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And so it begins
Media wait for Kate outside London hospital Agence France-Presse
LONDON - Prince William’s wife Catherine is not officially due to give birth for two weeks but the world’s media began gathering on Monday outside the London hospital where she will have the baby, determined not to miss the photograph of the year.
Dozens of television camera operators and photographers marked out their positions on the pavement opposite the entrance of the Lindo wing of St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, ready for the arrival of the royal mum-to-be. Buckingham Palace has said Catherine is not due until mid-July but rumours abound that she could give birth earlier, fuelled by Princess Diana’s decision to announce a false due date when she was pregnant with William in 1981.
The press pack gathered outside St Mary’s on Monday admitted they had little new information about the birth, but after one camera crew arrived early that morning, many felt they had little choice but to go down and secure their own spot. The birth of a new heir to the throne is a global news sensation, particularly given the popularity of William and Catherine, whose 2011 wedding was watched by an estimated two billion people
worldwide. Catherine has not been seen in public since June 15 when she joined the royal family at the Trooping of the Colour, the military parade marking Queen Elizabeth II’s official birthday. Baby’s name Will it be a girl called Alexandra, or a boy called Wayne? No one outside Buckingham Palace knows but it has not stopped punters from around the world betting on Brit-
AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS
Members of the media start to set up their ladders and tripods outside The Lindo Wing of Saint Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, west London on July 1, 2013. Prince William and his wife Catherine’s baby, which will be third in line to the throne, will be born in the private Lindo wing of St Mary’s Hospital, where William was born in 1982 and his brother Harry in 1984.
ain’s royal baby. Bookmakers say they expect that wagers on the arrival of Prince William and Catherine’s first child will outstrip those for the couple’s wedding in 2011, previously the biggest market for so-called novelty bets. There is a right royal choice of odds ranging from the future monarch’s sex, weight and hair colour to even whether Kate will be “too posh to push” and have a caesarean. Continued on page 6