WILL AND KATE ADD A NEW ‘WORRY’
“THRICE the worry now!,” joked the Duke of Cambridge last night, looking every inch a man without a care in the world as he set off for home with his new son strapped on the back seat alongside his quite remarkable wife.
The couple were “very happy” and “delighted” he added, as they showed off the new fifth in line to the throne. “We didn’t keep you waiting too long this time,” he added.
You can say that again. Even by her own standards, yesterday was a stellar performance by the Duchess of Cambridge. Quite apart from looking as fresh as a state banquet flower arrangement just seven hours after giving birth to her third child, her timing had been near-miraculous.
She had managed to avoid upstaging the Queen’s big Commonwealth summit all last week. She had successfully dodged the Sovereign’s 92nd birthday celebrations at the weekend. Then, with perfect timing, she picked St George’s Day to safely deliver her son.
As fifth-in-line, the baby may be unlikely to trouble the constitutional scorers.
He is destined, gradually, to slip down the line of succession just as everyone from Prince Harry onwards dropped one rung yesterday following his arrival.