“It’s a Boy!” Royal baby announcement breaks with tradition

Tradition-defying royal couple Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, broke with custom yet again yesterday with the announcement of the birth of their first child. News of the birth was released on Instagram -- a first in royal history -- in a post on their @sussexroyal account with the couple’s crest and the simple phrase: “It’s a BOY!” The post received more than 750,000 likes in under an hour.

The account was only launched in April, breaking a world record by reaching a million followers in under six hours. Harry has battled to protect his privacy for years. The 34-year-old’s relationship with the media has been fraught ever since the death of his mother Diana in a car crash in Paris 1997 while being chased by paparazzi.