Royal Baby #3 Timeline

April 9th: 

• Parking Restrictions go up outside Lindo Wing (For April 9th - 30th).
• Press Pen is set up. (Media is not allowed in the Press Pen yet, but can make a short visit to Lindo Wing.)

April 16th - 20th:

• Commonwealth Forum & Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London

April 21st: 

• Queen's 92nd Birthday
• "Queen Birthday Party" Concert at Royal Albert Hall

April 23rd at about 6 AM: 

• Duchess Kate Goes into Labour and is admitted to the hospital

8:22 AM:

• Kensington Palace issues a Press Releases & posts on Social Media saying Duchess Kate has been admitted to the Hospital
• Press is allowed into Press Pen
• Social Media starts to freak out! 
• (If the middle of the night, the news may be delayed until morning.)

April 23rd at 11:01 AM

• Royal Baby is Born

Shortly after:

• Close Family is informed of the Baby's Brith

1 PM:

• Official Announcement about Baby's Birth is made via Press Release and Social Media (Time of Birth, Sex, Weight is announced) 
• (If baby is born during the night, the announcement will be delayed until morning [Approx 8 AM] so that the Queen & close family can be told about the Birth before the announcement.)

Shortly after:

• Easel is set up in the forecourt of Buckingham Palace, with framed official birth announcement
• (After 24 hours, the Easel is taken down and the Birth Announcement is sent to the Privy Council Office for their records.)

4 PM

• William leaves the hospital to return Kensington Palace.
• William returns to the hospital with George & Charlotte.
• Goerge & Charlotte look adorable, but a little overwhelmed by the crowds.
• George & Charlotte visit Baby.
• Geroge & Charlotte leave hospital via a side entrance and return home with their nanny.

5 PM 

• Kensington Palace tells media the Cambridges will be leaving the hospital shortly.
• Media tells us.
• We wait.
• Cambridges say thank you to Hospital staff.
• We wait.
• Cambridges make an appearance on the Lindo Wing step with their new little baby.
• They say a few words to the press.
• We go crazy! Super fans go wild!
• Cambridges go back inside and put the little baby in its car seat.
• Cambridges come back out
• Car pulls up
• William & Kate put baby in car
• William drives them back to Kensington Palace

Later that Day/Day after: 

• Extended Family visits Kensington Palace 

In the days after: 

• Baby's name is released
• HRH Prince Louis Arthur Charles of Cambridge
• Birth Certificate is filled out by Prince William at Kensington Palace

May 2nd: 

• Birthday Photo is released for Princess Charlotte's Birthday 
• (Maybe, 1st photo of the Royal Siblings together?) 

May 19th: 

• Cambridges minus the little baby attend Prince Harry & Meghan Markle's Wedding. 

Approx two months after birth: 

• Royal Baby is Christened

A day or two after:

• Official Christening Photos Released 

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