Newspaper headlines: 'Adorable' Archie meets the Queen By BBC News

Staff Published duration 9 May 2019

image copyright PA image caption The Duke and Duchess of Sussex unveiled baby Archie to the world on Wednesday

The new royal baby, Archie, appears on all but a couple of the front pages.

Most show an image of the Duchess of Sussex showing her child to his great-grandparents, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. There are wide smiles all round.

The Daily Mirror suggests "it is the delight on the Queen's face that many will find so touching".

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The newborn's name is reported to have caught many by surprise.

The i suggests the bookmakers had been offering odds of 100/1 on Archie.

The Mail's columnist , Richard Kay, welcomes their choice of Archie Harrison. He asks: "Could they possibly have chosen two names less weighted with tradition, less burdened with royal expectation?"

The Mail, Mirror and Sun all list other famous Archies including actor Cary Grant who was born an Archie.

The Washington Post speculates that the main character in the long-established American comic, Archie Comics, that was televised two years ago, was the inspiration.

"Archie Andrews... along with Harry, is one of the most famous redheads, fictional or otherwise, to ever exist," it says.

PM's 'end-game'

Despite the baby celebrations, the prime minister's troubles still receive plenty of coverage.

Matt's cartoon in the Telegraph depicts a TV correspondent at Windsor reporting: "Baby Archie is 7th in line to the throne and 5th favourite to replace Mrs May."

In its leader comment, it suggests many Conservative backbenchers shared the sentiment of Andrea Jenkyns, who called on her leader to resign during Prime Minister's Questions.

The i suggests a disastrous showing in the European elections could spell the end of her premiership. A cabinet minister told the Mail : "This feel like the end-game. The walls are closing in on her."

There's a warning in the Guardian that coastal and riverside villages and towns in Britain may have to be abandoned as climate change increases flooding and cliff erosion.

It says the Environment Agency has explained that building ever higher flood defences won't work. More than five million people are at risk, according to the Times

The Telegraph reports that record numbers of gay couples and single women are using fertility treatment. It says the number of women seeking IVF with a female partner has risen eight-fold in the past year.

Meanwhile, the Guardian focuses on figures that reveal the proportion of IVF treatments funded by the NHS has fallen to its lowest level.

'Amsterdam in tears'

The UK papers are jubilant about the all England Champions League Final, after Tottenham beat Ajax, but the Dutch media is licking its wounds.

"Amsterdam in tears," is the headline of De Telegraaf . It writes: "Almost the whole of football-loving Netherlands is disappointed. How could this go wrong?"

Ajax's captain, Matthijs de Ligt, tells the Rotterdam-based AD news website how it seemed like a dream, losing in the last second.

image copyright Getty Images image caption Tottenham scored three second-half goals to reach their first Champions League final

And finally the Telegraph reports that sheep have been enrolled at a primary school in France.

The unusual measure was taken in the Alpine town of Crets to boost pupil numbers to stop the school being closed.