Royal Baby is on the Way

The Royal wat is over. At last, after weeks of waiting and on-the-edge anticipation (in a heat wave), the royal baby is ready to arrive. Duchess Kate of Cambridge is in the hospital and in the early stages of labor, Buckingham Palace confirmed early Monday.

"The Duchess traveled by car from Kensington Palace to the Lindo Wing at St. Mary's Hospital with the Duke of Cambridge," tweeted Clarence House, the press office for Prince William and Catherine, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

The couple's spokesman said, "Things are progressing normally" so far.

And not a moment too soon for everyone in the United Kingdom, from the queen and the prime minister down to each of the sweaty members of the media mob waiting for more than two weeks outside St. Mary's Hospital in Paddington.

As soon as the Clarence House tweet went out, the royals media piled onto Twitter.

"Duchess of Cambridge arrived at hospital at 5.45 am (local time). Believed to have used Cambridge wing entrance used by Princess Diana," tweeted David Brown of The Times of London.