Royal baby: fans rewarded with delivery... of pastries

 
Feast: royalists Terry Hutt and John Loughrey enjoy the pastries (Picture: Getty)
David Churchill29 April 2015

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge made sure there was a royal delivery - of pastries - today to thank people camped outside St Mary’s Hospital waiting for the arrival of the new baby.

Members of Kensington Palace’s household staff arrived with croissants and coffee for the superfans who have gatherered outside the Lindo Wing for up to a week.

Kathy Martin, 50, from Beckenham, said: “Two men arrived with a box of these wonderful pastries and said they were from the palace as a gift from the Duke and Duchess to say thank you for our support.

“It was really special - and we noticed straight away that they were wrapped in pink ribbons. We think it’s a sign they are having a girl.”

Terry Hutt, 79, from Weston-super-Mare, added: “I’m an old soldier, so I know how to wrap up but it kept me a little warmer. I was cold at the time. It was a lovely Royal package.”

A Palace spokesman confirmed the pastries were sent on behalf of the Duke and Duchess.

The Duke and Duchess’s second child - who will be fourth in line to the throne, the Queen’s fifth great-grandchild and a younger brother or sister for Prince George - is due any day now amid reports he or she may even be overdue.

The couple celebrate their fourth wedding anniversary tomorrow.

The Duchess said her baby was due to arrive mid to late April. Fewer than one in 20 women give birth on their due date. On the NHS, induction is offered to women who go two weeks’ overdue.

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