Ed Sheeran and wife Cherry Seaborn announce the birth of baby daughter Lyra Antarctica - with her unusual name inspired by the new dad's favourite book His Dark Materials
Ed Sheeran and his wife Cherry Seaborn have announced the birth of their daughter Lyra Antarctica Seaborn Sheeran
The unusual name was inspired by the new dad's favourite book series, His Dark Materials, by Philip Pullman.
The singer, 29, took to Instagram on Tuesday morning, sharing a picture of Lyra's booties and a colourful blanket and revealed Cherry gave birth last week
Happy news: Ed Sheeran and wife Cherry Seaborn announced the birth of daughter Lyra Antarctica with a sweet Instagram post on Tuesday morning as he said 'we're on cloud nine'
Expanding their family: Ed and Cherry have been together for five years and named their child after the main character in Ed's favourite book series, Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials
He 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.'
'Best books ever': Ed tweeted about his love for the Pulllman trilogy back in 2015
Surprise: Cherry was pictured in March showing a hint of bump, five months before it was revealed she and Ed were expecting their first child together
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