Oh, baby!<\/p>\n
Prince William\u2019s longtime friend, Hugh Grosvenor, has welcomed his first child with wife Olivia Henson.<\/p>\n
The Duke and Duchess of Westminster confirmed they had welcomed a baby girl a year after their lavish nuptials at which William served as an usher<\/a>. <\/p>\n Prince William\u2019s longtime friend, Hugh Grosvenor, has welcomed his first child with wife Olivia Henson. Grosvenor2023\/PA<\/p>\n The pair also revealed their newborn daughter\u2019s unique name, Cosima Florence Grosvenor.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Duke and Duchess of Westminster are thrilled to announce the birth of their baby daughter,\u201d a spokesperson for the couple said in a statement.<\/p>\n \u201cBoth the duchess and Cosima are doing well. The duke and duchess now look forward to spending this special time together as a family.\u201d<\/p>\n The duke, 34, is a close friend of princes William and Harry, and serves as the godfather to both Prince George and Prince Archie.<\/p>\n Despite his close friendship with the Duke of Sussex, Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, declined the invitation to attend the nuptials<\/a>, which took place in June 2024.<\/p>\n The Duke and Duchess of Westminster confirmed they had welcomed a baby girl a year after their lavish nuptials. Getty Images<\/p>\n Prince William served as an usher at Grosvenor\u2019s June 2024 wedding. Getty Images<\/p>\n The wedding proved to be a who\u2019s who among the British elite, with the Sunday Times\u00a0<\/a>describing it as \u201cthe most royal non-royal wedding of the year, with members of Britain\u2019s oldest and wealthiest aristocratic families heading north.\u201d<\/p>\n The couple said their \u201cI Do\u2019s\u201d at Chester Cathedral, before inviting around 400 special guests \u2014 including the future king and Princess Eugenie \u2014 to go to a lavish reception at Eaton Hall.<\/p>\n Grosvenor, whose inherited fortune is reportedly worth an estimated $12.6 billion, was introduced to Henson by mutual friends in 2021.<\/p>\n