Tuesday, 23 July 2013

World gets first glimpse of royal baby

They looked like "a
normal couple" as they left the
hospital, one bystander said.
Of course, most normal couples don't
have a crowd of reporters,
photographers and random well-
wishers waiting for them to show off
their new baby.
Prince William and Catherine, the
Duchess of Cambridge, emerged from
St. Mary's Hospital in London on
Tuesday evening to give the public its
first view of the new heir to the British
throne, joking that the still-unnamed
boy had more hair than his father.
Catherine and William took turns
holding the child, wrapped in a
cream-colored blanket, as they waved
to well-wishers outside.
The couple is "still working on a name," William said, "so we'll have that as soon as we can." But he added, "He's got her looks, thankfully." The prince has already changed his first diaper, the couple told reporters. "It's very emotional. It's such a special time," Catherine said.
The couple left the hospital Tuesday evening, with William carrying the boy out in a car seat and installing him in the back of a black SUV. Then he got behind the wheel for the trip to their residence at Kensington Palace. On their way out, they walked out down the same steps where Diana, Princess of Wales, and Prince Charles gave the world its first look at Prince William 31 years ago.
"It was so exciting. It was fantastic," said Eliza Wells, one of those gathered outside the hospital. "The crowd erupted, because everyone's been waiting so long for it."
William and Catherine "both seemed
very relaxed, even with the press
there and the crowd," Wells said.
"They just seemed like a normal
couple."
Shortly before the departure, Charles
stopped by for a brief visit with his
first grandchild, accompanied by his
wife, Camilla, the Duchess of
Cornwall. He told reporters it was
"marvelous."
And Catherine's parents, Carole and
Michael Middleton, visited earlier, with
Carole Middleton telling reporters the
royal baby is "absolutely beautiful."
She said both mother and baby are
doing "really well" and that she and
her husband were "so thrilled" at
being grandparents.

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