Duke and Duchess of Sussex 'won't make baby Archie's birth certificate public'

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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will not make their newborn son Archie's birth certificate public - as his delivery remains shrouded in a veil of secrecy one week on. 

Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor was born weighing 7lb 3oz at 5.26am on Monday.

But beyond this, not much else is known about the birth - including where it took place, or who helped deliver the baby who is seventh in line to the throne.

Traditionally, the names of the consultants and their hospital are included in the proclamation posted outside Buckingham Palace, but the royal couple declined to include them.

Now the pair, who wed last May, have also chosen not to make the birth certificate public to keep these details a secret for even longer, instead only submitting it to the local registrar, reports the Sunday Telegraph.