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Royal baby: Duchess of Cambridge admitted to hospital | UK news | guardian.co.uk
The Duchess of Cambridge has been admitted to the private Lindo wing at St Mary's hospital in London in preparation for the birth of her first child.
In a brief statement, Kensington Palace said: "Her royal highness the Duchess of Cambridge has been admitted this morning to St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London in the early stages of labour.
"The duchess travelled by car from Kensington Palace to the Lindo wing at St Mary's hospital with the Duke of Cambridge."
Barriershave been erected outside the Paddington hospital in anticipation of crowds gathering to celebrate the royal addition, who will be third in line to the throne.
Media pens have been in place outside the hospital since 1 July for the scores of international journalists covering the birth.
The first the world will know of the birth is when a royal aide leaves the main entrance of the Lindo wing bearing a typed medical bulletin signed by doctors at the birth. The aide will take the bulletin to Buckingham Palace by car with police outriders.
The announcement of the gender and other details of the baby will be made by the age-old custom of placing a proclamation on a dark wooden frame on an ornate easel behind the railings on Buckingham Palace's forecourt. No such details will be given until the Queen and other members of the couple's families have been informed.
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The Duchess of Cambridge has been admitted to the private Lindo wing at St Mary's hospital in London in preparation for the birth of her first child.
In a brief statement, Kensington Palace said: "Her royal highness the Duchess of Cambridge has been admitted this morning to St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London in the early stages of labour.
"The duchess travelled by car from Kensington Palace to the Lindo wing at St Mary's hospital with the Duke of Cambridge."
Barriershave been erected outside the Paddington hospital in anticipation of crowds gathering to celebrate the royal addition, who will be third in line to the throne.
Media pens have been in place outside the hospital since 1 July for the scores of international journalists covering the birth.
The first the world will know of the birth is when a royal aide leaves the main entrance of the Lindo wing bearing a typed medical bulletin signed by doctors at the birth. The aide will take the bulletin to Buckingham Palace by car with police outriders.
The announcement of the gender and other details of the baby will be made by the age-old custom of placing a proclamation on a dark wooden frame on an ornate easel behind the railings on Buckingham Palace's forecourt. No such details will be given until the Queen and other members of the couple's families have been informed.
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