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WORLD NEWS Tuesday 24 april 2018

Prince charming: Kate gives birth to boy, home by suppertime

By JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIA offered “warmest congrat-
HUI ulations.”
Associated Press News of the royal birth
LONDON (AP) — Third came with a mix of tradition
time’s a charm. The Duch- and modernity typical of
ess of Cambridge gave Britain’s media-savvy royal
birth Monday morning to family. It was announced
a new prince who is fifth in on Twitter and also pro-
line to the British throne — claimed in the forecourt of
and she was home by sup- Buckingham Palace with a
pertime. framed notice perched on
The duchess and husband a golden easel.
Prince William drove to St. Tony Appleton, a town cri-
Mary’s Hospital in London er from southeast England,
early in the morning, and showed up in full regalia
Kate’s 8 pound, 7 ounce to declare the newborn
(3.8 kilogram) boy was born prince’s birth outside the
at 11:01 a.m., with royal of- hospital. The words “It’s
ficials announcing the birth a boy” flashed in lights
about two hours later. around the top of London’s
There followed a smoothly BT Tower, which can be
choreographed opera- seen for miles around.
tion perfected after the More ceremonial celebra-
births of the couple’s two tion will come Tuesday, in- Britain’s Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge pose for a photo with their newborn baby
other children. In late after- cluding the pealing of bells son as they leave the Lindo wing at St Mary’s Hospital in London London, Monday, April 23, 2018.
noon, elder siblings Prince at Westminster Abbey and Associated Press
George and Princess Char- a gun salute in London’s The infant’s name, which (Name) of Cambridge. has it.
lotte were brought to meet Hyde Park. has been subject to a flurry “You’ll find out soon The new arrival is Queen
their baby brother. Around The baby is a younger of bets, is likely to be an- enough,” William said Elizabeth II’s sixth great-
6 p.m., Kate emerged brother to 4-year-old Prince nounced in the next few when asked about the ba- grandchild and bumps
alongside her husband, George and Princess Char- days. by’s name. Prince Harry to sixth place
wearing a vibrant red dress lotte, who turns 3 next Arthur and James are Monday is St. George’s in the line of succession.
and holding the tiny royal week. Both were born at among bookmakers’ fa- Day, England’s national The baby is fifth in line, after
highness wrapped in a the same hospital, as were vorites for the new prince, day, but the baby is unlikely grandfather Prince Charles,
white lace shawl. William and his younger whose full title will be His to be given the name since father Prince William and
After posing for dozens of brother, Prince Harry. Royal Highness, Prince his older brother already his two siblings.q
photographers and cam-
era crews outside the hos-
pital’s private Lindo Wing, Cyprus regains rare Orthodox Christian mosaic stolen in 70s
the trio headed home, with
the baby nestled securely NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A Kanakaria after Cyprus split
in a car seat. Television rare 6th century mosaic into ethnic Greek and Turk-
news helicopters followed depicting the St. Andrew ish sides in 1974. A Turkish art
the royal Range Rover as that was taken from a dealer, Aydin Dikmen, was
it made the mile-long (1.6 looted church in the Cy- arrested a quarter-century
kilometer) journey to the prus’ breakaway north has later for selling that piece
family’s Kensington Palace been returned after four and others from Kanakaria
residence. decades, the head of the Church, as well as artworks
William declared the cou- island nation’s Orthodox from other churches.
ple “very delighted” with Christian Church said Mon- London-based Greek Cy-
the new addition to the day. It is among only a priot art dealer Maria
family. handful of mosaics to have Paphiti located the St. An-
The royal palace said “the survived a period during drew mosaic in 2014 after
queen, the Duke of Edin- the 8th and 9th centuries another dealer asked her
burgh, the Prince of Wales, when many Orthodox icons to verify the origin. When A Christian Orthodox cleric sits by the extremely rare 6th century
mosaic depicting St. Andrew, during a ceremony of repatriation
the Duchess of Cornwall, were destroyed. The mo- the dealer was informed at the Archbishop in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Monday, April 23,
Prince Harry and members saic showing a bearded St. that the mosaic belonged 2018.
of both families have been Andrew — among Christ’s to the Cyprus Church, he Associated Press
informed and are delight- first Apostles — was one of agreed to return it as long to Greek Cypriot business- ing the cost of the mosaic’s
ed with the news.” several that went missing as his expenses were cov- men Roys Poyiadjis and An- repatriation, which came
Prime Minister Theresa May from the Church of Panayia ered. Paphiti reached out dreas Pittas for help cover- to 50,000 euros ($61,200.) q