Queen Elizabeth has had her first visit with the latest member of the Royal Family — the baby boy born Monday to her grandson Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.


The Queen arrived at Kensington Palace on Wednesday morning, a day after her great-grandson made his debut to the world, when his mother and father emerged from St. Mary's Hospital in London to throngs of well-wishers and media.


The royal couple and their newborn left the hospital and settled in at Kensington to spend their first night following the birth at home.



BBC reported that the Queen made the short journey from Buckingham Palace to Kensington in a dark green Bentley, and spent a half-hour with her third great-grandson, who is third in line to the British throne behind Prince Charles and his son William. She visited without her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, who continues to recover from abdominal surgery, BBC says.


The Queen is expected to leave for Balmoral in Scotland on Friday for her traditional summer break.


The name of William and Kate's baby has yet to be announced. But he will carry the title "His Royal Highness Prince (insert name) of Cambridge.


Bonnie Brownlee, a royals commentator, told CBC News on Wednesday morning that as the Queen sees her great-grandson for the first time, William and Kate will likely present the names they would like discussed, and "we may get a name today, maybe tomorrow."


Images of the prince, his little hand peeking above a white crocheted wrap, blanketed the front pages of newspapers Wednesday.


The Daily Mail offered a photo album image with the headline "Baby's First Royal Wave."


The prince slept through his public debut, though William assured the media he had "a good pair of lungs on him."



After emerging from St. Mary's Lindo Wing following her discharge Tuesday evening, Kate was wearing a baby blue, polka-dot dress, reminiscent of the seafoam green polka-dot dress worn by Diana, Princess of Wales, when she gave the first public viewing of William after leaving hospital.



Brownlee said while Diana wasn't alive to see the new baby, William and Kate have been "very symbolic in the ways they showed gestures toward Diana."


"The only thing she [Kate] did was make the dress a little smaller because as we know, Diana hated that dress, which was like wearing a tent."


With files from The Associated Press, BBC