Bounty

The Prime Minister's wife Samantha is remaining in hospital after the birth of their daughter on Tuesday.

The new arrival was named Florence Rose Endellion by David and Samantha Cameron on Wednesday. The name Endellion was chosen the Camerons have visited the Cornish village of St Endellion over the years and it is close to where they were holidaying.

The new arrival attracted messages of congratulations from the former prime minister Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah, the Queen, the Prince of Wales and French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Mr Cameron spent Tuesday night at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro where his daughter was delivered by Caesarean section earlier in the day. Downing Street said the couple's two elder children, six-year-old Nancy and four-year-old Arthur Elwen, visited their sister for the first time. Flowers were delivered to the hospital to welcome the latest addition to the Cameron family on Wednesday.

Christine Rashleigh, director of nursing, midwifery and allied health professions at the hospital, said mothers are kept in for up to 48 hours after giving birth by Caesarean section.

The Camerons will have to make a personal decision on how they travel home, she said. "The baby should be absolutely fine, it's Mrs Cameron and her comfort in a five-hour car journey that I would think they would want to consider," she said.

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