Samantha and I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their kindness and generosity since the birth of baby Florence.
David Cameron
Prime minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha have appeared at Downing Street with their new daughter for the first time.
It is the first public appearance for Samantha since giving birth to Florence Rose Endellion eleven days ago, while on holiday in Truro.
Asked if the baby was keeping them awake, Mrs Cameron smiled and replied: "Yes."
The prime minister then joked that he had changed "hundreds" of nappies.
Florence was wrapped in a white shawl crocheted by grandmother-of-six and community fundraiser Jane Fraser-Cross, from Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham.
The new arrival's middle name Endellion, reflects the county of her birth, after the Cornish village of St Endellion.
In a statement issued today the prime minister said: "Samantha and I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their kindness and generosity since the birth of baby Florence.
"We have been really, really touched by all the people who have offered their warm congratulations, and by the many cards, gifts and flowers that we have received."
The Cameron's also have a daughter, Nancy, six, and son Arthur Elwen, four.
The couple lost their eldest son, Ivan, who suffered from cerebral palsy and severe epilepsy, when he died in 2009 at the age of six.
The Cameron's baby is only the third to be born to a serving prime minister since 1849.
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