Prince Harry As a Baby

The wait continues for Baby Sussex....The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are ensconced in their new home Frogmore Cottage with Meghan's mother Doria who has flown in from the U.S.A.

Prince Harry and Meghan have caused a bit of a stir by wanting to enjoy private time before announcing the birth. The prospect of not being included in the celebrations has irked many loyal royalists and perhaps Buckingham Palace will pick up on this sentiment before much good will is lost.

Here are some sweet photos of Harry leaving the Lindo Wing after his birth, official portraits by Lord Snowdon and photos from his christening at Windsor Castle.

An Easter Baby For Harry?

As we continue our royal baby watch, there are few signs that the birth is imminent. However, should the newest royal arrive on Easter Sunday, it will be special for another reason.

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth celebrates her 93rd birthday on 21st April and she is also staying in Windsor Castle, not far from Meghan and Harry who are in their new home, Frogmore Cottage.

The Queen will be attending an Easter church service at St. George's Chapel, Windsor but it is highly unlikely that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will join her. Her Majesty's birthday is marked each year by gun salutes at Midday:

41 gun salute in Hyde Park
21 gun salute in Windsor Great Park
62 gun salute at the Tower of London

Meghan and Harry's decision not to share the baby's arrival publicly has created a lot of comment in the media and public alike. Part of the joy of following the royal family is sharing special moments in their lives. It is a very fine line to tread- including the public when you choose, especially when tax payers money is used for some of those occasions. 

The public have always held a special place in their hearts for William and Harry as they are the children of the late Diana, Princess of Wales and Prince Charles. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are future monarchs and have found a lovely balance of publicly sharing occcasions in their children's lives with maintaining their privacy for most of the year.

On that note, Prince Louis of Cambridge will be celebrating his first birthday on April  23rd. We hope his parents release an updated photo of their little boy.

Happy Birthday Your Majesty!

Baby News

Buckingham Palace has released a statement from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex regarding their plans for upcoming birth of their new baby:

"The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are very grateful for the goodwill they have received from people throughout the United Kingdom and around the world as they prepare to welcome their baby. Their Royal Highnesses have taken a personal decision to keep the plans around the arrival of their baby private. The Duke and Duchess look forward to sharing the exciting news with everyone once they have had an opportunity to celebrate privately as a new family."

Baby Wait Continues

Apart from an announcement that Prince Harry and the Duchess of Sussex are expecting a baby in the northern spring and Meghan sporting a large baby bump, we have been given no other information from their Household about Baby Sussex.


Meghan hinted that late April/ early May is when the baby is due but the royal family tend to give later dates to prevent prolonged interest in the new baby. The bump has been on the large size for dates from quite early on. Some in the media have speculated that twins are on the way, but Meghan and Harry have always referred to "baby" not "babies".

Unlike other royal babies in recent times, the media and public have been given no details about the hospital where the birth will take place or medical staff involved. 

Alan Farthing (pictured right) and Guy Thorpe-Beestin are the royal consultant gynaecologists who have been present for the Duchess of Cambridge's three births and cared for her during her difficult pregnancies. Royal tradition dictates that the Queen's consultants be present for royal births so we can only assume that they will be in the room even if not assisting the Duchess of Sussex.

Sweden's royal prince and princesses release a baby photo to the media after they discretely leave the hospital. Danish royals, like the British, present the newborn/s to the media and public as they leave the hospital. Even Prince Edward and wife Sophie presented their children on the way home from hospital. But Meghan and Harry seem to do things their own way so how the baby's arrival is announced we do not know.

So lots of speculation and conjecture. And we wait.....

New Instagram Site For Sussexes

Baby Harry and brother William

Plenty of changes are being put in place for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex ahead of their baby arriving.

The couple will be moving into their newly renovated home, Frogmore Cottage in Windsor any day now from Kensington Palace. Their official household is being separated from that of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, based in Kensington Palace.

Meghan and Harry will now share staff with other royals at Buckingham Palace under the umbrella of the Queen. It is expected that an apartment will be made available to them for times when they will need to be in London.

No longer will the Sussexes share the @kensingtonroyal twitter and instagram sites with Catherine and William. 

The Cambridges will keep the existing social media sites and Harry and Meghan will use the newly created @sussexroyal

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“Welcome to our official Instagram; we look forward to sharing the work that drives us, the causes we support, important announcements, and the opportunity to shine a light on key issues. We thank you for your support, and welcome you to @sussexroyal.”- Harry & Meghan

A post shared by The Duke and Duchess of Sussex (@sussexroyal) on Apr 2, 2019 at 7:16am PDT

Easter Break For Charlotte And George

Prince George and Princess Charlotte of Cambridge have finished school and nursery for the Easter break. 

School will not resume until 24th of April so the children, along with little brother Louis will be able to see their grandparents, perhaps at the Middleton family home in Berkshire. There will also be time for an extended stay at Amner Hall and a 1st birthday party for Louis who celebrates his big milestone on 23rd April.

A skiing trip could be on the cards but this will be kept low key and we are unlikely to know until after the fact when some photos would be released in exchange for privacy. 

Prince William is planned to travel to Christchurch in New Zealand. The visit was requested by Prime Minister Jacinda Adern in the wake of the horrible attacks in the city this month. William also visited Christchurch after it's destructive earthquakes in 2011.

Due dates and hospital are still unknown for Baby Sussex but it is likely that he or she will arrive during the school holiday/ Easter period. 

Whatever the Cambridge family chooses to do we wish them an enjoyable holiday break! 

Cambridge And Sussex Households

William 1983

Prince William of Wales, Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry of Wales, Duke of Sussex grew up primarily in Apartments 8 & 9 in Kensington Palace and Highgrove House in Gloucestershire.

After their parents divorced, Prince Charles's London residence became St James's Palace and later, after the Queen Mother died, Clarence House on The Mall.


In 2011, Prince William and new wife Catherine moved into Nottingham Cottage in Kensington Palace. Later, after Prince George's birth in 2013, Apartment 1A became the Cambridge's home where they are raising their three young children.

Wales brothers 1985

Prince Harry moved into Nottingham Cottage when his brother vacated it and Kensington Palace also houses the official offices for the Cambridges and Sussexes. This has been a secure, convenient and convivial arrangement for the royal brothers, however this will now change.

Late last year, it was announced that Prince Harry and wife Meghan will move to Frogmore Cottage in Windsor Great Park. The property has been converted from five apartments for Estate workers to a comfortable family home for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and their new baby, due in the next few weeks.

Last week Buckingham Palace confirmed that the newly formed Household of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will be located in the Queen's official London residence. Harry's father the Prince of Wales along with the Queen will assist with the establishment and staffing. This is much the same arrangement for the Queen's sons the Duke of York, the Earl and Countess of Wessex and daughter the Princess Royal and husband Sir Timothy Laurance. Most likely apartments will be allocated to the Sussexes for their London engagements. 

Prince William and wife Catherine will continue to have their household offices in Kensington Palace as they prepare for the time when William is heir to the throne and thus Prince of Wales. 

Diana's sitting room 1985

William in Palace walled garden

The future of the Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex is unknown. Perhaps it will soon be time to split the Foundation to allow the couples their own areas of charitable interest.

Cambridge's Apartment

Cambridge's Apartment

George 2016

I hope you enjoyed a peek inside the Wales and Cambridge apartments at Kensington Palace over the years!


Baby Sussex
As previously stated, Harry and Meghan's first baby is due to arrive in the coming weeks. There has been no official advice as to where Meghan will give birth- London's Lindo Wing, Frimley Park Hospital near Windsor where the Countess of Wessex had Lady Louise and Viscount Severn or perhaps the Portland Hospital in London where Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie were born. 

In public, Prince Harry has become a much more serious character since his engagement to Meghan and information flow is quite controlled. So we wait and see whether we welcome a new Lord or Lady Sussex, their birthplace and names. 

 

Blog author outside Kensington Palace 2017

Baby Sussex

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have certainly had a busy time since becoming engaged in November 2017.

Meghan moved to London from Toronto where she was an actress on the television series Suits. The couple has been living in Nottingham Cottage in the grounds of Kensington Palace but will move to Frogmore Cottage, Windsor in March before the birth of their first baby. 

Since their wedding at St George's Chapel in the grounds of Windsor Castle last May, the couple has quickly established Meghan as a "working Royal" and introduced her to royal engagements which she frequently now does solo.

The day after arriving in Australia for a tour in October, Meghan and Harry announced they were expecting a baby in the northern Spring. The tour took in Australia which was hosting Harry's Invictus Games, Tonga, Fiji and New Zealand. 

On a few occasions the tour program was altered for Meghan to have rest days as pregnancy fatigue and jet lag took their toll. Other than that, the couple won over fans and Meghan was able to do a crash course in royal engagements. 


The Duke and Duchess have been renting a home in the Cotswolds for the past year. The property has not been identified and is quite inaccessible, ensuring privacy away from the press and public. 

It was assumed that a larger home would be found for the Sussexes in Kensington Palace where Harry grew up in Apartments 8 & 9. Brother William and the Cambridges are in Apartment 1A. However, it was recently announced that the Queen had gifted the couple Frogmore Cottage in Windsor. 

Frogmore Cottage was split into five apartments but rapid building works are turning it into a large home for the new family. The tax payer will cover the cost of the renovation and restoration but the Duke and Duchess will pay for the furnishings themselves. 

Little is known about where Meghan plans to have her baby. Frimley Park Hospital is close to Windsor and is where Sophie, Countess of Wessex had her and Prince Edward's two children Lady Louise and James, Viscount Severn.

However, it has been revealed that staff at the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in Paddington have been asked not to take leave in April. The Lindo Wing is where William, Harry, Zara and Peter Phillips, and the children of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester were born. More recently, Princes George and Louis and Princess Charlotte entered the world here.

New homes and renovations, a new country in which to live, marriage, baby on the way and a whole new career and way of doing things under the gaze of the media and public. It certainly been a whirlwind for the new Duchess of Sussex.

Baby Harry

Frogmore Cottage

Sussex Baby Bump

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are currently in Fiji and will travel to Tonga
tomorrow (Thursday). Last night Meghan wore a stunning blue evening gown in the Fijian capital of Suva.

The gown showed the growing bump of Baby Sussex whose life's journey will be charted by this blog. 

Spring is when the baby is due but given the size of the bump, early spring rather than later seems likely.

Cambridge Cousin Updates

George, Charlotte and Louis of Cambridge's first cousin was taken out for a walk on the weekend.

The Duchess of Cambridge's younger sister Pippa and husband James Matthews were pictured walking their baby boy in their Chelsea neighbourhood.

On the other side of the world, Prince Harry and his wife the Duchess of Sussex have just wrapped up their first week of their Australasian tour.

Meghan, who is expecting the couple's first child ( another Cambridge cousin!) missed morning engagements yesterday in Sydney and rested on Fraser Island, Queensland today while Prince Harry undertook his royal duties solo.

It seems the Duchess is not suffering morning sickness but is feeling the effects of pregnancy tiredness combined with long haul jet lag.

Flashback: Diana Pregnant With Harry

On February 11th, 1984, the Princess of Wales undertook her first official overseas visit. Diana flew to Norway and her visit was a success. 

Upon returning to the UK, Buckingham Palace announced that Diana and Charles were expecting their second baby who would be born in around September. 

The Princess looked beautiful in her red evening gown and still to this day the photos of that evening in Oslo are widely used to show a glowing, maturing royal princess. 

Enjoy the look at the unborn Harry, just as today everyone is staring at his wife Meghan's abdomen for signs of a bump.

Harry and Meghan Announce Baby On The Way!!

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex landed in Sydney this morning at the start of their Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga tour. 

To add to the excitement, Kensington Palace has just announced that Harry and Meghan are expecting their first baby next spring.

The couple who were married just five months ago were last seen at Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank's wedding on Friday.

We look forward to recording the life of this new little royal over the coming years.

Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are very pleased to announce that The Duchess of Sussex is expecting a baby in the Spring of 2019. pic.twitter.com/Ut9C0RagLk

— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) October 15, 2018

Kensington Palace Mailroom!

Kensington Palace uploaded a photo of it's very full mailroom to Twitter. It seems that 36,000 pieces of mail have arrived in the last month from well-wishers. 

Prince Louis' birth, Charlotte's 3rd birthday, William and Catherine's 7th wedding anniversary and Harry and Meghan's marriage have all occurred in the space of less than a month and cards and drawing from all over the globe have been sent to the Cambridge and Sussex households. 

Thank you everyone for the beautiful cards and letters following Princess Charlotte's third birthday, the birth of Prince Louis and the wedding of The Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

We've received over 36,000 letters in the past month alone 📝 pic.twitter.com/rmz0sImwrg

— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) June 5, 2018

Prince Louis of Cambridge

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have announced the names of their baby son who was born on Monday.

The little boy will be known as His Royal Highness Prince Louis Arthur Charles of Cambridge.

Louis is the name of Prince Philip's uncle Lord Louis Mountbatten. Lord Louis was a strong mentor and grandfather figure to Prince Charles. Unfortunately Lord Louis was killed in a bomb planted on his boat by the IRA in the late 1970s. 

Louis is Prince William's fourth name and is also one of Prince George's names.

Charles is obviously in honour of William's father the Prince of Wales. William's maternal uncle Lord Spencer is also Charles.

Arthur is another one of William's names ( William Arthur Philip Louis) and Charles is Charles Philip Arthur George.

So after the long wait we now know the name of our newest royal. 

Beautiful Baby Prince

Here Is The New Prince!

Less than seven hours old, the new baby Prince of Cambridge was shown to the world by his delighted parents Catherine and William. 

The Duke and Duchess showed off their baby son before returning inside the Lindo Wing briefly to thank staff. The baby was placed in his carrier for the car short drive home to Kensington Place.

Catherine was dressed in a red Jenny Packham dress with white lace trim around the collar. Similar to the colour Diana had worn when she left the same hospital with Prince Harry in 1984. A very appropriate choice for St George's Day as well.

George And Charlotte Meet The Baby

Prince William brought Prince George and Princess Charlotte to St Mary's Hospital to meet their new baby brother just after 5pm. 

George was a little shy as usual and still dressed in his school uniform. Charlotte smiled and waved to the waiting media and did not seem phased at all.

New Prince of Cambridge

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have welcomed a new baby prince into the family. The prince will be 5th in line to the throne and is the third child for the royal couple.

Kensington Palace tweeted just a few moments ago:

Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge was safely delivered of a son at 1101hrs.

The baby weighs 8lbs 7oz.

The Duke of Cambridge was present for the birth.

Her Royal Highness and her child are both doing well.

— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) April 23, 2018

Congratulations to the Duke, Duchess, Prince George and Princess Charlotte.

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Duchess In Labour

Kensington Palace has tweeted today that the Duchess of Cambridge is in labour and has been admitted
to hospital for the birth of the Duke and Duchess's third baby.

Today, 23rd of April is St George's Day in England, that country's patron saint.

The Royal Family's website has a page dedicated to updates on the arrival of the new prince or princess.

https://www.royal.uk/baby

Here is the twitter announcement from Kensington Palace:

Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge was admitted to St. Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, London earlier this morning in the early stages of labour.

The Duchess travelled by car from Kensington Palace to the Lindo Wing at St. Mary’s Hospital with The Duke of Cambridge.

— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) April 23, 2018

Third Kate Baby Wait Continues...

The Duchess of Cambridge is due to give birth to her baby "sometime" this month. 

As no due date has been given by Kensington Palace we all have to rely on supposition and hope! 

Catherine and William's first two children were overdue by several days. Charlotte was due in April 2015 but arrived on May 2nd. Royal commentators are hoping the baby makes an appearance on any of the following:

21st April: Her Majesty's birthday
23rd April: St George's Day- patron saint of England
29th April: William and Catherine's 7th wedding anniversary

Parking barricades have already been erected outside the hospital. 

To avoid inconvenience to St Mary's Hospital patients and staff, media will not be allowed to take up their places outside the Lindo Wing until an official message is sent to media organisations once the Duchess is well in labour.