The Prince has arrived and London is excited. I mean we all have had babies right? Its always exciting to welcome a new little life into the world. You get to share the experience with family and friends who love you and the little one. Well, the royal family is the family of England and the English people love Will and Kate. It is exciting to see the whole country out to celebrate with them.
The royal couple knew the gender of the baby, but according to tradition they waited until the birth to share the secret. Apparently, the birth announcement is signed at the hospital by those who witnessed the birth and brought to the palace, where it is then framed and put on a gold easel placed near the gates for the country to see. The announcement was brought to the palace Monday night (July 22) and we headed over to the Queen's place on Tuesday afternoon to take a peek. We had to queue for like 30 min in order to see the historic easel. Apparently, it was the same one that was used to announce the birth of Will himself. I was interviewed in line and asked if the birth of this baby was different than the birth of my own. And what I thought the name was going to be. I told them I was sad it wasn't a girl because I wanted to see them name her Diana and that it was pretty much the same celebration as my own babies just on a much bigger scale haha.
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| The official announcement:o- July 22, 2013 at 4:24pm |
Some of the fun stuff they did here in London was dye the Trafalgar fountain water blue, light the tower bridge blue, light the London eye in patriotic colors (red, white, and blue), and give little Georgie a 41 gun salute in Green Park. We were present for the salute and saw the royal artillery march down the street and set up the cannons. I was told they do this every year for the queen's birthday, but only 21 cannons are fired. I'm not sure the significance of the 41. Jet loved the cannons and the booms. Typical boy.
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| Media madness |
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| The artillery heading to Green park for the 41 gun salute to Prince Georgie |
We are heading over to Kensington Palace today to wish the family the best by playing at the nearby Princess Diana Playground.
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