Royal baby is on the way, Duchess Kate is in labor

At last, after weeks of waiting and on-the-edge anticipation (in a heatwave), the royal baby is ready to arrive. Duchess Kate of Cambridge is in the hospital and in the early stages of labor, Buckingham Palace confirmed early Monday.
"The Duchess traveled by car from Kensington Palace to the Lindo Wing at St. Mary's Hospital with the Duke of Cambridge," Clarence House, the public relations arm for the Duke and Duchess, tweeted.
And not a moment too soon for everyone in the United Kingdom, from the queen and the prime minister down to each of the sweaty members of the media mob waiting for more than two weeks outside St. Mary's Hospital in Paddington.
Kate and husband Prince William, both 31 and about to have their first baby, had been spending time at her parents' mansion about 50 miles away in rural Bucklebury, partly to escape the high temperatures (for London) in the city.
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She checked into the private Lindo Wing (Twitter jokesters had nicknamed it the "Limbo WIng during what they called #GreatKateWait), where William and brother Prince Harry were born more than three decades ago.
And now everyone waits some more.