Queen Elizabeth’s new great-grandson apparently couldn’t wait to be born

LONDON (AP) – Queen Elizabeth II’s granddaughter Zara Tindall and her husband, former rugby player Mike Tindall, celebrate the birth of their third child, born at home on the hall floor bathroom after the couple couldn’t get to a hospital on time.

Lucas Philip Tindall was born Sunday, weighing 8 pounds, 4 ounces, a representative for the couple said on Wednesday. His middle name is in honor of Mike Tindall’s father and Zara’s grandfather, Prince Philip. He is 22nd on the throne, but will not win the title of His Royal Highness.

Tindall, 42, revealed that the speed of the arrival of the last royal baby – he’s the Queen and Philip’s 10th great-grandchild – caught the couple off guard and he had to rush to get a rug for her 39 year old child. wife, who like her mother, Princess Anne, enjoyed a successful equestrian career.

“So yeah, he was running to the gym, grab a mat, go into the bathroom, put the mat on the floor, towels down, hitch, hitch, hitch,” he said. he said on The Good, The Bad & The Rugby podcast.

The newest addition to the Tindall family is a younger brother of Mia, 7, and Lena, 2, who were not at home at the time of the birth. Tindall said his wife’s friend Dolly, who was also at the previous two births, was present.

“She was there and admitted that we would not have made it to the hospital in time,” he said. “Fortunately, the midwife who was going to meet us at the hospital was not so far away so she arrived just when we had taken the post and the second midwife arrived just after the arrival of the head.

Tindall joked that maybe it was the right time for him to have a vasectomy.

“I was literally like ‘Yeah, snip, snip, snip.’ I have a boy. I’m outside. I’m out of here, ”he said. “The best thing about being home, the best thing was, as soon as he’s wrapped up he’s skin to skin, straight down. TV room. Play golf. This is what we do.