Here’s a look at the royal baby in numbers:

2 – Baby Sussex will have two homes – Nottingham Cottage in Kensington Palace and a country hideaway in the Cotswolds.

Kensington Palace
Kensington Palace – the Sussexes’ London base (Andrew Parsons/PA)

2 – The Sussexes already have two family pets – Meghan’s beagle Guy, and a new black labrador called Oz.

3 – Baby’s royal first cousins – Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.

4 – The infant will be the Prince of Wales’s fourth grandchild.

Buckingham Palace garden party
The Prince of Wales, with the Duchess of Cornwall and the Duchess of Sussex, will be looking forward to the arrival of his fourth grandchild (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

6 – Harry’s place in line to the throne.

7 – The baby will be born seventh in line to the throne.

7 – Meghan starred in seven seasons of the US legal drama Suits as paralegal-turned-lawyer Rachel Zane before marrying Harry.

8 – The Queen’s great-grandchildren after the baby is born. Newest additions include Prince Louis and Lena Tindall.

8 – The Duke of York’s position in line to the throne after the baby’s arrival. Andrew was born second in line in 1960.

34 – Harry’s age.

37 – Meghan’s age.

41 – Royal births are celebrated with a 41-gun salute.

£7,500 – Cost of a one night stay and delivery package at the private Lindo Wing, where Prince George and his siblings were born, including a suite of two rooms, but excluding consultants’ fees.

£47.4 million – The amount the Queen received from the taxpayer via the Sovereign Grant in 2017-2018 – 69p for each person in the country.