Queen makes a short visit to see the new prince

July 24, 2013 05:27 pm | Updated June 04, 2016 04:48 pm IST - LONDON

Queen Elizabeth II visited the Kensington Palace on Wednesday to see her great-grandson.A file photo.

Queen Elizabeth II visited the Kensington Palace on Wednesday to see her great-grandson.A file photo.

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II arrived at Kensington Palace Wednesday to see her new great-grandson, who has spent a first night at home with his parents, Prince William and Kate.

The 87-year-old monarch made a short trip from Buckingham Palace to visit the two-day-old Prince of Cambridge, who is third in line to the throne.

The baby’s name hasn’t been revealed yet. “We’re still working on a name,” Prince William told reporters on Tuesday as he and Kate took the baby home from St. Mary’s Hospital.

Images of the prince, his little hand peeking above a white crocheted wrap, blanketed the front pages of British newspapers on Wednesday. The Daily Mail offered a photo album image with the headline “Baby’s first royal wave.”

The prince slept through his debut public appearance though Prince William assured the media he had “a good pair of lungs on him.”

The new family is expected to spend time quietly at Kensington Palace, their London home. As well as choosing a name, Prince William and Kate will soon choose a photographer for the baby’s first official portrait.

William has two weeks’ paternity leave from his job as a Royal Air Force search-and-rescue helicopter pilot.

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