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Queen granddaughter Zara Tindall (archive image)
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The British Queen Elizabeth II has become a great-grandmother again.
Zara Tindall, 94-year-old granddaughter, gave birth to a boy.
It is the third child of Princess Anne's daughter, 70, and her husband, former rugby player Mike Tindall, 42.
The baby, named Lucas Philip Tindall, was born on Sunday, a spokesman for the couple announced.
It is the Queen's tenth great-grandchild and 22nd place in the British line of succession.
The Queen and her 99-year-old husband, Prince Philip, were "delighted" with the news, said a palace spokesman in London, adding, "They look forward to meeting their tenth great-grandchild as soon as circumstances permit."
"You look forward to meeting your tenth great-grandchild"
Tindall is one of the Queen's eight grandchildren.
She was a professional eventing rider and had won the silver medal with the British team at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
She married rugby player Mike Tindall in July 2011 - just three months after William and Kate's pompous wedding.
Another of the Queen's grandchildren recently had reason to be happy: The day before the birth was announced, Princess Eugenie celebrated her 30th birthday.
Eugenie is the younger daughter of Prince Andrew, Queen Elizabeth II's third child, and divorced wife Sarah Ferguson.
She became a mother for the first time a few weeks ago - son August was the Queen's ninth great-grandson.
Princess Eugenie proudly presented her baby, who was only a few weeks old, on a sunny meadow of flowers.
"I'm so happy to be August's mom and I'm enjoying my first Mother's Day," she wrote on Instagram on the day that was celebrated in Great Britain on March 14th.
Within a short time it collected around 300,000 likes: old values in a new guise.
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