Queen Elizabeth II’s granddaughter, Zara Tindall, welcomed her third child, a son.
The member of the royal family and her husband, former rugby player Mike Tindall, failed to reach the hospital, so Tindall placed the baby at home on the bathroom floor.
Lucas Philip Tindall was born on Sunday, weighing 8 pounds and 120 grams, a representative for the couple announced on Wednesday. Its middle name is a tribute to Mike Tindall’s father and Zara’s grandfather, Prince Philip. He is the 22nd in line to the throne, but will not receive the title of His Royal Highness.
Tindall, 42, revealed that the speed of the arrival of the last royal baby – he is the tenth great-grandson of the queen and Philip – caught the couple off guard and that he had to run to get a rug for his 39-year-old son. wife, who like her mother, Princess Anne, had a successful equestrian career.
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“So, yes, it was running to the gym, picking up a rug, going into the bathroom, laying the rug on the floor, fallen towels, brace, brace, brace,” he said in “The Good, The Bad & The Rugby” podcast.
Zara Tindall and Mike Tindall welcomed their third child, a son, into the bathroom of their home after they did not arrive at the hospital.
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The newest addition to the Tindall family is a younger brother to Mia, 7, and Lena, 2, who were not at home at the time of birth.
Tindall said that his wife’s friend Dolly, who was also in the previous two births, was present.
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“She was there and acknowledged that we would not have made it to the hospital in time,” he said. “Fortunately, the midwife who was going to meet us at the hospital was not far away, so she drove exactly when we had assumed the position (position) and the second midwife arrived just after the head arrived.”
Tindall joked that now may be the right time for him to have a vasectomy.
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“I literally was like, ‘Yes, cut, cut, cut’. I got a boy. I am out. I’m out of here, “he said.” The best thing about being at home, the best thing is, as soon as he wraps up, he gets skin on skin, straight downstairs. TV room. Keep playing golf. That’s what we’re doing. “
The Associated Press contributed to this report.