Cape Town - Robbie Williams and Ayda Field have opened up about surrogacy and their new bundle of joy.
On September 7, X-Factor judges Robbie and Ayda surprised fans with an adorable Instagram post – welcoming their third baby, Colette.
The couple decided to keep their pregnancy under wraps until Coco, as her love-struck parents call her, was born.
“I spy with my little eye an extra little hand . . . So we have been keeping a very special secret! We are delighted to share with you that we have had a baby girl," Ayda captioned her post.
“Welcome to the world Colette (Coco) Josephine Williams!! It has been a very long and difficult path to get her, which is why we have kept it on the down low.
"Family comes in all forms and this little lady who is biologically ours, was carried by an incredible surrogate mother, to whom we will be eternally grateful.
"We are over the moon to have this beautiful baby girl in our lives and so blessed that we live in a world which makes this possible.
"As with Teddy and Charlie, we ask that you respect Coco's privacy and allow us to grow in our new team of 5! #TeamWilliams"
The couple, who have been married for eight years, have two older children, Theodora (5) and Charlton (3).
The No Regrets singer opened up about how peaceful little Coco is, and how she hasn’t added any stress to the Williams household, reports The Sun.
"Coco is the most chilled baby I've ever known," Robbie said.
“It’s funny. The first baby you have, ‘Shh, it’s sleeping,’ then you hear someone coming in that closes the door and you run downstairs and you go, ‘Shh! The baby!’
“Then the third one, the television’s on, the kids are playing, the dogs are barking, the baby stays asleep and the world doesn’t end.
“I wonder if the baby is so relaxed because we are relaxed.”
The kids are reportedly getting on really well with little Coco, with no jealousy in sight.
“In fact there’s just lots of love and cuddles and Teddy wants to feed her all the time. So that’s what’s going on,” Robbie said.
The surrogacy isn’t the only thing the Williams clan has been hush-hush about.
Robbie has also been discreet about whether his eldest daughter, Teddy, will be a flower girl at Princess Eugenie’s wedding next month at Windsor Castle.
“I cannot say anything,” the father-of-three said.
Sources: Instagram/aydafieldwilliams/ , The Sun