CAPTION: St. James's Palace says the Duchess of Cambridge, formerly known as Kate Middleton, is pregnant and has a severe form of morning sickness and is currently in a London hospital. Prince William is at his wife's side..
CAPTION: St. James's Palace says the Duchess of Cambridge, formerly known as Kate Middleton, is pregnant and has a severe form of morning sickness and is currently in a London hospital. Prince William is at his wife's side.
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Prince William and Kate Middleton, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, have announced they are having a baby. Report by Lisa Snell.
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Prince William, his wife Catherine and baby George breezed into the capital on a strong southerly and seem to have charmed everybody they met.
The family were resting at Government House in Wellington this evening after a ceremonial greeting on the front lawn by kapa haka groups from the Defence Force and local school children.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are in the country for nine days and will visit centres around the country.
After touching down in a Royal New Zealand Air Force Boeing 757 at Wellington airport's military terminal just after midday, waiting local and overseas media were given the chance for a decent look at the latest heir to the crown, with Catherine holding Prince George in front of her as she stepped off the aircraft.
They were met by the Governor-General's aide-de-camp Commander Richard Walker, Prime Minister John Key, his wife Bronagh, and Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown.
Their arrival was met with cheers from hardy members of the public who had gathered near the security fence outside the military terminal.
Royal-watchers were happy to be lashed by cold winds and drenched by driving rain to catch a glimpse of the high-profile visitors as they sped by in their motorcade around the bays.
Not even a 20-minute delay to the flight's arrival, caused by stubborn, heavy fog that descended on the capital could dampen spirits of those
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Camilla has revealed the royal family hopes William and Kate's baby will be born 'by the end of the week.'
During a visit to a children's hospice yesterday, she remarked: 'We don't know what's going to happen. We're all waiting at the end of a telephone.
'I hope by the end of the week he or she will be there.'
Prince Charles and Camilla started their annual summer tour of Devon and Cornwall yesterday in the popular tourist town of Bude.
Many mothers brought their babies to meet them - giving them ample opportunity to greet newborns before Kate gives birth.
Trudi Lindsay, from Bude, said she was 'delighted' her three-week-old daughter Ellie-Mae could see the royals.
Mrs Lindsay said: 'I said 'You have got one of these coming soon' and Charles replied 'Hopefully', then he laughed.
'He was very good with Ellie-Mae, he touched her cheek. I still can't believe Prince Charles touched my baby's cheek.
'It is really exciting to have them here in Bude, especially as the weather is so nice.'
Jenny Dawe, 62, who works in a local shop, showed the royals her selection of cards.
'I said 'You will need a new baby card soon' and they laughed,' Mrs Dawe said.
New parents Poppy and Paul Steen brought the
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge then went back into the hospital to take their son — as yet unnamed, at least publicly — to a car and drive home to Kensington Palace.
William put the infant in the vehicle in a baby car seat and took the wheel himself for the drive.
Royal birth is front-page news worldwide.
The couple appeared before a waiting throng after Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, visited the hospital late Tuesday afternoon to meet Charles's day-old grandson.
Charles smiled and waved to the photographers and well-wishers who had camped outside the hospital for hours to await the public debut of the baby prince. The eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II, Charles is first in line to succeed her, followed by his own first born, Prince William, and William's newborn son.
'Everything's marvelous. You'll see in a minute,' Prince Charles said while exiting the hospital with his wife, suggesting that the debut of the newest heir to the throne was imminent.
Among those who gathered outside the hospital to await the prince's emergence was Margaret Tyler, a 69-year-old London resident known for her home stuffed with more than 10,000 items of royal memorabilia. 'I'm not going to miss this,' she said as she waited. 'When they walk out that door, that will be our history.'
Catherine, the former Kate Middleton, gave
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The world has seen the royal baby for the first time as the future king left hospital with his ecstatic parents this evening, who revealed they had not yet chosen a name.
Prince William and Kate waved and smiled broadly to the waiting cameras as they held their prince on the steps of the private Lindo Wing at St Mary's Hospital in London, 26 hours after he was delivered, weighing 8lbs 6oz.
The Duke of Cambridge followed the steps his parents Charles and Diana took with him 31 years ago, when he was born there on June 21, 1982.
His child is now third in the line of succession, displacing Prince Harry to fourth and the Duke of York to fifth, although he may not become sovereign for half a century or more.
The Duke, Duchess and Baby Cambridge will travel home to Kensington Palace tonight, spending two weeks there while William is on paternity leave.
Huge crowds of well-wishers and journalists from all over the world have been waiting outside the west London hospital ward for weeks, first to be there when Kate went into labour and now as the couple left with her firstborn child.
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