A King was born in Bradford – on the same day as Britain’s future monarch.

Jenson King, of East Bowling, arrived at Bradford Royal Infirmary weighing 6lbs 11oz – only hours before the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s son was safely delivered on Monday afternoon in the private Lindo Wing at St Mary’s Hospital, London.

His proud parents Jenna and Anthony already have three Kings in sons Brandon, aged ten, Alex, five, and Harley, three.

Their grandmother Alison Woodhead said of the family’s new addition: “He’s absolutely lovely. We don’t mind our little king sharing his birthday with the new prince at all. We’ll never forget his birthday!”

Over at Airedale General Hospital there was more excitement when Imogen Nichols was born on Monday, making a double royal connection for her parents Andy Nichols and Nichole York, both 26, of Skipton. Their first daugher Erin, now three, celebrated her first birthday on April 29, 2011 – the day Prince William and Kate Middleton were married.

Mr Nichols said: “Erin was delighted to become a big sister to our own little princess, Imogen. Imogen’s middle name is Orla, which means golden princess, in recognition of the special day. “After going into labour at the same time as the Duchess, we were keeping an eye on the royal baby news.

“After our baby arrived at 12.04pm we were hoping that the new prince would also make an appearance and we were delighted when he did! We are so proud of our girls – and their royal connections!”

Meanwhile, two expectant mums with the same name as the world’s most famous mum also had new arrivals on the same day. Kate Sanderson, 28, an accounts clerk of Haworth, was one of the first to give birth at Airedale Hospital on Monday.

Beating the other Kate by several hours, Miss Sanderson and her partner Chris Ginley, 37, an education consultant, welcomed Jacob into the world at 2am. The couple also have a daughter Sophie, aged three. She said: “I went into theatre after the birth and it was all over the news. “He was a similar weight to the royal baby too, 8lbs 6oz. We’ll be excited to get the coin in the post.”

Later in the day at 8.40pm another Middleton namesake, Catherine Hall, 29, of Steeton, gave birth to her first child, Harry.

Her and partner Bradley Robertson, 20, of Keighley, had planned to give their son the royal name before they knew he would be sharing a birthday with a Windsor. And like the new heir to the throne, Harry was late, 15 days overdue and weighed 10lbs. They described welcoming their son on a day when the world went baby mad as “a bit crazy.” Miss Hall, who works at Tesco in Ilkley, said: “He decided when he was coming, I never expected him to be this big.” In total eight babies were born at the hospital on Monday and at BRI a girl was born at the exact same time – 4.24pm – as the new Prince of Cambridge.