The Queen has announced her 'delight' at the birth of her tenth great-grandchild after Zara Tindall gave birth to a baby boy.
Zara and husband Mike Tindall welcomed the arrival of son Lucas Philip Tindall, who is named in a sweet tribute to great-grandfather Prince Philip.
The Queen's granddaughter and her former England rugby player spouse welcomed their third child, weighing 8lbs 4oz, at around 6pm on Sunday.
The newest and littlest royal has the middle name Philip in honour of Zara's grandfather the Duke of Edinburgh, and Mike's own father.
The proud dad said Lucas was born on the bathroom floor after the couple were unable to make it to hospital.
A Buckingham Palace spokesperson said today: “The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh are delighted with the news and look forward to meeting their 10th Great Grandchild when circumstances allow.”
Mike Tindall told a rugby podcast about the dramatic birth.
He said: "Arrived very quickly. Didn't make it to hospital. On the bathroom floor," he 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 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."
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 had joked about wanting a boy this time around.
Zara is the daughter of Princess Anne and the second eldest of the Queen's eight grandchildren.
She is a champion equestrian rider who won a team silver in the London 2012 Olympics.
The couple, who have been together for 17 years, met during England's Rugby World Cup winning tour in Australia in 2003 .
They wed in Edinburgh in July 2011.
The couple previously spoke about their miscarriage heartbreak after Zara suffered pregnancy loss just before Christmas in 2016.
Zara told the Sunday Times that for a time "you don't talk about it because it's too raw".
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