Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria gave birth to her first child early on Thursday, a baby girl who will be groomed to one day become the country's figurehead monarch.
29.02.2012
(AP) Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria gave birth to her first child early on Thursday, a baby girl who will be groomed to one day become the country's figurehead monarch.
Victoria's husband, Prince Daniel, said the girl, who is second in line to the Swedish throne, was born at 4.26 am (0326 GMT) at the Karolinska University Hospital in Solna, a suburb of Stockholm. She was 20 inches (51 centimeters) long and weighed 7.23 pounds (3.28 kilograms).