Britain on royal baby watch in countdown to arrival

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LONDON (Reuters) - Photographers are camped outside the hospital, social media are buzzing, and stores are touting baby goods ahead of the expected arrival this week of the future heir to the British throne.

Britain is officially on baby watch with Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton awaiting the imminent arrival of their first child who will be third in line to the throne.

The couple, known as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge since their sumptuous royal wedding in April 2011, announced last December that a baby was on its way after Kate was admitted to hospital for four days suffering from severe morning sickness.

With the due date looming, the duchess stopped official duties last month while Prince William, a helicopter search-and-rescue pilot and grandson of the Queen, is on standby at an air force base in north Wales to rush back to London.

The baby is due to be delivered by Marcus Setchell, the Queen's former gynaecologist, in the private wing where a normal delivery costs 4,965 pounds ($7,400) and each extra night around 1,000 pounds.

Whether a boy or girl, the baby will be third in line to the throne, pushing Prince Harry into the fourth place in the royal list, as the government has changed the rules of succession. Previously male heirs took precedence over females.

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[Meat-Head]

So the quicker this sprog is out the cheaper to the taxpayer

not much bothered but possable you could end up with say a 15 year old king/qveen if there was some form if nice sorry natural disastar taking the rest of the GERMAN family out?

[darwins]

I bet the queen aint happy....

It looks like the diy sos team are about to start..

Or maybe a 60 min make over ...... tick tock tick tock .....chick a chick aaah

[gopher7]

Doesn't interest me in the slightest.

[PremierD]

What a lot of ****in killjoys ...............

[Meat-Head]

What a lot of ****in killjoys ...............

Shame you have a bann stick, other wise could have said, your Scotish, differant country settings.

All were going to hear for months on end on the radio and tv is Royal baby gaga this & royal baby garga that.

Are we taking bets on user names?


BOY

1) Tarquniny
2) Finnley III.V
3) Harvey-Forrest
4) Adolf

GIRL

1) Farquar
2) Tasmina-Fay
3) Sierra-Sapphire
4) Eva

[Meat-Head]

Does anybody have a cost to the taxpayer yet?

[terryc]

another royal baby to stand in line to sponge off the taxpayer

[Meat-Head]

Code Video: Live: Royal baby watch - Telegraph code

get your moneys worth watch live

five days late, already costing the taxpayer thousands and not even doenloaded yet

will she claim brat benefits for it

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(Countdown) This is historic, more tourists coming to London and spending thousands waiting to see royal baby the longer it takes more money to the revenue.

[Meat-Head]

Good point, so no parking spaces for the locals then

[GastonJ]

Will they be claiming family allowance and tax credits, since none of them are working?

[Meat-Head]

There is. A fat unemployed family, two far unemployed parents two kids with hardware faults, got so much money in bank dhss said spent it or lose benefits, so they got new garden fence and carried on claiming. Susspose stops baybours seeeing blubber

[Kalipo]

What happens if the hospital gets shut down for poor services?? do they leave her in the delivery sweet??

If so, tell william ill bang her when shes dropped ill meet her at the can machine.. ward 2

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What happens if the hospital gets shut down for poor services?? do they leave her in the delivery sweet??

If so, tell william ill bang her when shes dropped ill meet her at the can machine.. ward 2

Hospital shut down not for royal and it want be ward 2 the executive suite more likely, instead staffer been told to remain sober.

'The baby will only arrive when it's ready'