Prince William and Kate Middleton celebrate baby news before Christmas carol concert—find out whose

One of the Prince and Princess of Wales's closest friends had a boy, giving their children a new playmate.

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Meghan Markle lets Princess Beatrice's husband Edoardo violate THIS Christmas tradition.

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Thomas van Straubenzee's wife, Lucy, gave birth to Albert on 3 December, according to The Telegraph.

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The pair married in a low-key Chelsea wedding during lockdown in 2020 and have a two-year-old daughter, Mary.

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knightfrank.com Thomas has known William and Harry since Ludgrove School.

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Before moving to Windsor this summer, Prince George and Princess Charlotte attended Thomas's in London, where Lucy teaches.

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George, nine, Charlotte, seven, and Louis, four, attend Lambrook in Berkshire.

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