Post date: Jul 22, 2013 6:17:12 PM
The world's media is camped out outside the London hospital where the future heir to the British throne is due to be born, but so far, there is no news.
LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (JULY 22, 2013) (REUTERS) - Fans of the British royal family and members of the world press waited patiently outside the Lindo Wing of St. Mary's Hospital in London on Monday (22 July) for news about the arrival of the future heir to the British throne.
The Duchess of Cambridge, popularly known as Kate, was admitted just before 6am local time (0500GMT).Photographers with very tall ladders have added to the throng of television crews to capture the first glimpse of the royal baby.
Chris Jackson is the royal photographer for Getty Images.
"Well this is a slightly odd situation. You want to get up quite high so you're looking down, you get a little bit of the baby's face. And hence the very large ladder I've got here. And you're trying to get something - it's difficult when there's 200 photographers here - but something slightly different to everyone else," Jackson explained.
Tourists and royal enthusiasts also flocked to the hospital. Ada van der Plas fromthe Netherlands decided to visit the area to see what was going on.
"Well of course a lot of press but also the common people from the streets who are waiting here for the child to be born. And that's - I think it's fairly special. In Holland, people are waiting at hospitals too but I don't think in this amount of people and this excitement," she described her impressions.
Teba Diatta, a royal enthusiast, arrived with a Union Jack drawn on her face and a cake to congratulate Kate, which had unfortunately wilted in the intense heat.
For three weeks photographers from across the globe have been camped outside St. Mary's Hospital in west London waiting for the arrival of Prince William and his wife Kate's first child, who will be third in line to the throne.
However the photographers missed Kate arriving before 0500 GMT on Monday as the couple used an unmarked car and side door.