It's a boy

February 19, 1960

"The Queen was safely delivered of a son at 3.38 P.M. today. Her Majesty and the infant prince are both doing well."

Church bells, cannon and bonefires "tonight welcomed the birth of a son to Queen Elizabeth II, reports Drew Middleton in the New York Times. The infant prince is the first child born to a reigning monarch since Queen Victoria gave birth to Princess Beatrice on April 14, 1857.
The new baby, "who probably will be styled the Duke of York later in life," is second in line of succession to the throne, following his brother, Charles, the Prince of Wales, and preceding his sister, Princess Anne.
Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, 38, emerged from the Belgian suite and "tolf a group of palace servants" that the Queen had given birth to a son. He then telephoned the Prince of Wales, who is at Cheam School, and took Princess Anne to see her new baby brother.
Queen Elizabeth gave birth in a room in the Belgian suite, which is located on the ground floor at Buckingham Palace. The room "overlooks the gardems, which this afternoon were lighted by the pale, golden light of the winter sun."
The baptism will take place at the palace in about a month. The Palace would not comment on reports that President Eisenhower and Sir Winston Churchill "would be asked to be godfathers to the baby."