Mohammed is blessed with a baby boy, names him 'Zayed'

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai and Princess Haya bint Al Hussein have been blessed with a baby boy.

"Princess Haya and I were blessed with a baby boy. We named him 'Zayed'," Sheikh Mohammed tweeted through his Twitter handle HHShkMohd.

Congratulatory messages began pouring in instantly from across the world on his Facebook page as well as Twitter account after he shared the news. 

Followers and fans of Sheikh Mohammed have inundatedhis Facebook and Twitter accounts with blessings, with ‘Zayed’ even trending insixth place on the latter site.

From individuals to private enterprises,everyone is eager to congratulate the happy parents, with celebrity entrepreneur, @SheerazHasan tweeting: “Congratulations to Sheikh Mohammad and Princess Haya withtheir new baby.”

Meanwhile, @Carmilicious, another Twitter followerof His Highness, saying: “Baby Prince Zayed is so cute.”

Companies such as Kids Zone Nursery are also among the first to get in the congratulatory messages, tweeting: “Congratulations to His Highness and Princess Haya on the birth oftheir baby boy Zayed.”

 Meanwhile, Mom Souq, a UAE-based online bazaar to buy and sell baby products, tweeted: “Congratulations His Highness. May he have a brilliant future.”

But it’s not just kids incorporated that’s taken to Twitter - other companies too such as AVProductions, Dubai, which tweeted earlier: “Congrats to Sheikh Mohammed and Princess Haya on little Zayed. Welcome to the world.”

 Yesterday, Sheikh Mohammed took tothe micro blogging website saying: “Princess Haya and I were blessed with ababy boy. We named him Zayed.”

Soon after, fans started posting images ofthe happy parents.

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