World gets first glimpse of Kate and William's royal baby boy

                              
The public got its first view of the new heir to the British throne Tuesday as Prince William and Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, left a London hospital hospital with their newborn son.

"It's very special," said William, who emerged from St. Mary's Hospital with his wife a day after the birth of their still-unnamed son. Catherine held the child, wrapped in a cream-colored blanket, as the couple waved to well-wishers outside.

"He's got her looks, thankfully," the prince added.

The couple left the hospital Tuesday evening with William carrying the boy out in a car seat and installing him in the back of a black SUV for the trip to Kensington Palace.

Members of the Honourable Artillery Company fire a salute to mark the birth of Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge's son at the Tower of London on Tuesday, July 23. The news was placed in the forecourt of Buckingham Palace in London on July 22. Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, gave birth to the boy at 4:24 p.m. July 22. He weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces. A name has not been announced for the child, who is third in line to the British throne.