29 DECEMBER 2003
Emmanuel Filiberto of Italy and his wife of three months, French actress Clotilde Courau, are celebrating the birth of a daughter, the family said in a statement on Monday.

The couple welcomed the little girl, named Vittoria Cristina Adelaide Chiara Maria, in Geneva early on Sunday evening.

A six months' pregnant Clotilde wed Emmanuel, who is the grandson of the last king of Italy, in Rome on September 25.

More than 1,200 guests attended the nuptials at the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli, with notable figures such as designer Pierre Cardin and rock star Johnny Hallyday among the invitees and Prince Albert of Monaco acting as best man.