Now to Love

By Liz Burke in London As the great Kate wait wore on on Monday night the nerves of fleet street types were at an all time high when it looked like the royal baby’s birth wouldn’t be born in time to make the front pages of the British newspapers. When the announcement came at around […]

Thousands are crowded out the front of Buckingham palace and the royal baby hashtag is trending as the third in line to the throne is born. The statement placed on an easel at the front of Buckingham palace confirmed the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have welcomed their first child, a baby boy weighing 8lb […]

Just as they have done every day for the past three weeks, crowds assembled outside the Lindo Wing at St Mary’s hospital in Paddington this morning, this time hoping to catch the first look at the royal baby. Braving scorching heat and pouring rain all in the space of an hour, dedicated royal watchers and […]

Tributes to the royal baby are pouring in from all over the world with presidents, celebrities, sports stars, religious leaders, zoo keepers and even puppets among well-wishers. Among the most popular online messages is a Muppets video starring Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy. The duo send their congratulations, with Kermit fleeing as an excited […]

With news breaking in the early hours of this morning that the Duchess of Cambridge had given birth to boy, speculation about the baby’s name began in earnest. Bookmakers have been inundated with bets on what William and Kate will call His Royal Highness, the Prince of Cambridge, with UK betting company Coral saying the […]

Pouring rain, thunder and lightning over Buckingham Palace isn’t deterring crowds who have come out to celebrate the arrival of the royal baby. As soon as news arrived the Duchess had gone into labour on Monday morning enthusiastic royalists and well wishers began to make their way to the palace gates where an easel — […]

Jubilant scenes erupted outside the Lindo Wing as news broke the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge had welcomed a son. The news came to royal correspondents on the scene first by press release, who informed the crowd as the couple’s private press secretary emerged from the private wing where the Prince of Cambridge was born. […]

The Commonwealth is alive and well – and even a few avowed republican countries appear to have gotten caught up in the royal baby excitement, according to figures released this morning by Facebook. More than 1 million mentions of the royal baby were made on the social networking site around the world within an hour […]

With the Prince of Cambridge now safely delivered, all attention has focused on what name the new parents, William and Kate, plan to bestow on the future King. If the money passing hands at British bookmakers is any guide, we could soon have a King James to reign over us. James has emerged overnight in […]

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have welcomed their first child, a boy. Kate gave birth to a baby boy weighing 8lb 6oz in London’s St Mary’s hospital on Monday at 4.24pm, Kensington Palace has confirmed. “Her Royal Highness and her child are both doing well and will remain in hospital overnight,” a statement from […]