Royal baby top news
NZPA-Reuter London The Princess of Wales, expecting the birth of her second child in September, plans to continue her public engagements until August.
Her pregnancy pushed news of Konstantin Chernenko’s succession to the Soviet leadership to an inside page of London’s evening newspapers, as the British public gave its customary reaction to an impending Royal birth. Crowds gathered outside the London residence of the Princess and Prince Charles, hoping to see members of the Royal Family arrive to convey their good wishes.
Buckingham Palace broke the news of the pregnancy yesterday after months of speculation, adding that the Queen was delighted and that the Princess, who is 22, was in excellent health.
The new baby will be third in line to the Throne after Princes Charles and the couple’s first child, Prince William, who will be two on June 21.
A Buckingham Palace press spokesman said that the Prince and Princess of
Wales did not mind whether their baby was a boy or a girl. “They have no known preference,” he said. The Palace said that Diana would continue appearing in public until August, but a planned trip to Italy in October had been cancelled. Prince Charles would still attend forthcoming independence celebrations in the Sultanate of Brunei.
The Prince would also go ahead with an African tour in March and April, but a week-end trip Diana has just made to Norway was likely to be her last foreign journey this year, informed sources said.
The Queen’s gynaecologist will again look after the Princess, as he did during her first pregnancy. The baby is likely to be born in a London hospital, as William was.
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