Royal baby boy is born: the facts The baby boy was born at 16:24 on Monday 22 July He weighed 8lb 6oz and was born at the private Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital Clarence House tweeted the news at 8.35pm, and it's been retweeted over 15,000 times A town crier confirmed the announcement outside the hospital A bulletin - signed by the Queen's gynaecologist Marcus Setchell, who led the medical team that delivered the baby - said: "Her Royal Highness and her child are both doing well." Trafalgar Square was lit up blue The BT Tower had the message: "It's a boy!" The news was tickered in lights at Times Square, New York The Niagara Falls were also lit up in blue US president Barack Obama said: "We wish them all the happiness and blessings parenthood brings" Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd sent a bilby toy and the prince will have a zoo enclosure named after him. George is the bookmakers' favourite name, followed by James and Alexander. At 14:00 this afternoon, after riding past Buckingham Palace the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery will stage a 41-gun salute in Green Park. BBC royal correspondent Peter Hunt said it was unlikely the Queen would visit her great-grandchild in hospital. The Prince of Wales said: "I am enormously proud and happy to be a grandfather for the first time." The Duchess of Cornwall said: "It's wonderful for the grandfather. He's brilliant with children so he'll have a wonderful time. At its peak, there were more than 25,000 tweets per minute about the royal baby's birth, and it has been mentioned over two million times on Twitter And a sobering statistic: The royal baby is just one in 2,000 born in the UK yesterday - but poverty will hit one in three of them