THE Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were not the only couple celebrating the joy of a newborn on Monday.

Staff on Wrexham Maelor Hospital’s maternity ward were also busy helping to bring new life into the world throughout the day and one of those was baby Piper.

Proud parents Jamie and Vicki Reed, of Brook Road, Ellesmere, welcomed their new arrival who weighed 6lbs and 11ozs.

Mr Reed, 41, said: “We are delighted and really made up.

“We did not know it was going to happen today, as Piper is two weeks early.

“We have had the name planned for a few weeks,” the 41-year-old added.

Piper is also a new sister for Caitlin, 15 and Dillon, 11.

Mr Reed continued: “We only heard on the radio in the labour ward this afternoon about the Royals.

“Not many people can say they were born on the same day as a Royal, and we’ll never have an excuse for forgetting her birthday.”

At the time of going to press the new Prince’s name had not been confirmed, but the public had caught their first glimpse of him when the family left the Lindo Wing of St Mary’s Hospital in London.

He is the couple’s third child and their second son, and is now fifth in line to the throne behind his grandfather Prince Charles, his father the Duke of Cambridge, brother George, four, and sister Charlotte, two.