Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow said he is "delighted" after he and his wife Precious Lunga welcomed a child together.
The TV journalist, 73, said the couple had a baby boy with a surrogate on March 2 after "numerous medical setbacks and miscarriages".
In a statement to the PA news agency, Jon said: "In our desire to seal our now 11 years of marriage with a baby, my wife suffered numerous medical setbacks and miscarriages.
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"Consequently, we will always be deeply grateful to our surrogate, who carried our embryo to term.
"Amid these challenging times, we feel doubly blessed to be able to celebrate our good fortune."
Jon and Precious, a 46-year-old Zimbabwean academic, tied the knot in 2010.
Jon has two daughters from his relationship with human rights lawyer Madeleine Colvin.
He is best known for being the longest-running presenter on Channel 4 News, which he has fronted since 1989.
Jon has strong Liverpool links as he attended the University of Liverpool to study law.
But he was expelled for his part in a rooftop demonstration and student occupation of Senate House in 1970 against the university’s investments in apartheid-era South Africa.
In 2011, Jon received an honorary degree from the university in recognition of being one of the “world’s foremost contributors”.
