Feature by Richard Fitzwilliams
ROYAL BABY DUE SHORTLY! Richard Fitzwilliams, royal commentator, covered the birth of Prince George and is available for comment on 07939 602 749 (www.richardfitzwilliams.com)
The new baby will be 4th in line to the throne and the Queen’s fifth great-grandchild. It will be the subject of enormous press attention worldwide as the British monarchy is the world’s most high profile royal family and William and Kate are the world’s most glamorous royal couple.The birth at the Lindo Wing of St Mary’s Paddington will be followed by areplica of the famous pose in 1982 on the steps when William was held by Diana, two years later it was Harry and 21 months ago it was George by Kate. Many of us marvelled at William’s agility in getting George in hiscar seat outside St Mary’s and driving away with the world’s press looking on though it was rehearsed!The new baby will reportedly be staying for a couple of days at Kensington Palace, the Cambridge’s official home, where the Queen is likely to visit and at the Christening there will be another historic gathering with the monarch and three future generations of royalty, which last took place at George’s Christening in the Chapel Royal, St James’s Palace in October 2013 but had not happened previously since 1894.He or she will be taken to Anmer Hall on the Queen’s Sandringham Estate in Norfolk which will be their base where William intends to give his family as much privacy as possible. He is training to be an East Anglian Air Ambulance pilot (with a six weeks break including paternity leave till June) after being an RAF Search and Rescue pilot based in Angelsey until September 2013 where they also had privacy. He will alsoperform royal duties.William and Kate’s enormous appeal as shown in their trips to Canada and the US and his to China and Japan showed the remarkable access British royals have for the causes they espouse such as William’s campaign against the illegal trade in wildlife. Kate has again suffered severe morning sickness which caused her to cancel her solo trip to Malta in September. Help from her mother Carole is likely to be important in the weeks ahead as the couple cope with sleep deprivation with two children under two and George acclimatises to having a sibling. George’s public appearances have been extremely rare.
