Archie’s certificate shows hospital birth

THE Duchess of Sussex gave birth to her first child at the private Portland Hospital in Westminster, it has been confirmed, after the birth certificate became public record.

When they announced the safe arrival of Archie Mountbatten-windsor on May 6, the Sussexes did not specify place of birth or the medical team.

But yesterday, after the Duke registered the birth with the Westminster registrar, the certificate confirmed the place of birth as the private Portland Hospital. It listed the Duchess’s occupation as “Princess of the United Kingdom”.

A home birth at Frogmore Cottage had been reported to be the Duchess’s preferred option.

Royal sources had said the birth certificate would not be made available through the palace, as the Cambridges did with their three children.

But as of yesterday the birth certificate became a public document available through the registrar. It lists the Duke as the “informant” and gives the Duchess’s name as Rachel Meghan.

Archie, seventh in line to the throne, arrived at 5.26am on May 6. Other celebrities who have used the Portland, a private maternity hospital, include Victoria Beckham and Kate Winslet. Its five-star treatment includes waiter-served champagne and lobster, although the Sussexes are unlikely to have availed themselves of such facilities after being admitted in the middle of the night and returning to Windsor by the following afternoon.

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