The Day I Saw the Royals

Today, Laura and I got so excited about the Royal Baby, we asked our instructor if we could spend the day in London. Understanding it was a historical moment, she agreed. We decided that we would just stop by the hospital and take a couple of pictures before we moved on to hear the 41 gun salute at the Tower of London and the bells at Westminster. However, once we arrived, we realized that we were standing a couple of feet away from where she gave birth. The Lindo Wing was surrounded by paparazzi, but we were able to get pretty close. We decided to stay awhile. 

While waiting outside, we made several friends. Constable Marchant was patrolling the perimeter, but came and chatted with us quite frequently. We met a couple from South Africa and their UK friend and a Holocaust surviver from Germany. We talked to them for several hours discussing all our cultural differences. The constable frequently joined in on our chats. Our South African friend and I were interviewed multiple times as we waited. You can see me being interview below :)

The second interview, according to our UK friend, was by a famous UK news anchor. He told me that I had to get a picture with him, which you can see below.

The Sun tabloid passed out free English flags to all of us and then drove by on this bus.

A commotion started and it was announced by the royal media correspondent that the Middletons would be arriving shortly. They came and stayed for about and hour before leaving. They didn't really look over our way, but here is a pic of them getting back in their taxi.

We decided that the best way to get in on the news was to befriend some of the news people and cameramen around us. After we forged a few friendships, we were constantly kept up to date on other arrivals. We waited around until 5 when it was said that Charles and Camilla would be arriving. They only stayed for about 30 minutes. As he was leaving, he stated that everyone might want to wait around for a bit! It was then we knew that Kate and Will would be leaving today. It was very difficult to contain my excitement because the rumor all day had been that they wouldn't be leaving until the next morning.

Finally, after several false alarms, William, Kate and the baby emerged from the hospital! They took the famous picture (I'm sure you've already seen) on the front steps and then went back in to grab the car seat.

 Will exited the hospital again (as you can see below) and put the car seat in the car.

Kate then waved at everyone and entered the car. Will got in the driver seat and they left to live happily ever after. Laura and I were not prepared for what came next---people bombarded us for interviews. I'm pretty sure I did 6 more interviews before I left, including ones for France, Germany, and England. My famous news anchor friend came back for a follow up interview and told me that my previous one ran on the 12 o'clock news earlier that day. I felt pretty famous for awhile.

We then rushed over to Buckingham Palace to get a picture of the announcement of the baby. Apparently, they only leave it out for 24  hours. We did not get there in time to take a close up, so we continued our stalker picture taking techniques and took some from a distance.

As we were leaving London, we passed a Bentley dealership. I couldn't resist. So, I pretty much had the best day ever. Tomorrow we are going to an aviation museum-it won't compare.