Baby boy delight for actress Billie (From Hampshire Chronicle)

Baby boy delight for actress Billie

1:36pm Wednesday 22nd October 2008 in National Entertainment News © Press Association 2011

Actress Billie Piper has given birth to a son by emergency Caesarean, her husband revealed.

Laurence Fox told reporters outside the Portland Hospital in London that they have named the baby Winston James Fox.

He said he weighed 6lb 11oz and was born at 1am.

A tired-looking Laurence said of his new-born son: "He is beautiful, he is sweet."

When asked about the birth, he said Billie was in labour for 26 hours before going to the hospital in the early hours of the morning.

He said: "The emergency caesarean only took about 20 minutes.

"Billie is happy, of course she is, she's a mum. I am tired but not as tired as her - I am a proud father. Mum is doing really well, no complications. Healthy, brilliant."

When asked how long his wife was expected to remain in hospital, he said: "Well, she has been cut apart, so probably overnight

The 26-year-old Secret Diary Of A Call Girl star and former pop singer married her actor husband in December.

Piper's ex-husband Chris Evans was among the first non-family members to visit the newborn.