday, there were more than 19 million Facebook interactions related to the royal baby, Facebook said. His birth also took Twitter by storm.
As well as ruling the United Kingdom, the boy could one day be king of 15 other Commonwealth countries which have the British monarch as head of state, if none changes their constitution in the meantime.
They include Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Belize and Jamaica.
CNN's Matthew Chance contributed to this report.