Gordon Brown’s daughter dies in hospital

The baby daughter of British Chancellor of the Exchequer Mr Gordon Brown and wife Sarah has died in her parent's arms in hospital…

The baby daughter of British Chancellor of the Exchequer Mr Gordon Brown and wife Sarah has died in her parent's arms in hospital today after a brain haemorrhage.

A spokesman for the Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh said: "At 5.20pm today, Jennifer Jane died peacefully in her parents' arms."

An hour before the announcement, the Browns left the hospital by a side entrance and looked clearly distressed.

Jennifer Jane was transferred to the neo-natal unit at the Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion, at Edinburgh's Royal Infirmary, after suffering a brain haemorrhage.

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The baby, who was born seven weeks premature weighing 2lbs 4oz on December 28th, was transferred there from Forth Park Maternity Hospital in Kirkcaldy, Fife, on Friday.

She was baptised at the Edinburgh hospital last night.

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