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Her sons life. i mean, thats clearly going to have a big impact on the way william raises his child. >> it will. and we were saying, i was saying with christiane amanpour earlier, she didnt have those boys raised by governesses, she had them out there. she took them shopping. i think the background that kate comes from, a very normal tight knit family, that is going to be the foundation for how they raise this little boy. but with that, well have to be royal protocol, tradition, and all things e...

Stuck in tradition. do you expect they will bring that perspective in raising their child? >> thats exactly right, diana really did try to give them as normal an upbringing as possible. its impossible in the royal family where all eyes are on you. i was talking to the queens cousin last week, who explained that one of the things that a family of parents can give their kids, even a royal prince, even an heir to the thrown is a normal childhood behind closed doors, i think certainly from all that ...

>> i think what we can really talk about is so exciting is that william was there at the moment of birth. there was no one else. the middletons werent there. it was william and the doctors. >> really hands-on in there. >> thats because they want to be hand on parents. and its a break with tradition. prince charles broke with royal tradition and was with princess diana in the delivery room. thats not what royal fathers tend to do. theyre usually outside. prince philip while the queen was giving b...

Waiting for came at 8:30 p.m. london iem. >> brook? >> yes. >> her royal highness, the duchess of cam ridge was safely delivered of a son at 4:24 local time. >> god save the queen! >> the royal highness and are both doing well and will remain in hospital overnight. so thats the news. a boy born at 4:24, which is just a few hours ago. 8 pounds. you can hear the cheers. >> kate middleton was in labor for about ten hours before the birth. all the while the crowds were gathering in anticipation of t...

Living heir to the throne, three generations, in almost 100 years. >> yes, since the time of queen victoria, everybody sees this new baby, not yet seen, but we know hes coming out to meet the public at some point. and thinks maybe hes going to be king in my lifetime. but he may not be for another 70 years or so, this is a family with very good genes, with longevity and theres no hint that hes going to be king any time soon. as for the weather that max is talking about, its been the most unbeliev...

Boys raised by governesses, she had them out there. she took them to regular schools. she took them to theme parks and shopping on high street. i think the background that kate comes from, a very normal tight knit family, that is going to be the foundation for how they raise this little boy. but with that will have to be royal protocol, tradition, and all things embedded in this child. its going to be a balancing act. >> its interesting. for all the decisions that they make, there are certain th...

People gave witness to the birth. the birth was a public occasion and great honor the at the end and not so much fun for the consort. >> well, one of the things that used to happen is that the home secretary who is sort of in charge of the cabinet underneath the prime minister used to be at the birth to witness it just in case, i think that im right, in case they swapped the babies out a commoner. >> yes, just in case the commoner was born, and a stillborn and they swapped wit a commoner and wha...

Time we see that birth certificate and the first time is on that, the gilded easel. the gilded easel where we saw the birth announcement, and 31 years ago again with prince w l william and i go back to the images and the pictures and i remember that 31 years ago seeing princess diana and prince charles carrying a young baby boy at the time. back to you, becky, because you know all about the pomp and pageantry of the british and im curious, celebratory gun salutes and royal flyovers for this litt...