Strictly’s Ellie Taylor gives birth – with son’s early arrival forcing her to pull out of the Royal Variety Performance

STRICTLY Come Dancing star Ellie Taylor has given birth to a baby boy.

The comedian went into early labour - forcing her to pull out of her scheduled Royal Variety Performance gig.

Ellie, 40, shared a snap of herself glammed up for the Royal Variety Performance, which films tonight, before revealing that her baby had other plans.

She wrote: "This is the fabulous outfit I was meant to be wearing tonight while doing stand-up at the Royal Variety Performance in front of 4,000 people, including Prince and Princess of Wales.

"Swipe to see the actual outfit I’ll be wearing tonight due to the surprise early arrival of my own little HRH…"

Ellie then shared another sweet snap, this time of her in hospital cradling her baby son.

The post continued: "Gutted to miss out but also very very happy to be wearing giant mesh knickers and saying “But his skin is just so SOFT!” ten times an hour.

"Mother and baby doing well because mummy has access to morphine and baby has access to boobies.

"Wishing the rest of the performers the best night for a fantastic cause! Wishing me 12 hours sleep and a massive Pina Colada (not with the morphine, don’t worry…)"

In September, Ellie revealed the happy news that she was pregnant with her second child.

Ellie has been married to CNN freelance reporter Phil Black since 2015, and together they have one daughter, named Valentina, born in 2018.

The star has appeared in numerous comedy panel shows and TV series’ over the years and in 2021, she hit international stardom on the hit show Ted Lasso, when she played Flo "Sassy" Collins - Ted's on/off love interest.

Ellie took over as co-host on Bake Off: The Professionals, replacing Stacey Solomon who presented the last series.

She also appeared on Strictly Come Dancing in 2022, and had 10 fabulous weeks on the dance floor alongside pro partner Johannes Radebe.