Royal Baby Watch in Full Swing
WHITFIELD: OK. That royal baby watch is in full swing as the duke and duchess of Cambridge get ready for their second child. They are due at the end of this month but know at this point, it could be any day now. Prince William and Kate haven't revealed the exact due date and we are starting to learn a little bit about the birth plan from "People" magazine, as the couple will not hire a second nanny. Kate will take nine months off her, you know, public engagements and all that and Prince William, he started a new job as an air ambulance pilot which means he will be closer to home. So let's talk more about what is planned as baby number two is about to arrive, royal commentator Victoria Arbiter joining us now. So Victoria, what do we know about, say, like the announcement or when she goes into labor or when she delivers? How much will the public know and will it be similar or very different from how things rolled out for Prince George?</s>VICTORIA ARBITER, ROYAL COMMENTATOR: Well, actually, it has already been very different, simply from the fact that the press has not been allowed to congregate outside the hospital in the same fashion that they did for Prince George. Last time around, July 1st hit and the first camera people showed up and then the media sort of got panicky and everybody showed up. Need long wait that became known as the great Kate wait. This time around, the hospital said we are not standing for that because, of course, it is an operating hospital. It is a private wing. People paid a lot of money to be in that hospital. So, we have been told that once Kate is admitted, that's when the first members of the media are allowed to start showing up. Their places have been allocated already. And then, really, it depends on how things unfold. Last time, Kate was estimated to be in labor around ten hours. She and William allowed themselves a couple of hours privately with Prince George before the announcement was made. So, really, once she has been admitted to the hospital, it could be a long waiting game.</s>WHITFIELD: Interesting. OK. So the public or, you know, press will be informed when she's admitted. Now, what about the whole announcement? We saw last time that all three of them, you know, came out for that official first photograph. And it wasn't that long after the birth. How might it be similar or different?</s>ARBITER: Really, it depends on what kind of birth Kate has. Hopefully, everything will go according to plan and able to have a natural birth as she did with Prince George. Generally, royals like to get out of hospital as quickly as possible because they are aware when they are in there, there is a lot of chaos that comes with a royal patient. There's security, there is all the media outside. So, if everything goes according to plan, we can expect to see Kate leave the hospital the next day in the same way that she did with George. In terms of the announcement, it was a shame that old tradition sort of seemed not quite possible last time around. And again, it comes down to the fact that there were so many people waiting, so, yes, the traditional eves will be placed in the four corners of Buckingham palace, but it's going out on twitter beforehand and social media accounts that the royal family operates because they know there's no way to keep anything private anymore it will hit twitter, obviously, that will just be beamed around the world in a nanosecond and see the easel outside.</s>WHITFIELD: But is it true before the twitter potential moment that in a very, you know, pragmatic kind of traditional way, the message will be hand delivered to the royal family and there won't be the use of telephone or cell phone or, you know, anybody's Iphone, et cetera? Is that true that they will go that route, happened delivering a message?</s>ARBITER: No, they are not going to hand deliver to the queen, they will put a phone call into the queen, she will probably be the first to find out, Prince Charles and of course, Kate's parents. So they are going to know before anybody else knows and then it becomes a matter of controlling the media and the public interest.</s>WHITFIELD: All right. Well, good luck then. They are the prettiest people, aren't they? I mean, you can't get enough of just those still imams and the video images. There's never a bad picture of any of them.</s>ARBITER: No, there isn't. And of course, everyone is hoping that George will be at the hospital. That they said they are going to decide at the time, but we will see.</s>WHITFIELD: That's going to be a sweet photo. All right, thanks so much. Good to see you, Victoria Arbiter. Appreciate it.</s>ARBITER: Thank you.</s>WHITFIELD: We have much more straight ahead in the NEWSROOM and it all starts right now.