Tom Daley and Dustin Lance Black welcome second son via surrogate

Tom Daley and Dustin Lance Black have welcomed their second son after first becoming parents in 2018 (Image: Instagram/@tomdaley)

The couple are already parents to son Robbie Ray, 5.

Olympic diving champion Tom Daley and film director Dustin Lance Black have confirmed the arrival of their second child together.

Daley, 28, and his husband, 48, revealed they’d become parents for a second time on Tuesday morning (5 April) via surrogate.

The news was shared in The Times with an announcement which revealed their baby son’s very cute name.

“Black-Daley on 28th March to Thomas Robert Daley and Dustin Lance Black, a son, Phoenix Rose,” it read.

The pair, who are already parents to Robert Ray, 5, kept the news they were expecting another child very quiet.

Daley has previously spoken about why he and Lance Black chose to look to the US for a surrogate, rather than the UK.

‘We looked into it in the UK and in the US. In the UK it’s a lot more complicated because surrogates aren’t as well protected legally, intended parents aren’t protected legally, it’s just not safe, there’s a lot of hurdles to have to jump over.

“In the US, everything is regulated in a way that keeps everyone safe and in the US the surrogacy process is a lot more streamlined,” he said.

Speaking to Giovanna Fletcher on her Happy Mum Happy Baby podcast last year, Tom shared how much he’d always wanted to be a father: “For as long as I could remember, I have wanted to be a parent.