Kate and William like to do things their way, and the birth of their first child is proving, so far, to be no exception.
With no fanfare, no sirens and no police outriders, a dark Range Rover and a shiny new Audi nosed their way calmly through the traffic-free streets of London shortly after dawn this morning, covering the one and a half miles from Kensington Palace to the private Lindo Wing of St Mary's hospital in a couple of minutes.
Seated inside the cars were Kate Middleton, who was in the very early stages of labor, and her husband Prince William, who has been by her side all week as the royal couple have played cat and mouse with the press, successfully staying out of view as they moved from Kate's parents home in Berkshire to Kensington Palace.
The photographers, cameramen and news reporters who have been staking out positions outside the hospital for the past three weeks were all either asleep in their nearby hotel rooms or bleary in the early hours, and just one freelance snapper was alert enough to photograph the royal cars as they rolled up to a back entrance of the hospital.
No-one got a picture of Kate.
It wasn't until an hour and a half later that Kate's office at Kensington Palace finally issued a short statement confirming that Kate was actually in the hospital, and 'in the early stages of labor.'
The baby has kept Kate waiting (Chris Jackson/AP)
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