Queen Elizabeth Welcomes First Great-Granddaughter, Autumn Phillips' Daughter

Queen Elizabeth II will ring in 2011 with an extra-special addition to the royal family: her first great-granddaughter.

As the BBC is reporting, the Canadian-born Autumn Phillips, wife of the Queen's grandson Peter Phillips, gave birth to a baby daughter on Wednesday. The newborn, whose name has not yet been released, is 12th in line to the throne.

According to the Associated Press, Buckingham Palace officials issued a statement confirming the birth at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital on Wednesday. The baby weighed 8 pounds and eight ounces (3.8 kilograms).

"The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Princess Royal, Captain Mark Phillips and Autumn's family have been informed and are delighted with the news. The baby's name will be confirmed in due course," the statement read.

Peter Phillips is the only son of Princess Anne and her first husband, Captain Mark Phillips. He does not have a royal title because his mother turned down the Queen's offer of honors for both her children. His younger sister Zara Phillips announced her engagement to the rugby player Mike Tindall earlier this month.

Comments

[Macnos]

07:38 PM on 01/03/2011

According to the British Daily Mail the child's name is Savannah. Something tells me the Queen was not too happy about that.

[Yellowbird]

07:28 PM on 01/02/2011

That poor kid.

[WillieBlack]

07:34 PM on 01/02/2011

Your poor parents.

[M H Settelen]

05:02 PM on 01/02/2011

The new Canadian great-grand-child of The Queen, should have
of course, been born in the Lt Governor's Mansion in Quebec City.
This would have happened, had the parents been made joint Governors-General of Canada, as had been recommended by this writer, to @ least two Canadian Privy Councillors last Spring.Boy oh boy, have we missed an extremely exciting opportunity*
to have our own Royal, right here in Rideau Hall!
Having missed the Christmas-New Year address of our new Vice Regal personage; which by all accounts most Canadians also did, this may point the way to having our own Royal later on
in Rideau Hall!
Max Hugh Settelen
Merrickville, Ontario
fmr life-time ADC to the Duke of Hamilton & Brandon
*Talleyrand would not have missed it.

[SpinDizzy]

04:06 PM on 01/01/2011

>>Peter Phillips is the only son of Princess Anne and her first husband, Captain Mark Phillips. He does not have a royal title because his mother turned down the Queen's offer of honors for both her children.

Thanks, Mom.

[bisbeeornotbisbee]

05:10 PM on 01/01/2011

I think Anne was very wise to do that.  I applaud her for it.  Being a Royal is no fairy tale.  Her children get to live a semblance of a normal life.

[Rosanneofpgh]

01:20 AM on 01/01/2011

A healthy baby was born. Just let it go at that. Congrats to the parents.

[mahmodcohen]

07:50 PM on 12/31/2010

The men are so homely while the women are so hot..except for that hound,Camilla Parker Bowles!

[topkatnc]

08:46 PM on 12/31/2010

It' all for the money and power ....

[McMarcia]

04:14 PM on 01/01/2011

well, we all get old and wrinkly eventually, maybe we should marry for qualities other than the exterior.

[ywcachieve]

05:10 PM on 12/31/2010

So, Princess Anne is a grandmother, now.

[jcko]

08:10 PM on 01/01/2011

No, a grand filly.

[sealdadeal4me]

02:58 PM on 12/31/2010

1st words "Gran Ma Ma can I have my title back" !st royal gift to be given to the great gran baby is the name that great gran ma ma picks, it will take her a few days to go through and see whats available since she didnt know she would live long enough for a request.

[life-of-riley]

10:48 AM on 12/31/2010

Could this be a Canadian play for the Monarchy - getting in there first?

[LiberalLee]

02:22 PM on 12/31/2010

Missed the part about turning down a royal title and honors?

[schnauzergirl]

01:31 PM on 01/03/2011

Not to mention that in the line of succession this baby (her name is Savannah, announced yesterday) is currently 12 in line to the throne. Thats a lot of people to bump off.

[Hermione1973]

09:19 PM on 01/03/2011

Doesn't matter; even without a title, she's still in the line of succession. Though, as schnauzergirl notes, she is pretty far down the list.

[smolensk-lies]

05:28 AM on 12/31/2010

imagine a country that has a law that says anyone with the last name JONES cannot be a chef. would be unfair right?

now imagine the reality - that in all the commonwelath countries, laws have been passed to exclude EVERYONE without a certain last name from the highest office - that of head of state

yet most of the slav es keep taking it, suck asz

when it all falls apart , they have theirs. what have you got?

[SDH283]

01:28 PM on 12/31/2010

Obviously, you know nothing about how Commonwealth countries choose their 'head of state' .. or about the role of the Monarchy etc...

[tippisheadrun]

02:33 PM on 12/31/2010

Well, the Commonwealth country I come from - Canada - this is exactly how it works. Head of State has come from the same family (Windsor, since they changed their name from some unpronouncable German surname) since Confederation. The Prime Minister is given the courtesy of selecting the Queen's representative in the country (the Governor General) but no doubt about it, the Head of State of Canada is the Windsor Woman. Look it up.

[mahmodcohen]

07:52 PM on 12/31/2010

postcards of the Changing of the Guards..and bad English food!

[WillieBlack]

10:58 PM on 12/31/2010

You think we should be shovelling down more greasy burgers maybe?

How about some of that good ol' Dixie cooking? Maybe some delightful soul food delicacy?

[Rubiconski]

03:57 AM on 12/31/2010

The queen wore a crown studded with 22,000 diamonds to give her austerity speech to the nation.

I'm sure the French still have a guillotine in a museum they could lend out.

[smolensk-lies]

05:30 AM on 12/31/2010

only the fluoride brain numbed Americans are more passive than the royal worshipping brits

[tlaltecuhtli]

11:34 AM on 12/31/2010

American by birth, Texan by the Grace of God, in agreement with you 99.9%. Hint: it's not the flouride, rather the HCFS and trans-fats.

[NVEd]

01:52 PM on 12/31/2010

I believe that crown belongs to the state and therefore the British people.

[thinkingwomanmillstone]

02:48 PM on 12/31/2010

try borrowing it.

[pattio66]

06:42 PM on 12/30/2010

Congratulations, Your Majesty!

[Linda Williams]

06:00 PM on 12/30/2010

And the Queen says, "All these youngsters running around. Would someone, please, be kind enough to take this crown and wear it. I'd like to spend the rest of my days finding the plum in the pudding."

[topkatnc]

08:50 PM on 12/31/2010

I thinks she likes the power ... she won't go until she is six foot under ... imo ..

[Linda Williams]

10:45 PM on 12/31/2010

Could be so. But She was crowned the year I was born. And people become quite tired as they age. I would say she is probably sick of the pomp and circumstance. She hasn't any real power, Dear. Happy New Year to you.

[bisbeeornotbisbee]

05:14 PM on 01/01/2011

I think she wants to beat Vicky's record, and why not?  The more power to her!  I'm no monarchist, but I have respect for old Liz.  She's nobody's fool, imo.

[Indigo1941]

04:54 PM on 12/30/2010

Congratulations to the parents and to the Great-grand Royals.

[cmm5713]

04:22 PM on 12/30/2010

Congratulations on the birth of a beautiful healthy baby.

[keifergodot]

07:52 PM on 12/30/2010

Hear, hear!