British Prime Minister David Cameron holding his baby daughter, Florence Rose Endellion, who was born last Tuesday, during the premier’s summer holiday in Cornwall.

Cameron’s wife Samantha left the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro with her new baby last Friday and returned to their holiday home.

Cameron will become the first British prime minister to take statutory paternity leave, his deputy confirmed.

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