Prince Harry's ex gives birth to 'miracle' second baby with very special name
Prince Harry's former girlfriend Cressida Bonas is said to have given birth to a daughter, her second child, and given her a name that is close to her heart
Prince Harry's former girlfriend has given birth to her second child - and is said to have given her newborn a very poignant name. Cressida Bonas, who dated the Duke of Sussex for two years before they split, revealed earlier this year she was expecting a a second child with her husband, Harry Wentworth-Stanley.
She opened up about how she had used an embryo she had frozen following struggles to conceive her first child, two-year-old son Wilbur. And now it has been reported that Cressida has given birth to a daughter and given her a name that is a fitting tribute to her half-sister, Pandora Cooper-Key, who passed away last year.
According to the Daily Mail, the model and actress has named the newborn Delphina Pandora Wentworth-Stanley, with her middle name a sweet nod to Cressida's late half-sister.
Pandora died last year aged 51 after being diagnosed with cancer as well as an inoperable brain tumour. Throughout Pandora's life, she had always lived with the risk of developing certain types of cancer, due to being affected by a condition called Li-Fraumeni, a rare genetic disorder, according to The Times.
Cressida shared her pregnancy news in January and told the Spectator: "I am now well into my second pregnancy. Having conceived through IVF the first time, we were fortunate to have another embryo stored away in a freezer... I've been battling morning sickness. I've never had it before, and now feel like I've been swaying on a boat for months."
She previously shared how she felt her "body was failing" her when she struggled to get pregnant. Yet, it is understood a specialist told the couple "there was nothing fundamentally wrong".
Writing in The Sunday Times, Cressida had said: "I spent time and money on reflexology, nutritionists, acupuncture and psychics…Even a German healer who speaks to angels. I heard nothing, not a squeak.
"My mind was on a constant worry loop and my obsession with getting pregnant became overwhelming, No matter how many Mystic Megs I saw or expensive supplements I took, nothing was working, and I felt as if my body was failing me."
But in July 2022, Cressida confirmed she was pregnant after undergoing IVF, and she gave birth to Wilbur in November of that year.
Cressida had dated Harry for around two years until they split amicably in April 2014. Harry had been introduced to Cressida, who has been in several West End plays including The Great Gatsby, by his cousin Princess Eugenie. Cressida was a guest at Harry and Meghan's wedding in 2018.
They split when Cressida reportedly became overwhelmed with the spotlight that came with dating a royal.
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