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William and Catherine leaving The King Edward VII hospital

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William and Catherine leaving The King Edward VII hospital

Catherine leaving The King Edward VII hospital

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Catherine leaving The King Edward VII hospital

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Catherine leaving The King Edward VII hospital

William and Catherine leaving The King Edward VII hospital

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William and Catherine leaving The King Edward VII hospital

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William and Catherine leaving The King Edward VII hospital

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William and Catherine leaving The King Edward VII hospital

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William and Catherine leaving The King Edward VII hospital

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William and Catherine leaving The King Edward VII hospital

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William and Catherine leaving The King Edward VII hospital

Royal pregnancy: Duchess leaves hospital The Duchess of...

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Royal pregnancy: Duchess leaves hospital

The Duchess of Cambridge has left hospital after several days of treatment for acute morning sickness.

Catherine, holding a bouquet of yellow roses, left King Edward VII hospital in central London on Thursday morning with her husband, Prince William.

Less than 12 weeks pregnant, she was admitted with acute morning sickness - hyperemesis gravidarum - on Monday.

St James’s Palace said in a statement that she was now heading to Kensington Palace for a period of rest.

Her first child will be third in line to the throne, and will become monarch, whether a boy or a girl, after changes to the succession rules.

This week the Commonwealth governments agreed to press ahead with a bill ending discrimination against women in the succession to the British throne.

Catherine smiled at the media, which have been assembled outside since her admission, when she emerged from the hospital.

She nodded when asked by reporters if she was feeling better.

BBC royal correspondent Luisa Baldini said the duchess seemed tentative and less energetic than usual.

A public announcement of the duchess’ pregnancy, before the usual three-month mark, was prompted by her medical condition.

St James’s Palace added: “Their Royal Highnesses would like to thank the staff at the hospital for the care and treatment the duchess has received.”

Catherine’s father-in-law, the Prince of Wales, said he was “thrilled” at the pregnancy.

“It’s a very nice thought to become a grandfather in my old age,” said the 64-year-old heir to the throne, at HMS Belfast in London, where he was visiting the vessel which will accompany Sir Ranulph Fiennes’ Antarctic expedition.

Catherine’s discharge from hospital comes the day after it emerged that two Australian radio DJs impersonated the Queen and the Prince of Wales to dupe hospital staff into giving an update on the duchess’s condition.

The hospital said confidentiality was taken seriously and telephone protocols are under review.

2Day FM said it was surprised their call was put through but “sincerely apologises”.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority said it has received complaints about the prank call.

The privacy provisions of the commercial radio codes of practice apply to news and current affairs programmes, it said, but added that it had no further comment to make.

Catherine is not expected to attend any scheduled engagements for the time being, but Prince William will continue with his royal duties, including two events at the weekend.

It is not uncommon for pregnant women to experience morning sickness, particularly during the first few months of pregnancy, but some women (around one in every 200) experience severe nausea and vomiting, which continues throughout.

This condition is known as hyperemesis gravidarum or HG and needs specialist treatment and often requires a stay in hospital.

The main danger is dehydration - it can be difficult to keep enough fluid down orally, and doctors can treat HG with medication to help ease the nausea.

- BBC News - 12/6/12

Prince William leaving The King Edward VII hospital

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Prince William leaving The King Edward VII hospital

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Prince William leaving The King Edward VII hospital

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Prince William leaving The King Edward VII hospital

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge announce they are expecting first baby

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge ended months of intense speculation by announcing that they are expecting their first child – one that will instantly become third in line to the throne. But they were forced to share their news earlier than hoped, even with members of their own family, because of the duchess’s admission to hospital on Monday.

News that the duchess is in the “very early stages” of pregnancy was officially released after she was taken to the King Edward VII hospital in central London, suffering from hyperemesis gravidarun – very acute morning sickness. It is understood that she is less than 12 weeks’ pregnant, but officials were forced to go public because of fears that her hospitalisation would fuel concerns over her health.

The Queen, Prince Charles and other members of the royal family were only told about the pregnancy.

The duchess was staying with her parents, Carole and Michael Middleton, in Bucklebury, Berkshire, when she became unwell. She was driven to the hospital by private car by Prince William, who stayed with her until he left at 8.30pm.

St James’s Palace said: “The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are very pleased to announce that the Duchess of Cambridge is expecting a baby.

“The duchess was admitted this afternoon to King Edward VII hospital in central London with hyperemesis gravidarum. As the pregnancy is in its very early stages, her royal highness is expected to stay in hospital for several days and will require a period of rest thereafter.”

Hyperemesis gravidarum is a rare condition causing severe vomiting during pregnancy, which can cause dehydration, weight loss and a build-up of toxins in the blood or urine. It requires supplementary hydration and nutrients and affects about 3.5 out of 1,000 pregnant women.

Members of both families were said to be delighted at news that the couple are to be parents.

It will be the Queen’s third great-grandchild, but it will be the first time in almost 120 years that a serving monarch will experience the birth of a great grandchild in direct succession to the throne. In 1894, Queen Victoria, who reigned until 1901, became great-grandmother to Edward VIII. He later abdicated over his relationship with Wallis Simpson.

It will be a first grandchild for Prince Charles, and also for the duchess’s parents.

A proposed radical shakeup to the monarchy’s rules of succession means this latest member of the royal family will become third in line to the throne regardless of its gender or that of the duchess’s future children. Until such changes, a female heir could have been superseded by a younger, male heir.

The birth will push Prince Harry down to fourth place in the line of succession. Harry, who is serving in Afghanistan as an Apache helicopter co-pilot gunner, is believed to have been informed of the news by email.

Speaking on Monday outside No 10, David Cameron described it as “absolutely wonderful news” and said the couple would be “absolutely brilliant parents”.

The prime minister said he had been informed shortly before the public announcement. “I got a little note coming into a meeting I was having and I found it quite difficult to keep it to myself,” he said.

The Labour party leader, Ed Miliband, tweeted: “Fantastic news for Kate, William and the country. A royal baby is something the whole nation will celebrate.”

William’s uncle, Earl Spencer, brother of Diana, Princess of Wales, welcomed the announcement: “It is wonderful news and I am thrilled for them both.”

In Scotland, where the couple are officially known as the Earl and Countess of Strathearn, the first minister, Alex Salmond, sent “warmest congratulations” and “sincere best wishes”. “Everyone in Scotland will join me in wishing the couple the very best as they prepare for the birth of their first child,” he said.

The archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, who conducted the couple’s wedding ceremony, said: “The whole nation will want to join in celebrating this wonderful news. We wish the duchess the best of health and happiness in the months ahead.”

One area of speculation is over what surname the child will take. William uses the name Wales professionally in the armed forces and is Prince William of Wales, taking the name from his father’s title of Prince of Wales.

In that fashion, his children might use Cambridge on occasion. It is also likely that if the couple have a son, the baby would one day also be Prince of Wales, although that is not automatic. Another name legally used by senior royals descended from the Duke of Edinburgh is Mountbatten-Windsor.

The duchess, whose last public engagement was at her old prep school, Pangbourne in Berkshire, on Friday, has cancelled a number of engagements she was due to undertake this week. Teachers and pupils at the duchess’s old school, where she showed off her hockey skills and then had lunch, said they had “no inkling” of her pregnancy.

Royal births are usually celebrated with a royal salute of 41 guns and with an official notice attached to the railings of Buckingham Palace, but the news is also likely to be officially posted on the monarchy’s websites, on Facebook and Twitter accounts. When William was born in June 1982, thousands of people gathered outside Buckingham Palace to wait for the announcement.

During her pregnancy, it is likely the duchess will be attended to by the Queen’s gynaecologist, who is currently Alan Farthing, the former fiance of the murdered television presenter Jill Dando.

Protecting their child’s privacy will be of paramount importance to the duke and duchess. But, with their baby destined to wear the crown one day, there is likely to be an acceptance that media will be given access, especially on milestone occasions such as the first day at school.

The pregnancy will be seen by royal aides, and fans, as an appropriate and fitting end to the Queen’s diamond jubilee year.

Since their marriage in April 2011, there has been daily speculation over whether Catherine was pregnant.

Photographs have been analysed and rumours have made magazine covers across the globe. One of the latest fortuitously speculated on whether her recent adoption of a flick-fringe hairstyle was indicative of an imminent announcement. Last week the duke gave his own clue on a visit to Cambridge when he was handed a romper suit featuring a picture of a helicopter and the slogan “Daddy’s little co-pilot”. The duke said: “I’ll keep that.”

Announcing the proposed abolition of an ancient rules of primogeniture in October 2011, Cameron said the 16 Commonwealth countries where the Queen is head of state had agreed to give female royals the same rights of succession as their brothers.

William Hague, the foreign secretary, told ITV’s The Agenda programme last night: “They [the other countries] didn’t object but they all have their different legislative procedures and in some countries, because they have to change the constitution, other people can suggest other changes to the constitution. It’s not as straightforward as it looks but clearly this has to be done quickly.”

Nick Clegg said the government was “working right now” to “put the finishing touches to legislation which will update the very old-fashioned rules of succession, which mean that if they have a baby girl, regardless of whether the baby girl then has younger brothers in the future, she will be able to succeed to the throne.

“So it’s a very exciting day, but also we’re making sure that if it is a baby girl, she can be our queen.”

- The Guardian (12/3/12)

Kate and William: Duchess pregnant, palace says

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The Duchess of Cambridge is expecting a baby, St James’s Palace has announced.

Members of the Royal Family and the duchess’s family, the Middletons, are said to be delighted.

A spokesman said the duchess, who is thought to be less than 12 weeks pregnant, has been admitted to a London hospital with acute morning sickness and is likely to stay for several days.

The baby - the couple’s first - will be born third in line to the throne, after Prince Charles and Prince William.

Catherine and William, who are both 30, were married at Westminster Abbey in April 2011.

BBC’s royal correspondent Peter Hunt said William and Kate were staying at her parents in Berkshire at the weekend and travelled to the private London hospital from there by car.

William spent several hours with his wife but left the King Edward VII hospital shortly after 20:00 GMT.

It is understood that Kate is being cared for by gynecologist Marcus Setchell, who delivered the Countess of Wessex’s two children.

The duchess was last seen in public on Friday when she visited her old school, St Andrew’s, in Pangbourne in Berkshire.

In a statement, St James’s Palace said: “Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are very pleased to announce that the Duchess of Cambridge is expecting a baby.

“The Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Harry and members of both families are delighted with the news.”

It said the duchess was suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum, which requires supplementary hydration and nutrients.

“As the pregnancy is in its very early stages, Her Royal Highness is expected to stay in hospital for several days and will require a period of rest thereafter,” it added.

St James’s Palace refused to be drawn on when the royal couple became aware of the pregnancy, only saying “recently”.

But it is understood the palace announcement was prompted by the Duchess’s medical condition.

The Queen, Prince Charles and other members of the Royal Family were only told about the pregnancy earlier in the day, our royal correspondent said. Prince William’s brother Prince Harry, who is serving with the Army in Afghanistan, is thought to have been told about pregnancy in an e-mail.

Daghni Rajasingham, a consultant obstetrician, told BBC Radio 4’s PM programme the sickness will continue throughout the pregnancy in a “very small” number of cases and may result in future re-admission to hospital

“But in terms of any particular complications, if it’s treated well and they’re kept well hydrated it’s something that is relatively easy and well treated.”

Asked about having children in an interview after their engagement in November 2010, William said: “I think we’ll take it one step at a time. We’ll get over the marriage thing first and then maybe look at the kids, but obviously we want a family.”

Prime Minister David Cameron wrote on Twitter that he was “delighted by the news…They will make wonderful parents.”

Labour leader Ed Miliband tweeted: “Fantastic news for Kate, William and the country. A royal baby is something the whole nation will celebrate.”

A spokesman for the Royal Air Force, with which William serves as a search-and-rescue pilot, said: “The RAF is delighted with the news and wishes the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge all the best for the future.”

William’s uncle Earl Spencer, the brother of Princess Diana, said the pregnancy was “wonderful news and I am thrilled for them both”.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, who married the couple, said: “The whole nation will want to join in celebrating this wonderful news. We wish the Duchess the best of health and happiness in the months ahead.”

The White House also paid tribute.

President Barack Obama’s press secretary Jay Carney said: “On behalf of everyone here… beginning with the president and first lady we extend our congratulations to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the welcome news we received from London that they are expecting their first child.”

Royal journalist Ingrid Seward said the royal pair were likely to have wanted to start a family “sooner rather than later”, but delayed so that they could play their part in honouring the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

She told the BBC: “Kate will be 31 in January and I think by royal standards that is relatively old.”

In October 2011, Commonwealth leaders agreed to change succession laws so that the daughter of any future UK monarch will have equal right to the throne as a son.

The law has not yet been altered but a Cabinet Office spokesman says formal consent is expected “very shortly” and ministers have indicated that the legislation will apply to any royal births from the date of the leaders’ decision.

The monarch is also head of the armed forces, supreme governor of the Church of England, head of state of the UK and 15 other Commonwealth countries.

- BBC News (12/3/12)

THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE ARE EXPECTING A BABY Their...

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THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE ARE EXPECTING A BABY

Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are very pleased to announce that The Duchess of Cambridge is expecting a baby.

The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Harry and members of both families are delighted with the news.

The Duchess was admitted this afternoon to King Edward VII Hospital in Central London with Hyperemesis Gravidarum. As the pregnancy is in its very early stages, Her Royal Highness is expected to stay in hospital for several days and will require a period of rest thereafter.

Hyperemesis Gravidarum is very acute morning sickness, which requires supplementary hydration and nutrients.

- St. Jamese’s Palace (12/3/12)

anunkindraven: kruemelcaskett: Ladies and Gentlemen - the...

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anunkindraven:

kruemelcaskett:

Ladies and Gentlemen - the future King of the United Kingdom.

This works really well with Justin Timberlake’s LoveStoned playing in the back ground.

How can I not post this? So much love.

Will be updating this weekend! xx

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