Countdown begins to arrival of royal baby
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The world’s media yesterday started counting down to the arrival of Britain’s royal baby when a press pen was erected outside the hospital where Prince William’s wife Kate is due to give birth.
The couple are expected to welcome their second child this month at the Lindo Wing, a private section of St Mary’s Hospital in central London.
The hospital is where their first child, Prince George, was born in 2013.
Patients are charged more than 5,000 pounds (US$7,400) for the first 24 hours of a delivery with an extra 1,000 pounds for each additional night.
While Kate’s due date has not been made public, parking in the area has been suspended until April 30 for a “special event,” giving a clue to the likely timing.
As TV crews laid cables from satellite trucks and photographers arrived to claim their spots, fans of the royal family also came to look at the hospital and pose for photographs.
Layla Peter, 16, had come from Frauenfeld in eastern Switzerland with her father, aunt and cousin for a holiday in London.
“I want it to be a girl. A girl and a boy, it’s a good mix,” she said.
It is thought the royal couple still do not know the sex of the baby. The birth will be announced when royal officials place a formal document with news of the delivery on an easel outside Buckingham Palace, as well as on the official Kensington Palace Twitter account.
William, who is training for a new job as an air ambulance helicopter pilot, will take two weeks of paternity leave to help care for the baby.
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