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>> okay. so britain's new princess has a name. the palace made the highly anticipated announcement two days after the duchess of cambridge gave birth. >> the choice for her name is steeped in history. elizabeth herr with the details. >> reporter: the guessing game is over. her name is princess charlotte elizabeth diana, and for the royal buffs out there, her official title her royal highness princess charlotte of cambridge. >> oh. >> that is so cute. oh, my gosh. >> wow, that's the cutest little name. >> charlotte elizabeth from princess diana and queen elizabeth. >> it is true in naming the new royal, kate and william are sticking with traditions while paying tribute to william's late mother princess diana. meanwhile, elizabeth, is, of course, after the queen and charlotte is the feminine form of charles, her grandfather, prince charles. >> i think it's super cool you know, a new princess for the family and it just adds to the
that thing is always gorgeous. it makes sense. how much time does that take to hand polish air force one? >> there has to be more than one person responsible for that. >> we only show one guy. >> my shoulder's giving out. can't do it anymore. >> air force one, i don't know. i bet more of that was accurate than they want to tell us. >> you think there's an escape pod? >> there's probably an escape pod. they can't tell us everything about the plane for security reasons. i bet they got a backup plan. >> i like the fact there's like a grill, backyard barbecue. >> seriously? we are ridiculous. you like the grill. i like the hand polishing on the most secure plane on the planet. that's the stuff we got out of it. >> they're going to hire us out. >> okay. coming up, folks, the name game is over. will and kate's newborn princess now has a beautiful name. >> there you go. sure to make her whole royal family happy. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" co
royal baby number two, right? here's abc's sara haines. >> reporter: key expectations. the great kate wait. call it what you will, london is on edge as the countdown to a new royal baby heats up. many royal fanatics are setting up camp outside the hospital where kate is expected to deliver prince william and kate's second child, otherwise known as the spare to the heir. >> are you excited about the new baby? >> i'm beyond excitement. i can't cope i don't think. i think it's wonderful. >> reporter: a royal baby generates not only excitement but big business. prince george's birth in 2013 pumped an estimated $400 million into the british economy. this baby is also expected to be a moneymaker. particularly if it's a girl. generating a projected $119 million for great britain, $37 million in souvenir sales alone. >> royal plates, royal baby key rings, the whole lot.
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. 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? >> 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
back entrance of st. mary's hospital in an unmarked minivan. >> a couple paparazzi photographers saw kate sneaking in the side and they didn't release the pictures. they respected her privacy. and that's unusual. >> no, that is beyond unusual. >> no one is ever going to forget that the paparazzi were responsible in part for diana's death. >> it was about 6:00 a.m. on july 22nd, and few knew that kate, one of the most famous women in the world, was about to give birth. it became official at 7:30. >> we begin with breaking news this morning. the royal baby is on his or her way. >> just to give you a sense of the public gathering down there, same at the other end of the road. huge amount of media. >> the great kate wait was finally coming to an end. >> i've got my two phones in front of me because we're expecting an announcement. >> and finally, 12 hours later,
hospital in an unmarked minivan. >> a couple paparazzi photographers saw kate sneaking in the side and they didn't release the pictures. they respected her privacy. and that's unusual. >> no, that is beyond unusual. >> no one is ever going to forget that the paparazzi were responsible in part for diana's death. >> it was about 6:00 a.m. on july 22nd, and few knew that kate, one of the most famous women in the world, was about to give birth. it became official at 7:30. >> we begin with breaking news this morning. the royal baby is on his or her way. >> just to give you a sense of the public gathering down there, same at the other end of the road. huge amount of media. >> the great kate wait was finally coming to an end. >> i've got my two phones in front of me because we're expecting an announcement. >> and finally, 12 hours later, that announcement came, surprisingly made first through
>> do they have a name yet? >> i think the name should be david, after david bowie. >> reporter: the baby delivered by this man, dr. marcus setchell, the queen's gynecologist, no less. the couple attended prenatal classes from renowned teacher christine hill who described kate as, quote, delightful," and pronounced "william will do the right stuff on the day." all this relegates uncle harry to a distant fourth in line to the throne. a role that seems he has been practicing for. william won't be getting much sleep but he will get two weeks paternity leave before returning back to base where he works as a royal air force rescue pilot. the new great-grandmother is asleep behind me at buckingham palace one of the future residences of the new prince. but he will have to wait a while. both mother and the new prince are said to be doing well and hopefully getting some rest too. lama hasan, abc news, outside buckingham palace in london. >> so now we have a new wait, the great kate wait is over.
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checking our top stories at 47 minutes past the hour. we are waiting for the birth of the newest member of the british royal family. the great kate wait has intensified, even with news that the duchess of cambridge arrived at london's st. mary's hospital in labor overnight. third in line to the throne, regardless of the child's sex. calling it a big seizure. and that's an understatement. the coast guard confiscated $35 million worth of cocaine that was heading to the united states from south america. but the smugglers did not give up so easily. the coast guard said it had to shoot out the engine of the drug smuggler's boat and then seize the 2,300 pounds of cocaine. the wife of the driver involved in that deadly limo fire in california says he was arguing with her on the phone at the time. the wife tells the qu"san jose mercury news" he had music
of those so many years ago. we are in the age of twitter. the great kate wait has been trending on twitter. i imagine it's another place where tradition will change a bit. they will have the easel outside the hospital and the palace announcing the birth of the baby. >> they are keen for the baby to be born during socialable hours. they have to let the queen know first. if it's from 10:30 at night until 8:00 in the morning, the queen will be asleep. nobody can know. >> don't wake up the queen. >> it's what i love about america, if it happened, the sirens would be extra loud. they said this is a future heir to the throne. they are keen to keep a sense of drama. it could be on twitter. it would be an anticlimax. >> pomp and ciance.