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Ed Sheeran and his wife Cherry have announced the birth of their first child

Congrats guys, so exciting!

Exciting news! Ed Sheeran and his wife Cherry have welcomed their first child into the world!

The singer took to Instagram to share the exciting news, to the delight of his fans.

"Ello! A quick message from me as I have some personal news that I wanted to share with you..." he wrote.

"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 ."

We're so excited for Ed, Cherry and the rest of their family! No doubt the birth of his daughter will give Ed loads of new material to write songs about!