Eagerly awaiting the arrival of Kate Middleton and Prince William's baby? Well, so is Queen Elizabeth II.
During
a visit to Cumbria in northwest England on Wednesday, the queen was
asked by a young schoolgirl at a public event, "Do you want Kate's baby
to be a boy or a girl?"
"I don't think I mind," the monarch
replied, generating laughter from the crowd. "I would very much like it
to arrive because I'm going on holiday."
The queen is expected to begin her summer vacation in Scotland next week.
Monday, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, told well-wishers at a children's hospital that the family expects the Duchess of Cambridge to give birth "by the end of the week."
"We are all just waiting by the telephone," she said. "We are hopeful that by the end of the week he or she will be here."
And just yesterday, when a woman carrying a three-week-old baby greeted Prince Charles during his visit to the seaside town of Bude and said, "You have got one of these coming soon," he replied, "Hopefully."
Meanwhile Margaret Rhodes, the 88-year-old first cousin and close confidant of Queen Elizabeth II, told CNN's Christiane Amanpour in an interview that she was "not terribly" excited about the impending birth when asked about the thrill of seeing a new heir to the throne.
"Everybody
has babies and it's lovely. But I don't get wildly excited about it,"
Rhodes answered with a laugh during the sit-down at her cottage at
Windsor Castle in Windsor, England.
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