LONDON: Britain’s Prince William and his wife Catherine do not know the sex of their baby, which is expected in mid-July and should be born by natural delivery, palace sources said.
The baby, which will be third in line to the throne, will be born in the same London hospital where princess Diana gave birth to William and his younger brother Harry. While the monarchy is on Twitter, the birth will be announced to the world in the traditional method— a notice posted on an easel in Buckingham Palace forecourt.
William, the Duke of Cambridge, will take paternity leave from his role as a Royal Air Force search and rescue pilot, though it is not known how long the duchess will take off royal duties.
William is expected to be at his wife’s bedside for the birth. The baby will be born in the private Lindo wing of St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, central London, where William was born in 1982 and his brother Harry in 1984.
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