Just yesterday, we discussed the weekend photos of Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem in Madrid. I wrote, “Penelope really looks like she’s ready to rock and roll any second.” And that’s what happened! Penelope gave birth to her second child yesterday, only nobody noticed because we were all paying attention to Duchess Kate. We don’t know if Penelope gave birth to a son or daughter (it took us a while to find out that her first kid was a boy too), and we don’t know the name of course.

Penelope Cruz has given birth to her second child – on the same day as the Royal baby. The world went into meltdown on Monday over news that the Duchess of Cambridge had given birth to a baby boy – the third in line to the throne.

But she wasn’t the only woman in the public eye to welcome a new addition to the family, as Spanish actress Penelope also gave birth to a baby girl on the same day.

The Spanish actress already has a two-year-old son, Leonardo, with husband Javier Bardem.

And now a representative has confirmed to Hello! magazine she’s welcomed her second child. Although it is not yet known the name of the baby in question, we do know the baby was born on the same day Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge announced they’d welcomed a baby boy at St Mary’s Hospital in London, weighing in at 8Ibs, 6oz.

But while the Royals are expected to let the public know about their child, Cruz and Bardem are notoriously private and kept the details of their first child under wraps as long as possible.

She recently said of her children: ‘I want my son and my kids – if I have more – to grow up in a way that is as anonymous as possible. The fact that his father and I have chosen to do the work we do doesn’t give anybody the right to invade our privacy.’

Penelope was last seen just a couple of days ago when she looked ready to pop.

[From The Mail]

Congrats to Penelope! If she had given birth in London, her baby might have gotten one of those specially minted pence pieces that are being given to babies born on the same day as HRH Prince Crumpets. But I think she gave birth in Madrid – that’s where they were over the weekend, and that’s where their extended family lives. Anyway, congrats to Javi and Penelope on what I’m sure is yet another gorgeous Spanish baby.

UPDATE: People Magazine says it’s a girl! What if Prince Crumpets ends up with Lola Cruz-Bardem?!

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.