Then, as is traditional, a note announcing the birth of the new Royal baby was posted on the gates of Buckingham Palace.

In the 
21st century, the news that Kate Middleton, 31, is a new mum will instead be announced first on 
the Clarence House website, which links – inevitably – to Twitter.

There will still be a notice on the Palace gates, but we can expect the news to be trending long before the first tourist on The Mall gets to see it.

Read more about Kate Middleton, Prince William and their baby in Now magazine dated 23 May 2013 – out now!  

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The ex-England rugby captain, who married the Queen’s granddaughter Zara Phillips almost two years ago, said: “Willy, sorry Prince William, will be outstanding while Kate is a natural mother.

“It’s great for them. The whole family is really excited about the baby. I think everyone’s excited.

“I’m so happy for those two. They’ll be great parents.”

But Mike, speaking at a golf fundraiser for his forces’ charity Rugby For Heroes, said the new royal baby has not made him and Zara start thinking about starting a family any time soon.

He said: “Having kids is something we want, but it’s finding that window and we haven’t quite found that yet. It’s difficult.”

But he quashed rumours there were any problems in the marriage following stories he and Zara were on the verge of splitting up and living separate lives.

He said: “It’s in no way true. We’re really happy.”

The rumours began after the couple sold their £1.2million townhouse in Cheltenham and moved on to Princess Anne’s Gatcombe Park estate.

But Mike said it was just a “stop gap” while they decide what to do next.

“We’re hardly living with the in-laws as we have a separate house,” added Mike, 34, who hosted the golf day in West Sussex and a dinner sponsored by The Legion Foundation as part of his drive to help ex- servicemen and women.

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Article source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/kate-middleton-prince-william-great-1901622

You’re the man now, dawg Simon! The only man!

It what promises to be the most estrogen-filled season yet, Kelly Rowland Paulina Rubio were just named new judges on X Factor.

While we thought these two would wind up sitting beside Demi Lovato and producer Simon Cowell, it’s great to hear an official announcement!!

In a statement, Simon revealed:

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Article source: http://perezhilton.com/2013-05-20-kate-middleton-takes-cooking-classes-to-seduce-prince-william

Prince William and Kate Middleton will make “fantastic parents”, according to their university friend Jules Knight.

The 31-year-old Holby City actor, who was firm friends with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at the University of St. Andrews, said that the couple are “lovely people”.

“They are lovely people and I’m very happy for them that Kate’s pregnant,” he told new! magazine.

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“I think they’ll be fantastic parents. They are very good for the country, for the monarchy and they are fantastic as a couple.”

Jules did admit, however, that he has lost contact with the couple since leaving university.

“We’ve all grown apart over the years,” he said. “I haven’t had that much contact with them since we left, but we were good friends at university.”

Jules was part of classic vocal quartet Blake before leaving after winning a role in BBC One hospital drama Holby City.

Meanwhile, Kate’s due date has reportedly been revealed by her friends. According to the Daily Mail, friends close to Kate and her husband say their royal baby is due on Saturday 13 July.

“Some of Kate and William’s closest pals were at a barbecue hosted by a family friend of the Royals recently,” a friend told the Daily Mail. “They were all discussing the fact that Kate’s baby is due to be born on July 13. Everyone was very excited.”

Due to Kate’s unexpected acute morning sickness, Clarence House was forced to prematurely announce the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s happy news before Kate had had her 12-week-scan, leaving royal watchers unsure as to how pregnant the Duchess was.

Kate’s due date falls during the Coronation Festival , a celebration that comes 60 years after the Queen was crowned in June 1953.

The festival takes place across four days, 11 July to 14 July, meaning the birth of William and Kate’s baby could coincide with the celebrations at Buckingham Palace.

It is unknown whether Kate and William will be in London during the time their baby is due as reports had suggested the Duchess planned to return to her family home in Berkshire for several weeks after the baby is born .

William and Kate’s baby news came just as the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee year drew to an end, the icing on the cake for a year of royal celebration.

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Article source: http://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/2013051712632/prince-william-kate-great-parents/

The caricatures are to feature at the world famous gardening event, before
being auctioned online to raise money for more kids to learn about gardening
and horticulture in schools.

Mr Domoney said: “Gnomes are often associated with bringing good luck, I could
not think of a more popular couple that the nation is wishing good luck to.

“The auction of these gnomes will support children in British schools up and
down the country to learn more about gardening through the RHS Campaign for
School Gardening and I hope my gnomes raise quite a few quid for this great
cause.”

“I hope Kate and Wills like their gnomes and can see that they’ve been made
with great affection.”

He came up with the idea and commissioned sculptor Jethro Crabb to make the
gnomes because he had worked on countless famous faces previously as a
portrait sculptor for Madame Tussauds.

Gnomes were banned from all previous RHS Shows as they fall into the category
of being “brightly coloured mythical creatures”.

The “celebrity gnomes” will be on display at the show before being sold on
auction site eBay for the RHS Campaign for School Gardening. The auction
will run from May 19 until May 26.

The money raised will go to improving school gardens in over 16,500 schools
who have signed up to the RHS Campaign for School Gardening, which teaches
over 3.5 million children with gardening and growing plants.

Last year, an initiative called Pot Art at RHS Chelsea Flower Show, in which
pots were painted by a dozens of celebrities, including Dame Judi Dench,
Jerry Hall, Joan Collins, Julian Fellowes and Alan Titchmarsh, raised
£14,000 for the RHS Campaign for School Gardening.

Article source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/chelseaflowershow/10066865/William-and-Kate-gnomes-signal-a-first-for-the-Chelsea-Flower-Show.html