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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the balcony of Buckingham Palace on 15 June 2013

The first child of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and his wife, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, is due to be born in July 2013.[1][2][3][4] The Washington Post described the child as "the world’s most famous baby".[5]

Pregnancy

St Mary's Hospital, London, where the baby is expected to be born

On 3 December 2012, St James's Palace announced that the Duchess was expecting the couple's first child. The announcement was made earlier in the pregnancy than is traditional as she had been admitted to King Edward VII's Hospital Sister Agnes suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum.[6][7] On 14 January 2013, St James's Palace announced that the child is due to be born in July 2013 and that the Duchess's condition is improving.[8]

According to Palace officials, the Duke and Duchess have chosen not to find out the sex of their child prior to the birth.[1][9] The birth is expected to take place in the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital, London – the same hospital in which Prince William and his brother, Prince Harry, were born to Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1982 and 1984 respectively. The Queen's former gynaecologist, Marcus Setchell, is expected to deliver the child assisted by his successor, Alan Farthing. The Duchess intends to give birth naturally.[1][9]

The first official announcement related to the birth will be made via a press release sent after the Duchess has been admitted to hospital in labour.[10][11] Following the birth, an official notice signed by medical staff containing the baby’s sex, weight and time of birth will be delivered to Buckingham Palace, probably under police escort.[1][12] The public announcement of the birth will be made by placing the official notice on an easel on the Palace forecourt at the central gates,[1][9] after the Queen, senior members of the royal family and the family of the Duchess have been informed.[9] Gun salutes are expected to signal the birth, 41 rounds to be fired by the the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery in Green Park and 62 rounds to be fired by the Honourable Artillery Company at the Tower of London. The Union Flag will also be flown from all government buildings, Royal Navy ships and military establishments.[13][14]

The Duke is expected to take two weeks' paternity leave allowed by the Ministry of Defence.[9] The Duke and Duchess are expected to move into their Kensington Palace apartment with their child later in 2013, following its £1m refurbishment as a family home.[15]

Reactions

The event is expected to generate £260 million worldwide, mostly from tourism, souvenirs, and birth-related festivities.[5] The pregnancy was described as being a source of British national pride comparable to Olympic success and pub lock-ins.[16]

In response to the increasing public interest in the event, the Museum of London opened an exhibition of royal infant clothes and memorabilia on 28 June 2013.[17] The then Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard, despite advocating the abolition of the monarchy of Australia, was photographed knitting a toy kangaroo for the baby.[5] Members of the Monarchist League of Canada have been asking for "significant monuments to be lit up in blue or pink, such as Toronto's CN Tower or Niagara Falls", to mark the birth.[5] Similarly, members of Monarchy New Zealand have asked for landmarks throughout the country to be lit up in blue or pink on the night following the official announcement. Some of the more notable sites involved are Auckland's Sky Tower, currently the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere, and Christchurch International Airport which plans to illuminate its terminal and air traffic control tower.[18][19]

Title and style

On 31 December 2012, Queen Elizabeth II, the paternal grandmother of the Duke, issued letters patent enabling all children of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales to enjoy the princely title and style of Royal Highness, as opposed to only the eldest son.[20][21] Following the custom of royal babies born to princes who hold a royal dukedom, the child will be styled Prince/Princess (Name) of Cambridge. The child, regardless of sex, will be third in the line of succession to the thrones of sixteen independent sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. He or she will be preceded only by the Duke's father, Charles, Prince of Wales, and the Duke himself.[9]

Ancestry

Family of Prince George of Wales
16. Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark
8. Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark
17. Princess Alice of Battenberg
4. Charles, Prince of Wales
18. George VI of the United Kingdom
9. Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
19. Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
2. Prince William, Duke of Cambridge
20. Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer
10. John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer
21. Lady Cynthia Hamilton
5. Lady Diana Spencer
22. Maurice Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy
11. The Honourable Frances Roche
23. Ruth Gill
1. Child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
24. Noel Middleton
12. Peter Middleton
25. Olive Lupton
6. Michael Middleton
26. Frederick Glassborow
13. Valerie Glassborow
27. Constance Robison
3. Catherine Middleton
28. Stephen Goldsmith
14. Ronald Goldsmith
29. Edith Chandler
7. Carole Goldsmith
30. Thomas Harrison
15. Dorothy Harrison
31. Elizabeth Temple

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Duchess of Cambridge's baby 'could be due 10 days earlier'". The Telegraph. 25 June 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  2. ^ "Speculation mounts on early arrival for royal baby". Reuters. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  3. ^ "Royal baby watch: Buggies, birth signs and bookies - the latest regal rumours". The Independent. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Prince Charles gives strong hint Royal baby is a boy". One News. Television New Zealand. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  5. ^ a b c d Rainey, Sarah (27 June 2013). "Duchess of Cambridge: The world is going wild for the royal baby". The Telegraph. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  6. ^ "Royal pregnancy: Duchess leaves hospital". BBC News. 6 December 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  7. ^ "The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expecting a baby". Clarence House. 3 December 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  8. ^ "Duchess of Cambridge due to give birth in July". BBC News Online. 14 January 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  9. ^ a b c d e f "William and Kate 'don't know' royal baby's sex". BBC News. 19 June 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  10. ^ Murphy, Eliza (8 July 2013). "Royal Baby to Be Named Prince or Princess of Cambridge". ABC News. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  11. ^ Burke, Liz (12 July 2013). "Royal baby rumour frenzy begins: Is Kate in labour?". The Australian Women's Weekly. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  12. ^ "Royal historian on plans for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's baby". BBC. 19 June 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  13. ^ Moore, Keith; Westcott, Kathryn (20 June 2013). "10 curious things about the royal birth". BBC News Magazine. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  14. ^ Sarkar, Monica (10 July 2013). "Q&A: What happens once the royal baby is born?". CNN. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  15. ^ "£1 million home for new Royal baby". Scotsman. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  16. ^ Clark, Adrian (27 June 2013). "British style breaks big". Shortlist. Vol. 280. p. 5.
  17. ^ "Royal baby fever at the Museum of London". London Evening Standard. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  18. ^ "Kiwi landmarks to light up for royal baby". NZ News. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  19. ^ Mead, Thomas (11 July 2013). "Royal baby to light up Chch Airport". 3 News. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  20. ^ "No. 60384". The London Gazette. 8 January 2013.
  21. ^ "Royal baby girl 'would be princess'". BBC News. 9 January 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
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