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Royal Baby Meets the World

7/23/2013

Republicans reach for your anti-nausea pills. The world has at last seen the royal baby and simultaneously exclaimed “Nawwwwww”.
It's such a special time. I think any parent will know what this feeling feels like. After a day of family visits (and a first nappy change, performed by Prince William), the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge emerged from St Mary’s Hospital in a blaze of camera flashes to display the third in line to the throne (name as yet unannounced).
They had a brief chat to the cameras, then William got behind the wheel of their Range Rover with Kate and the baby in a seat in the back and they drove off.
The couple agreed they were “very emotional” but disagreed over who the baby most resembled, William saying “he’s got her looks, thankfully” but Kate saying “no I’m not sure of that”. William added that the baby had way more hair than him.

“It’s such a special time, I think any parent will know what this feeling feels like,” said Kate, just over a day after giving birth but with the benefit of a day’s rest, a gleaming smile, a designer dress and the attendance of the household hairdresser to prepare for the public reveal.

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Royal baby quiz – how much do you know?

7/22/2013

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What will the royal baby be called? Who said the bump was too small? And what advice did Pippa give to the parents-to-be? Test your knowledge of the news event of the century without further ado

1. What triply alliterative description was widely used to describe the Duchess of Cambridge’s stomach during her pregnancy?

Big bouncy belly.
Topnotch tummy tastic.
Burgeoning baby bump.

2.What was the former prime minister of Australia, Julia Gillard, photographed making for the royal baby?

A pair of crocodile baby shoes, with some assistance from Paul Hogan.
A knitted kangaroo.
A personalised box set of Neighbours and Home & Away.

3.What did Kate’s infamous uncle Gary, former inhabitant of Ibiza’s Le Maison de Bang Bang, tell the Sun he would give his great niece or nephew?

A lifetime's free entry to Pacha.

A fat line of cocaine.
A Chelsea football kit

4 .TV presenter Beverley Turner, wife of James Cracknell, wrote a piece in the Daily Telegraph in which she insisted the Duchess must breastfeed for ...

ever.
... the good of the nation.
... the tabloids, who can then take a tasteful long-lens shot of her breasts. (Bonus points if you know that Turner also referred to the Duchess’ breasts as “royal orbs” and “milky bosoms.”)

5.How many articles did the Daily Mail run saying the Duchess’s “bump” looked too small during her pregnancy?

None.
At least 10.
One hundred.

6.How many months pregnant was the Duchess when the Mail ran its first piece fretting about how she will lose “the baby weight”?

Two.
Nine.
Minus 10.

7. According to the Sunday Times, who in the baby’s family will fill “the chasm left by Diana”?
1. Camilla.
2. Pippa.
3. Carole.

12.What were the actual favourites for the baby’s name the week before the birth?
1. Charles and Diana.
2. Harry and Chelsy.
3. George and Alexandra.

14.What advice does Aunt Pippa offer in her book Celebrate about looking after babies?
1. “Babies are very small and fragile so try not to drop them.”
2. “Peekaboo is always a winner.”
3. “Sometimes the baby needs feeding and sometimes the baby needs changing.”

16.Following the 2013 Succession to the Crown Act, should the royal baby be a girl, how significant an advance will this be for modern British feminism?
1. Very! Truly, Emily Davison did not die in vain.
2. Please. We’re talking the royal family. You cannot use the word “modern” in relation to that lot.
3. A bit, I guess. But let’s be honest, unless that baby becomes a hardcore feminist activist, not much.

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It's a BOY!

7/22/2013

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Kate Middleton gave birth to the couple's first child, a son, on Monday at a London hospital.

The Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to a boy, the third in the line to the throne who may one day be the King.

“Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge was safely delivered of a son at 4.24 p.m. [London time],“ royal officials said in a statement.

“The baby weighs 8lbs 6oz. The Duke of Cambridge was present for the birth. The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Harry and members of both families have been informed and are delighted with the news. Her Royal Highness and her child are both doing well and will remain in hospital overnight.”

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Maternity in Style - The Royal Pregnancy

7/22/2013

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We look at our much-loved Duchess of Cambridge's best maternity style moments!

Kate Wait - Duchess of Cambridge goes into labour

7/22/2013

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LONDON—The Duchess of Cambridge, the former Kate Middleton, has gone into labor and been taken to St. Mary's Hospital, where the world's media have been camped out, Kensington Palace officials said Monday, signaling the pending zenith of a building frenzy over the arrival of a new British royal.

The palace said she was taken by car to the hospital's Lindo Wing shortly before 6 a.m. accompanied by the Duke of Cambridge.

Although the royal baby’s exact due date has never been confirmed, it is widely believed that the Duchess is now several days overdue.
Sources who have had their children at the private Lindo Wing at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, where she is expected to give birth, said its general policy was to wait no longer than a week before inducing labour.
One said: “She will be given a choice of dates so she can choose when is most convenient but the longest they would wait would be a week.”
The Duchess is being closely monitored by gynaecologists, Marcus Setchell and Alan Farthing, who will have discussed with her how long they are prepared to wait.