Marie Claire Marie Claire
  • Celebrity
  • Fashion
  • Beauty
  • Culture
  • Power
  • Nice Talk
  • Fashion Month
  • More
    • Politics
    • Career & Money
    • Health & Fitness
    • Power Play
    • Travel
    • Promo Codes
    • Food & Cocktails
    • About Us
    • Subscribe
    • Sex & Love
  • Newsletter SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER
  • Marie Claire
    Marie Claire Newsletter

    Celebrity news, beauty, fashion advice, and fascinating features, delivered straight to your inbox!


    By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.

    You are now subscribed

    Your newsletter sign-up was successful


    Want to add more newsletters?

    Marie Claire Daily

    Delivered daily

    Marie Claire Daily

    Get exclusive access to fashion and beauty trends, hot-off-the-press celebrity news, and more.

    Marie Claire Self Checkout

    Sent weekly on Saturday

    Marie Claire Self Checkout

    Exclusive access to expert shopping and styling advice from Nikki Ogunnaike, Marie Claire's editor-in-chief.

    Maire Claire Face Forward

    Once a week

    Maire Claire Face Forward

    Insider tips and recommendations for skin, hair, makeup, nails and more from Hannah Baxter, Marie Claire's beauty director.

    Livingetc

    Once a week

    Livingetc

    Your shortcut to the now and the next in contemporary home decoration, from designing a fashion-forward kitchen to decoding color schemes, and the latest interiors trends.

    Homes & Gardens

    Delivered Daily

    Homes & Gardens

    The ultimate interior design resource from the world's leading experts - discover inspiring decorating ideas, color scheming know-how, garden inspiration and shopping expertise.


    An account already exists for this email address, please log in.
    Trending
    • Lived-in Handbags
    • Eyepatch-Gate
    • Life in Plastic
    • Brown Denim
    • Taylor Swift
    1. Celebrity
    2. Royals

    Kate Middleton Is Reportedly Back in London, Preparing for the Birth of Her Third Child

    Kate Middleton is reportedly back in London and prepared to welcome her third child.

    By Kayleigh Roberts
    Published 18 April 2018 In News

    When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

    Catherine Middleton
    (Image credit: Getty Images)
    • Facebook
    • X
    • Pinterest
    Share this article
    Join the conversation
    Follow us
    Add us as a preferred source on Google
    Subscribe to our newsletter

    Kate Middleton is reportedly back in London and preparing to give birth to her third child, after splitting her time between her parents' home in Bucklebury and Sandringham for the last few weeks.

    With royal baby No. 3 due any day now, St. Mary's Hospital in Paddington has set up barriers outside the Lindo Wing, where Kate will give birth, Hello magazine reports.

    Fans are already camping out outside the hospital, hoping for a glimpse of Kate and the baby—which many people now think will be a boy. After the Aston Villa vs. Cardiff City football match in Birmingham, Prince William told fans, "I'm going to insist the baby is called Jack…or Jackie."

    Latest Videos FromMarie Claire
    Watch full video here:

    Kate is reportedly already packed and ready to head to the hospital. Sources close to the duchess even told OK! magazine what she has packed.

    First and foremost, Prince George and Princess Charlotte have helped their mom prepare to welcome their baby brother or sister by giving her some of their favorite toys to gift to the new baby, which is just adorable.

    You may like
    • Princess Eugenie's daughter in a pink sleeper Princess Eugenie Breaks Royal Tradition With the Birth of Her First Daughter: "Beyond in Love"
    • Princess Kate at the top of a mountain James Middleton Keeps His Promise to Princess Kate During Climbing Challenge
    • Pippa Middleton and Princess Kate attending a wedding in 2011 Why Princess Kate Is Skipping Pippa Middleton's Party

    Kate also takes good luck charms with her to the birthing suite, including a 19th-century alabaster cameo pendant gifted to her by Queen Elizabeth and black onyx beads from her mother.

    Also in her hospital go-bag? CDs with calming music, her favorite aromatherapy candle and moisturizer, and a Kindle full of Booker prize winners—you know, in case she has time for some light reading between contractions. What a champ.

    Marie Claire Newsletter

    Celebrity news, beauty, fashion advice, and fascinating features, delivered straight to your inbox!

    By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.

    Kate has also packed framed photos of her family to decorate the $8,400 a night birthing suite, so her family can all be with her in spirit, even if they aren't there in person for the magical occasion.

    Kayleigh Roberts
    Social Links Navigation
    Contributing Editor at Marie Claire

    Kayleigh Roberts is a freelance writer and editor with over 10 years of professional experience covering entertainment of all genres, from new movie and TV releases to nostalgia, and celebrity news. Her byline has appeared in Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Harper’s Bazaar, The Atlantic, Allure, Entertainment Weekly, MTV, Bustle, Refinery29, Girls’ Life Magazine, Just Jared, and Tiger Beat, among other publications. She's a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

    Read more
    Princess Kate wearing a green dress and holding hands with a cancer patient
    Royals Princess Kate Reflects On the "Huge Difference" One Hobby Made on Her Cancer Recovery
    By Kristin Contino
    Pippa Middleton wearing a white dress and sunglasses at Wimbledon
    Royals Pippa Middleton Could Be Offered One Future Role With Princess Kate
    By Kristin Contino
     
     
    Princess Kate and Prince William smiling and wearing flat caps
    Royals Princess Kate Reveals Her Scotland Wish List Inspired By Another Royal
    By Kristin Contino
    Princess Kate and Princess Charlotte with their heads together at the Commonwealth Games
    Royals Princess Charlotte Had a Special Backstage Experience Orchestrated by Mom Kate
    By Kristin Contino
     
     
    Latest in Royals
    Queen Camilla and Princess Kate attend the Order of the Garter in 2019
    Royals Camilla Had to "Step In" When Kate Got "Distracted"
    British Royal Family stand on the Buckingham Palace balcony, which is lined with celebratory red decorative fabric
    Royals One Royal Relative Is a "Huge Asset" to King Charles
     
     
    King Charles wears naval uniform and Princess Diana wears a white pinstripe outfit with a matching hat on a boat in La Spezia, Italy, April 20, 1985.
    Royals Diana Believed She Could "Conquer the World" With Charles
    King Charles has gray hair and looks shocked while wearing a gray suit with a white shirt and a blue checked tie
    Royals Why King Charles "Would Agree With" Sandringham Theft
     
     
    Latest in News
    Queen Camilla and Princess Kate attend the Order of the Garter in 2019
    Royals Camilla Had to "Step In" When Kate Got "Distracted"
    British Royal Family stand on the Buckingham Palace balcony, which is lined with celebratory red decorative fabric
    Royals One Royal Relative Is a "Huge Asset" to King Charles
     
     
    Hailey Bieber wears blue jeans with high-vamp mules and black cardigan while carrying an oversize black leather bag
    Celebrity Style Hailey Bieber Co-Signs the High-Vamp Mules Trend
    Jennifer Lopez in Milan wearing a black lacy lingerie slip as a naked dress with a fur coat to attend a Dolce and Gabbana party
    Celebrity Style Jennifer Lopez Takes the Naked Dress Trend to Milan
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Marie Claire
    RSS
    • About us
    • Contact Future's experts
    • Contact us
    • Advertise Online
    • Newsletter
    • Terms and conditions
    • Privacy policy
    • Cookies policy
    • Careers
    Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google

    Marie Claire is part of Future US Inc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Visit our corporate site.

    © Future US, Inc. Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036.