Ed Sheeran and his wife Cherry announce the birth of their first child

Ed and his wife Cherry have welcomed baby Lyra Antarctica.

Ed Sheeran has confirmed his wife Cherry has given birth to their first child.

Posting on Instagram, the singer says his daughter, Lyra Antarctica Seaborn Sheeran, was born last week.

He says both mum and baby are "doing amazing" and he's "completely in love".

 

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Ello! A quick message from me as I have some personal news that I wanted to share with you... Last week, with the help of an amazing delivery team, Cherry gave birth to our beautiful and healthy daughter - Lyra Antarctica Seaborn Sheeran. We are completely in love with her. Both mum and baby are doing amazing and we are on cloud nine over here. We hope that you can respect our privacy at this time. Lots of love and I’ll see you when it’s time to come back, Ed x

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Posting the news, the superstar wrote:

''Ello! A quick message from me as I have some personal news that I wanted to share with you... Last week, with the help of an amazing delivery team, Cherry gave birth to our beautiful and healthy daughter - Lyra Antarctica Seaborn Sheeran. We are completely in love with her.

''Both mum and baby are doing amazing and we are on cloud nine over here.

''We hope that you can respect our privacy at this time. Lots of love and I’ll see you when it’s time to come back, Ed x''.