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 […]

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’s baby is the first royal baby for 300 years to have a commoner for a mother and if William and Kate get their way, it won’t have a typical royal upbringing at all. It will begin the moment the new family leaves the hospital. Where other babes have headed […]

We’ve not yet seen a glimpse of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s first-born, but a forensic expert in the US has already predicted what the newest member of the royal family might look like. Washington-based forensic scientist Joe Mullins used sophisticated computer-generated imagery to merge photos of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to […]

Mere hours after the arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s first child, the world is already asking: How long do we have to wait for a second royal baby? The new royal parents have expressed desire for ‘an heir and a spare’ in the past, with Prince William reportedly letting slip without hesitation […]

After three weeks of limbo at the Lindo, it’s now madness at St Mary’s where press, wellwishers, and security staff have scrambled to be on the scene at the site where the Duchess of Cambridge is delivering the third in line to the throne. There was a mad rush to the Paddington hospital in London […]

Leo is rising over the Lindo Wing and royal watchers and an increasingly impatient press pack are hoping that as the sun enters the sign of Leo (that’s an astrological term) that with it the royal baby will enter into the world. With few clues to go on regarding the arrival of the Duchess of […]

By Liz Burke in London As the great Kate wait enters its third week, the Lindo Wing at St Mary’s hospital, where the Duchess of Cambridge is expected to deliver the royal baby, has become the media centre of London and a tourist attraction in its own right. The weary press pack is sweating it […]