Posted on 07/22/2013 8:12:45 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
LONDON — After months of ever more frenetic anticipation and speculation in Britain and around the world, the Duchess of Cambridge, the former Kate Middleton, entered St. Mary’s Hospital in the Paddington district of London on Monday to prepare for the birth of her first child and was “in the early stages of labor,” the royal family announced.
A brief message on Twitter was the first of a series of carefully scripted disclosures set to culminate in the announcement of an event that seems certain to draw unparalleled media coverage, even in the annals of Britain’s headline-making royal family. Because of recent changes in the law of succession, the baby will be third in line to the throne whether it is a boy or a girl and will remain so whatever the gender of subsequent children.
“Her royal highness the Duchess of Cambridge has been admitted to St. Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, London, in the early stages of labour,” said a message from Clarence House, the official residence of the duchess and her husband, Prince William, the duke of Cambridge.
The duchess had traveled by car to the hospital from another royal residence, Kensington Palace, a second message said. Reporters outside the building said the couple had slipped into the facility through a side entrance, largely unobserved by the waiting press corps.
A spokesman for the couple, speaking in return for customary anonymity, said that the duke and duchess had traveled without a police escort. “Things are progressing as normal,” the spokesman said.
There has been no official word on whether the duke and duchess are expecting a boy or a girl, and information about the birth is expected to be closely restricted.
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Or Trayvon North West.
She’s held jobs but never established a career. She was a buyer for a department store and she worked for her family’s business.
lol he’s a perfumed prince don’t kid yourself.
...no doubt Princess Diana would have been very proud and giddy to know she would be a grandmother.
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And getting her face in front of the camera at every turn.
Yeah so THERE!
AND his wife calls him “Big Willie”...ha!!!
What a nasty comment, worthy of a Dem. And untrue. Like most of her class and generation, she went to college and then had a job before getting married.
RE: She was a buyer for a department store and she worked for her family’s business.
And her parents are self-made millionaires... they established a successful business — Party Pieces, a mail order company that sells party supplies and decorations. Party Pieces is a private company with an estimated worth of £30 million.
She WAS ALREADY RICH before she married William.
RE: She’s in labor? How can that be? She’s never done a day’s work in her life!
From Wikipedia: In November 2006, Middleton accepted a position as an accessory buyer with the clothing chain — Jigsaw.
She also worked part-time until January 2011 as a catalogue photographer, webpage designer and marketing officer for her parents’ firm Party Pieces, a private company now worth £30 million.
Thanks. You are right, Lady Diana was a raging narcissist.
There's a ball? Thought the public's first and foremost duty was to cheer on media in all its shapes and forms.
Anyway, I do want to know when the royal baby is born, whether it's a prince or princess. Like all fairy tales, the royal fairy tale is fun to read. I do wish all of the characters the very best, especially the baby.
Funny. I believe she is a Fashionista, however.
The way the world is going, he/she won’t have a kingdom to rule. I give Kate credit for having the birth naturally. How many, her age, just have the doctor schedule a C section.
Congratulations to the Royal family. I hope and pray all goes well for the Duke and Duchess, that her labor be gentle, and their child healthy and strong. But most of all, I hope and pray that this offspring have a genuine heart for the one God of Israel, and that this child live for the service of God and humanity. There is no other higher calling than to serve the one true King, of the Universe.
Here is a new opprotuntity for unions. Get a presidential executive order requiring all pregnant women to join a labor union (AFL-CIO, Garment workers, SEIU, etc) before they can deliver their child. Labor union membership will be required to be admitted to a hospital. Even better, have it issued as a regulation under Obama Care!
Here is a new opprotuntity for unions. Get a presidential executive order requiring all pregnant women to join a labor union (AFL-CIO, Garment workers, SEIU, etc) before they can deliver their child. Labor union membership will be required to be admitted to a hospital. Even better, have it issued as a regulation under Obama Care!
Fully understand your reasoning but I’m not sure who is requiring you to’worship’ the British Royal Family.
Many, many Americans can trace their lineage back to Britain so it is understandable that more than a few would be interested in the birth of a child who, barring tragedy, will one day inherit the privileges and responsibilities of a throne propped up by a thousand years of history.
Make no mistake this no ordinary celebrity birth. You don’t have to care, you certainly don’t have to ‘worship’ anyone, but how sure are you that Kate hasn’t done a days work in her life? Because that could be construed as being quite mean spirited and, glancing at your previous posts, rather unlike you.
Nothing to do with worship, or freedom, and I think saying that is a very nutty distortion. England is our mother country and our ally. When she rejoices, we should at least smile.
I won't recognize Britain as *my* "mother country".Yes,she's an ally...a good and valuable ally.I respect the British people and have no animosity toward the "royal family" but they're just people.I neither rejoice nor curse at the announcement of this birth.
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