Her super-speedy 3hr labour

SOMEHOW she managed to time the new arrival perfectly.

There she was, resplendent in green at the royal wedding – then three days later, just after the announcement that Prince Harry and wife Meghan are expecting a baby, she quietly walked into the Lindo Wing.

It was 10.30am when Pippa was seen entering the £ ,500-a-night unit in Paddington, ahead of husband James Matthews.

Just three and a half hours later she was welcoming her baby boy into the world.

If the process was natural, as Pippa seemingly hoped for, it would appear she managed to produce the kind of super-quick birth first-time mothers long for – instead of the typical labour lasting 12 to 14 hours.

Of course, there is no telling how long Pippa may have been in labour at home before making the short journey to hospital.

Midwives tend to advise expectant mothers to stay at home until their contractions have become strong and regular.

But then nothing about the superfit Pippa is average.

She sailed through her pregnancy, exercising regularly to build her stamina and positively glowing – with none of the morning sickness that blighted sister Kate’s pregnancies.

At a bonny 8lb 9oz, Pippa’s son is 3oz bigger than his cousin George was in 2013, and the Duchess of Cambridge was at the Lindo Wing for approximately 11 hours before he was born.

Second time round it is generally expected that proceedings can be quicker – in 2015 Princess Charlotte arrived, weighing 8lb 3oz, only a couple of hours after William and Kate checked in at the maternity unit.

With Prince Louis’ birth in April, William and Kate arrived at the Lindo at 8.26am and he was born at 11.01am, weighing 8lb oz.

The Middleton sisters have both produced babies bigger than the lb oz average for a full-term birth.