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Meghan and Harry welcome baby girl, Lilibet Diana

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Meghan and Harry welcome baby girl, Lilibet Diana

By Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN

Updated 1:01 PM ET, Sun June 6, 2021

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(CNN)Meghan, Duchess of Sussex has given birth to a daughter, the second child for her and Prince Harry, the couple announced in a statement on Sunday.

"It is with great joy that Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, welcome their daughter, Lilibet "Lili" Diana Mountbatten-Windsor, to the world," the statement said.

"Lili was born on Friday, June 4 at 11:40 a.m. in the trusted care of the doctors and staff at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital," it said, adding that the new arrival weighed in at 7lbs 11 oz (3.49 kilos) and that "both mother and child are healthy and well, and settling in at home."

"Lili is named after her great-grandmother, Her Majesty The Queen, whose family nickname is Lilibet. Her middle name, Diana,was chosen to honor her beloved late grandmother, The Princess of Wales," the statement added.

Baby Lili is a sister for the couple's two-year-old son, Archie Harrison.

Harry and Meghan and their baby son Archie meet Archbishop Desmond Tutu during their royal tour of South Africa on September 25, 2019.

In a message on their Archewell foundation website, Meghan and Harry said they had been "blessed" by their daughter's arrival.

"She is more than we could have ever imagined, and we remain grateful for the love and prayers we've felt from across the globe. Thank you for your continued kindness and support during this very special time for our family."

'Feeling of joy'

Harry and Meghan revealed they were expecting a girl during their tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey, broadcast in March.

The newborn is the Queen's eleventh great-grandchild. She is eighth in line to the throne behind her grandfather Charles, uncle William, his three children (George, Charlotte and Louis), her father Harry, and big brother Archie.

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Her birth in the United States makes her the most senior royal in the line of succession to have been born overseas.

It also makes her a dual US-UK citizen -- meaning that the youngest Sussex could potentially go on to become US President when she grows up -- while also being in line to the British throne.

Meghan and Harry kept the pregnancy as private as possible, speaking just a handful of times about their daughter's impending arrival.

One of those occasions was for a pre-recorded message from Meghan for the recent Vax Live concert in May, which she and Harry co-chaired.

"My husband and I are thrilled to soon be welcoming a daughter -- it's a feeling of joy we share with millions of other families around the world," the Duchess told the audience at the event, intended to promote Covid-19 vaccine equity and gender equality.

"When we think of her, we think of all the young women and girls around the globe who must be given the ability and support to lead us forward," she said. "Their future leadership depends on the decisions we make, and the actions we take now to set them up, and set all of us up, for a successful, equitable, and compassionate tomorrow."

Harry and Meghan and their baby son Archie at a meeting with Archbishop Desmond Tutu on September 25, 2019 in Cape Town, South Africa.

Pregnancy announcement

The royal couple announced they were expecting an addition to their family back in February, sharing a black-and-white snap of them gazing at each other, while Meghan cradled her baby bump.

The photo was shot by Misan Harriman, a Nigerian-born British photographer and friend of the couple, who took the picture remotely from his London residence.

The timing of their Valentine's Day announcement likely held special significance for the couple, coming almost exactly 37 years to the day after Prince Charles and Princess Diana revealed that they were expecting their second child: Prince Harry.

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Meghan had previously disclosed that she suffered a miscarriage last summer in a moving opinion piece for the New York Times.

Their newborn daughter is entitled to be a Lady from birth, but will likely not use the title.

When Archie Harrison was born in 2019, the Duke and Duchess opted to forego titles and indicated they would not use his father's second peerage title, the Earl of Dumbarton.

Neither of the Sussex children is currently eligible to use HRH titles, following the rules set out by George V in the 1917 Letters Patent. However, this will change when their grandfather Charles ascends to the throne.