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Tom Daley has shared the first pictures of his new baby, after he and husband Dustin Lance Black's surprise announcement that they have welcomed another son.
The Olympic diver, 28, posted an adorable photo of himself and Dustin, showing their new son Phoenix to eldest child, Robert, five.
In a second snap, sportsman Tom holds the baby, wrapped in a blanket, to his chest, and smiles contentedly at the camera.
In both photos, Phoenix's face is held away from the camera.
In the caption, he wrote: "PHOENIX ROSE BLACK-DALEY... Our family has grown in the last week, we welcomed Phoenix to the world on 28/03/23 and he’s just perfect... Robbie is loving being a BIG BRO!"
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Tom shared a sweet picture on Instagram (TomDaley/Instagram)Tom and his husband, 48, never previously revealed they were expecting another child, but their joyful news was shared in The Times with an announcement.
The smitten couple, who tied the knot in 2017, welcomed their first child together via surrogacy in 2018.
Tom and his American screenwriter husband previously explained why they decided to go through the surrogacy process in America instead of the UK.
At the time, Tom previously revealed that in the UK, both surrogates and parents are not afforded the same legal rights - something which turned him off trying to go ahead with the process in his own country.
Dustin and Tom have been married since 2017 (Dave Benett/Getty Images)"We looked into it in the UK and in the US. In the UK it's a lot more complicated because surrogates aren't as well protected legally, intended parents aren't protected legally, it's just not safe, there's a lot of hurdles to have to jump over," Tom said after the pair welcomed their first child.
"In the US, everything is regulated in a way that keeps everyone safe and in the US the surrogacy process is a lot more streamlined."
Tom and Dustin's adorable baby news comes after the Olympic diver recently opened up about his journey to fatherhood, his experience with surrogates, and the difficulties same sex couples face when it comes to starting a family of their own.
The much-loved star revealed that losing his own father, Robert, who passed away in 2011 aged 40 following a cancer battle, cemented his desire to become a father himself.
He explained that husband Dustin’s own personal losses – his brother died of cancer in 2012 – also left them wanting to have a child.
Tom Daley with his late father Robert (Andy Stenning)Speaking to Giovanna Fletcher on her Happy Mum Happy Baby podcast last year, Tom revealed: “For as long as I could remember, I have wanted to be a parent.
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"I think because of the relationship with my mum and dad, we were so close and then, when I lost my dad, it was like, I want to be everything that he was to me to someone else because every child deserves to have what I had with my dad because it was such a special relationship, we were so close.”