The wording *was delivered of* was used in the official announcement at Buckingham Palace (image from the Press Association via BBC News): ![Official announcement at Buckingham Palace][1] OED has > **3 a.** To disburden (a woman) of the fœtus, to bring to childbirth; in *pass.,* to give birth to a child or offspring. Rarely said of beasts. (The active is late and chiefly in obstetrical use.) which is a use of *deliver* in an older [and obsolete] sense meaning *relieve*: > †**2. a.** To free, rid, divest, clear *(a) of, (b) from.* The language is formal, and perhaps a little archaic. [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/CyobP.jpg