KATE was spotted arriving at St Mary's Hospital this morning and Kensington Palace later confirmed she was in th early stages of labour.
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THE Duchess of Cambridge was admitted to hospital in the early stages of labour this morning and is "progressing as normal", Kensington Palace has said.
Kate and husband William arrived at the private Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in London by car without a police escort just before 6am.
The news that "the Great Kate Wait" - as bored journalists have dubbed their vigil outside the hospital - was finally over was announced in a brief statement from Kensington Palace at 7.30am after rumours began circulating that Kate had been spotted.
The statement read: "Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge has been admitted this morning to St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London, 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."
Kate is planning to have a natural birth and a spokesman added that "things are progressing as normal".
The Duchess is being tended by a top medical team led by the Queen's former gynaecologist Marcus Setchell, who delivered the Countess of Wessex's two children.
Assisting him is Alan Farthing, the former fiance of murdered TV presenter Jill Dando, who is the Queen's current gynaecologist.
The world's press have been camped outside St Mary's in Paddington for days in anticipation of the birth and even the Queen has joked about the imminent arrival of the newest member of her family, saying she hoped the baby was born before she went on holiday later this week.
The hospital's Lindo Wing is a private obstetric unit, with prices starting at just under ?5,000 for a normal delivery package over 24 hours, with consultants' fees around ?6,000 extra depending on the care required.
The Duke and his younger brother, Prince Harry, were born in the Lindo Wing and the Prince and Princess of Wales famously posed on the building's steps in 1982 holding baby William in turn.
Glaswegian couple Douglas Johnstone and Victoria Wallace said they felt fortunate that their trip to London coincided with the royal birth.
Mr Johnstone said: "We are very lucky to have planned our trip at this time."
Crowds swelled to three-deep along the Palace gates as anticipation of an announcement grew.
Police chatted with visitors, many pondering potential names for the newborn future monarch.
"I think it will be a girl, called Victoria Diana," one constable said confidently.
David Cameron told the BBC: "Best wishes to them, a very exciting occasion and the whole country is excited with them. So, everyone's hoping for the best."
Speaking later on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour he said had been "pretty involved" in the birth of his children.
"It's up to every family to work out how they want to do these things," he added.
"I can't claim any role in this one, I'm afraid, except one small thing - well, it's a big thing actually - which is to get all of the heads of the realms over which our Queen is Queen, to agree that whatever the sex of the?baby?that Will and Kate have, if it's a girl, it will be our Queen."
Source: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/wait-over-kate-middleton-admitted-2074364
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