The popular British children's show Peppa Pig announced on Tuesday (May 20) that its main character, Peppa Pig, will soon be joined on the show by a new baby sister.
Evie Pig's birth was announced on the British TV show Good Morning Britain, with mocked-up pictures showing the Pig family at the Lindo Wing maternity ward at St Mary's Hospital in London.
The exclusive maternity wing of the London hospital is where Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, gave birth to her three children.
As with British monarchs, Evie Pig got the royal treatment on Tuesday. A video by the official "Peppa Pig" Instagram account showed a town crier ringing a gold bell and royal-inspired pink scroll outside the hospital, announcing the piglet's birth.
"Lend me your ears, for news of the birth of a daughter to Mummy and Daddy Pig," the town crier declared. "Peppa and George have a baby sister and her name is Evie."
Mummy Pig first announced her pregnancy on Good Morning Britain on February 27 this year, holding an ultrasound photo to announce that the family is expecting their third child, due in the summer.
In April, Mommy Pig also appeared on the cover of Grazia fashion magazine in the UK with her pregnancy photo.
The cartoon's production company, Hasbro, said in a press release that Evie Pig will make her first on-screen appearance on Peppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience, which will begin showings in US movie theaters on May 30.
Peppa Pig is a popular children's program that first aired on Channel 5 in the UK in 2004 and has been translated into over 40 languages and screened in over 180 countries.
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