Yahoo News Tom Daley and Dustin Lance Black reveal new baby's arrival with traditional announcement
The 28-year-old Olympic diver and his 48-year-old screenwriter husband announced the birth formally in The Times newspaper.
Tom Daley and Dustin Lance Black have welcomed a second son – named Phoenix Rose.
The 28-year-old Olympic diver and his 48-year-old screenwriter husband made a traditional announcement in The Times newspaper.
The birth notice read: "Black-Daley on 28th March to Thomas Robert Daley and Dustin Lance Black, a son, Phoenix Rose."
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The couple already have a four-year-old son called Robert Ray, who was born via surrogacy on 27 June 2018.
They announced his arrival on Twitter, with Black tweeting: "Welcome to the world little Robbie Ray. Thank you for bringing so much love and light with you. And thank you to those who helped make our dream of having a family into this wonderful reality. #AFamily #HappyBirthday"
Welcome to the world little Robbie Ray. Thank you for bringing so much love and light with you. And thank you to those who helped make our dream of having a family into this wonderful reality. ❤️#AFamily #HappyBirthday 👨👨👦 pic.twitter.com/8srVjvrG5I
— Dustin Lance Black (@DLanceBlack) June 30, 2018
He is named after Daley’s father, Robert, who died aged 40 from brain cancer in 2011.
Daley and American filmmaker Black married in 2017 after dating for four years. They live together in London.
Celebrity Bake Off contestant Daley told Yahoo UK in 2019: “Lance and I have always said we want to have a big family. Right now with Robbie we’ve got our hands full. But in the future, who knows?”
In 2021 he competed in the Tokyo Olympics.
Speaking about travelling away from his family for work he said: “It’s horrible, it’s so hard. I’ve been away for two weeks at a time and I spend my whole time on Facetime. There’s not a moment when I don’t think about him, but I want to try and do what I love as well.
“Fatherhood has changed my perspective on everything. When I used to go away I used to think, ‘This is so exciting to see all these cool places.’ But now I just want to see Robbie.
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“It’s not the same seeing him on Facetime but it’s something lots of parents have to deal with if they travel for work. It does make the reunion, very, very sweet.”
