Royal family

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 […]

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have returned to their London home for the final hours of Kate’s pregnancy. It was originally believed that the royal couple would spend this week at the Middleton family home in Berkshire, but they returned to Kensington Palace over the weekend in order to be closer to St Mary’s […]

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 […]

The temperature has dropped in heatwave stricken London, and with it the enthusiasm of the press pack on royal baby watch has dwindled. Perhaps owing to yesterday’s panic and trickery, the crowd outside the Lindo Wing at St Mary’s hospital in Paddington, where the Duchess of Cambridge is due to give birth (hopefully) soon, had […]

As the wait for the royal baby lengthens and the world’s media remain camped out the front of St Mary’s hospital Lindo Wing where the little prince or princess is due to make their arrival with little to report but guesswork, some are beginning to question: Who cares? The great Kate wait has been touted […]

Taking a stroll through the gardens of Kensington Palace, soon to become the official residence of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and their new little royal family, it’s easy to get caught up in the grandeur and transported via daydream to a regal upbringing. Peering through the golden gates, most famously known for housing […]