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7 hours ago
Peter added analysis to:
Royal baby's gender to be 'surprise'
As with their courtship, engagement and wedding so too with this birth.
A very personal moment in the lives of William and Kate will be played out on a very public stage.
Peter Hunt Diplomatic and royal correspondent
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9 hours ago
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Royal officials will confirm If Kate ends up having a caesarian.
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Officials say they want to maintain the "theatre" of the birth notice ; and they have half an eye on the historical precedence.
9 hours ago
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The formal announcement of the birth will be placed in a frame on an easel in the Buckingham Palace forecourt.
9 hours ago
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Once the baby is born, the Queen, senior royals and the Middletons will be told first.
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Royal officials have asked the media to display "an appropriate degree of sensitivity" and to not impede the workings of the hospital.
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Officials describe the birth as a "deeply personal and private moment" and they say it'll be a "matter of national celebration".
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Officials say William and Kate do not know the sex of their baby. "They decided not to find out".
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Prince William intends to be present for the birth. He will take two weeks paternity leave from the RAF.
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Kate's baby will be born at the private Lindo Wing at St Mary's Hospital in London where Diana gave birth to William and Harry.
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At 16.00 more details about the birth of William and Kate's baby will be made public .
15:28 UK time, Monday, 17 June 2013
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With the absence of Prince Philip, the Queen walked to the Windsor Order of the Garter service flanked by Prince Charles and Prince William
14:32 UK time, Monday, 17 June 2013
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Full title of the 1000 pages volume under P Philip's arm is The Seven Years' War And The Fate of Empire in British North America 1754-1766.
14:30 UK time, Monday, 17 June 2013
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Book "mystery" solved. Prince Philip left hospital clutching a copy of "Crucible of War" by the American historian Fred Anderson.
14:28 UK time, Monday, 17 June 2013
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Prince Philip is now recuperating at Windsor Castle. He didn't attend the lunch held there for members of the Order of the Garter.
14:18 UK time, Monday, 17 June 2013
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After surgery and a spell in intensive care, Prince Philip leaves hospital: http://t.co/7IzJEag6nZ
12:26 UK time, Monday, 17 June 2013
Peter added analysis to:
Duke of Edinburgh leaves hospital
It is one of those moments when palace officials are very happy to let the images convey the message.
A walking, waving, smiling 92-year-old prince almost two weeks on from surgery and a spell in intensive care.
11:07 UK time, Monday, 17 June 2013
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While in hospital Prince Philip asked for paperwork to be brought in.
11:05 UK time, Monday, 17 June 2013
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Prince Philip received more than a thousand cards from wellwishers while he was in hospital.
About Peter
Peter has worked for more than 20 years as a BBC correspondent. He has covered the royals; politics; the evolving Northern Ireland peace process; and major events at home and abroad.
He conducted Prince William's first ever broadcast interview; and Prince Harry's first radio interview.
Peter worked in the US during the Presidential Elections and in Qatar during the Iraq War. He has also reported from Moscow, Croatia, South Africa, Kuwait and Hong Kong at the time of the 1997 Handover.
He has reported in the Iraq Inquiry; the Diana Inquest; the Golden Jubilee; the Seventh of July Inquests; and several General Election campaigns.
Peter grew up in Essex and graduated from the University of York. He joined the BBC as a News Trainee in 1988.
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