Leo is rising over the Lindo Wing and royal watchers and an increasingly impatient press pack are hoping that as the sun enters the sign of Leo (that’s an astrological term) that with it the royal baby will enter into the world.
With few clues to go on regarding the arrival of the Duchess of Cambridge’s first child the main heir-related headline of the day is: No baby yet, should come soon. But when it comes to the wait for the royal baby, no news isn’t necessarily good news. It’s just, well, no news.
Whether you choose to buy in to any speculation or not it is safe to say the Duchess of Cambridge is overdue, with the palace’s “mid-July” due date window now passed as the third week of the month is underway.
While royal watchers, the press pack at St Mary’s hospital, and surely the Duchess remain in suspense hoping for a speedy delivery, bookmakers are happy to let the days keep passing by as they’re making big bucks from bets on due dates that have already gone by.
Betting agencies have already profited hundreds of thousands of pounds with punters making losses after basing their bets on reported due dates like July 13 as one newspaper predicted earlier in the year, or July 18, which caused 1,142 people to lose their money with UK betting agency Ladbrokes alone.
“We’re happy for it to be as late as possible,” Ladbrokes spokesperson Jessica Bridge told The Telegraph.
“In an ideal world we’d love it if Kate and Wills have completely pulled the wool over our eyes and are actually expecting a late July or early August baby, because all the mathematicians and media thought it would be an early birthday and so that’s where all the money went.”
Outspoken former royal bodyguard Ken Wharfe has given an interview saying William and Kate will be “hands-on parents” prompting rumours that Kate’s mother, Carole Middleton, will move in with the couple when the baby arrives, as the palace is yet to confirm the family’s post-hospital plans.
When the new addition to the royal family does make its entrance London’s landmarks will light up in celebration.
Whispers have been circulating for a while that the famous London eye will be illuminated either pink or blue to herald the arrival of a new prince or princess, but the Sunday Times reports the wheel will be lit up in patriotic red, white and blue.
News of the arrival will be displayed on top of BT tower, and the fountains of Trafalgar Square will be lit up pink or blue depending on the royal baby’s gender.
Newspapers have hardly been able to stick out the wait with the Daily Mail and Sunday Telegraph among those who have already released royal baby souvenir magazines, one with a picture of baby William on the front and the other covering with a completely different baby as other magazines have already done.
If web traffic is anything to go by, publications getting in early with their royal baby specials may be on to something as the yet to arrive third-in-line to the throne is already a hit on Wikipedia, and royal baby news keeps a consistent spot in Google’s top searches.
And in what could be the most ridiculous royal baby story yet, Sky News is reporting baby Cambridge could be related to Dracula.
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