England has a new prince but Andy Murray still is king.
The website Scotsman.com reported Wednesday that the birth of George, the Prince of Cambridge and son to Prince William and his wife Kate - the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge - on July 22nd garnered more than 25,300 tweets per minute after the announcement of the baby's arrival.
As impressive as that figure was, it pales in comparison to the excitement in England by another event.
According to Scotsman.com, the royal baby's birth did not generate the same flurry of activity as the county's other historic event a few weeks earlier. Murray won Wimbledon, the first Brit to claim the title since Fred Perry in 1936.
Murray's victory generated 120,000 tweets per minute, Scotsman.com reported. Included in those tweets were one from British Prime Minister David Cameron, Victoria Beckham and Richard Branson.
In fact, a recent report on uk.eurosport.yahoo.com said that Murray's victory earned him hundreds of millions of mentions on Facebook - making him the most popular topic of 2013 on the social networking site in the UK.
No. 2 was the death of former Prime Minister Magaret Thatcher. The birth of Prince George actually finished fourth in the UK, also lagging behind the UEFA Champions League Final between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund at Wembley Stadium.
Globally, of course, the royal baby's birth trumped all the other British newsmakers, finishing as the third most-talked about topic on Facebook.
Murray is rehabilitating his back after surgery in September. According to the Guardian, he declined an invitation to attend the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony - an award he is the clear-cut favorite to win on Sunday night.
A BBC spokesperson said: "We are of course disappointed that Andy Murray cannot be in Leeds in person but are very much looking forward to him joining us live on the night via linkup."
Murray is hopeful of entering next month's Australian Open, the first grand slam event of 2014.
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