Angelina Jolie’s doctor has confirmed that the thirty-three year old actress has successfully given birth to twins by C-section.

Jolie gave birth to Vivienne Marcheline and Knox Leon on Saturday evening at the Lenval Hospital in Nice, France. The babies were almost an identical weight; just 10 grams separated them at birth.

Dr Sussmann announced the news of the birth and said “The parents and the babies are in excellent health. Everything is fine.”

The C-section of the birth of child number five and six for Jolie and husband Brad Pitt had been brought forward due to “medical reasons”.

First exclusive pictures of the children have been purchased by an unnamed US magazine, which reportedly paid $11 million for the snaps. All money from the pictures will be donated to charity.  

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