Princess Madeleine of Sweden gave birth to a healthy baby boy on Monday (June 15), just two days after she attended her brother, Prince Carl Philip’s wedding to Princess Sofia.
The baby, whose name has not yet been publicly released, weighed in at 6.7 lbs.
According to hospital staff, both Madeleine, 33, and the baby were doing fine. The princess was admitted to Danderyd Hospital just north of Stockholm with her husband Christopher O’Neill, 40, early Monday morning and the baby was born at 1:45 pm local time.
A few hours after the birth, the Swedish royal family’s Head of Press Margareta Thorgren addressed the media at the hospital with the obstetrician and the midwife who had helped deliver the baby.
“It was a completely normal and uncomplicated delivery,” the midwife, Anna Astahl, said. She also added that O’Neill cut the umbilical cord. The couple already have a 16-month-old daughter.
Asked about the new parents reacted, Sophia Brismar, the obstetrician said. “Their reaction was tears of joy.”
Madeleine’s older sister, Crown Princess Victoria, who was visiting Riga in Latvia, told Swedish newspaper Expressen, “It is fantastically delightful. We are so relieved.” Victoria, who is mother to Princess Estelle, 3, added she would be returning to Sweden soon.
The royal family did not want to disclose the name of the new baby just yet, but several royal-watchers guessed Paul would be at least be one of the names.
“Paul is my guess. It is the name of Chris O’Neill’s father and also his own middle name,” Svenska Damtidning’s royal reporter Margareta Gotthardsson told PEOPLE magazine.
Gotthardsson also remarked on the impressive timing of the birth.
“It is incredible that Princess Madeleine was able to attend [Carl Philip’s] wedding and then gave birth so soon after,” she said.
