Prince Harry's ex-girlfriend Cressida Bonas shares first photo of her new baby and gives update on the first few weeks with daughter named after her late sister
Cressida Bonas has shared an adorable insight into her first few weeks with her newborn daughter.Taking to Instagram, Prince Harry's ex-girlfriend uploaded a series of candid snaps capturing her and husband's first week weeks with little Delphina Pandora - named after her late sister, a ceramicist who died last July aged 51.Sweet black and white images show the happy parents snuggling up with their baby and three-year-old son Wilbur.'Before she arrived, I wondered how it was possible to love anything as much as we love our boy,' the mother wrote. in a gushing caption.'Then this little love bug showed up with a Mohawk hairdo and our hearts just expanded.'Sometimes, when I look into her eyes, I see a twinkle that reminds me of my sister Pandora.'In the carousel, Delphi can be seen huddling up to her parents, lying next to her brother, and showing off a sweet strawberry printed babygro. Last month, Cressida and her husband revealed that they gave their daughter the middle name Pandora in honour of Cressida's half-sister, who inspired others with her 24-year cancer battle.'They have named their daughter Delphina Pandora Wentworth-Stanley,' a friend told the Mail's Richard Eden. 'It's a beautiful name for a beautiful girl.' Cressida Bonas has shared an adorable insight into her first few weeks with her newborn daughterDelphina is something of a 'miracle baby' as Cressida struggled to conceive a second child after the birth of the couple's son, Wilbur, in 2022.The actress, 36, revealed in January that she had used a frozen embryo. 'Having conceived through IVF the first time, we were fortunate to have another embryo stored away in a freezer,' she explained.Cressida, who married Wentworth-Stanley, 36, in West Sussex in 2020, said she had been 'battling morning sickness' during her second pregnancy.The couple, who live in west London, wanted a bigger home, she added. 'A growing family means a need for more space. Our flat is on the market and we are house hunting.'Their dachshund Budgie was 'bound to be unimpressed', she said of the new arrival. 'Not only are we uprooting her territory, but there's a new family member on the way, she can sense it.'Last year, at Pandora's memorial service, Cressida declared: 'My heart is forever tied to yours.'She was joined at the service, at St Luke's church in Chelsea, west London, by Pandora's friends including Queen Camilla's son, Tom Parker Bowles, and her nephew Sir Ben Elliot.Cressida read a moving 'letter to Pandora' that she composed after her death. The women's mother, Lady Mary-Gaye Curzon, paid tribute, saying: 'Nobody on earth who ever met Pandora could help falling in love with her.' Taking to Instagram , Prince Harry 's ex-girlfriend uploaded a series of candid snaps capturing her and husband's first week weeks with little Delphina Pandora - named after her late sister, a ceramicist who died last July aged 51 Cressida, who married Wentworth-Stanley, 36, (both pictured) in West Sussex in 2020, said she had been 'battling morning sickness' during her second pregnancyPandora's father, Esmond Cooper-Key, died in 1985 aged 42.Read More Prince Harry's ex-girlfriend Cressida Bonas launches new podcast - with a royal guest One of Pandora's friends, Serena Cook, amused the congregation with tales from their travels through Latin America: 'We stole watermelons from a field in Nicaragua, scrambling up a tree in absolute hysterics. We got chased by a furious farmer.'Elsewhere earlier this year, Cressida also told of her heartbreaking struggles to conceive in a candid personal essay.She equally opened up about her fears of losing her 78-year-old mother and gave readers an insight into how she coped with her sister's passing.In an article written for The Telegraph, Cressida admitted that being a mother 'is unpredictable and frightening' and said she has 'elements of her childhood she would like to leave in the past'. The actress added that her late sister Pandora always 'played a maternal role' and was 'protecting her even in her final days'.In a further candid confession, she revealed that she and her siblings feared they were going to 'lose their mother' when she was rushed into intensive care last year.The socialite, who dated Prince Harry from 2012 to 2014 and still remains close to the royal family, revealed that she was pregnant with her second child in January of this year. Last August, Cressida's sister Pandora Cooper-Key tragically passed away aged 51. Pictured together in 2016 Cressida dated Prince Harry from 2012 to 2014 after being set up by Princess Eugenie. Pictured in March 2014 Princess Eugenie (centre) featured in a promotional clip for the new podcast She later attended Prince Harry's wedding to Meghan Markle in 2018 (pictured attending the wedding)‘I am now well into my second pregnancy,’ she wrote in The Spectator magazine. ‘Having conceived through IVF the first time, we were fortunate to have another embryo stored away in a freezer.’ Cressida added that it has been difficult pregnancy. ‘I’ve been battling morning sickness,’ she said. ‘I’ve never had it before, and now feel like I’ve been swaying on a boat for months.’Cressida's close friend Princess Eugenie, who was the brains behind her match with Harry, will speak as a guest on her new podcast, Lessons From Our Mothers.A sneak preview posted on the podcast's new Instagram account saw Eugenie, 34, speak touchingly about her own mother, Sarah Ferguson. 'What is the most valuable thing you have learned from your mum?' Cressida asks in an episode. Eugenie said: 'I think for me, it's the fire inside, you know, the strength inside of you, and how to bring that out, and to pull it in when you most need it.'Cressida announced the podcast on her Instagram account, writing: 'We are excited to share something that we’ve been working on for a while…our new podcast, Lessons From Our Mothers, launching on Mothering Sunday 2025!'Have you ever stopped to think about the maternal figures in your life and how they have shaped who you are today? Have you ever asked them about their own experiences, or thought about the lessons that you have learned from them?'She continued: 'Lessons From Our Mothers is a series of conversations that celebrate motherhood and mothering in all its forms. 'When our own mum fell ill last year, we set out to ask her all the questions that we had never thought to ask - and now, we’re on a sisterly mission to find out the stories of some special guests (and their mothers) through this podcast.
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