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Photos: Meet London’s royal baby fanatics

At the ready.
At the ready.
Image: Reuters/Cathal McNaughton
By
Caitlin Hu
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Fans of the British royal family have been camping out for days around St. Mary’s Hospital in London in expectation of the birth of Prince George’s sibling. The pregnant Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, was admitted on Saturday morning.

Draped in the Union Jack, avid admirers decorated the exterior of the hospital’s private Lindo Wing with homemade posters, while a representative of UK bookmaker Paddy Power offered bets on the royal baby’s name.

A fan of the royal family wears a Union Jack hat decorated with badges outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary’s hospital in London
A fan of the royal family wears a Union Jack hat decorated with badges outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary’s hospital in London
Image: Reuters/Peter Nicholls
Fans of the Royal family wait outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary’s hospital in London, April 20, 2015
Fans of the Royal family wait outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary’s hospital in London, April 20, 2015
Image: Reuters/Cathal McNaughton
Fans of the Royal family wait outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary’s hospital in London, April 21, 2015
Fans of the Royal family wait outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary’s hospital in London, April 21, 2015
Image: Reuters/Cathal McNaughton
Police officers chat to a royal enthusiast who is camping outside the Lindo wing of St Mary’s Hospital
Police officers chat to a royal enthusiast who is camping outside the Lindo wing of St Mary’s Hospital
Image: Reuters/Cathal McNaughton
Royal enthusiasts sit outside the Lindo wing of St Mary’s Hospital
Royal enthusiasts sit outside the Lindo wing of St Mary’s Hospital
Image: Reuters/Cathal McNaughton
Royal enthusiast Terry Hutt tidies up wet decorations posted outside the Lindo wing of St Mary’s Hospital
Royal enthusiast Terry Hutt tidies up wet decorations posted outside the Lindo wing of St Mary’s Hospital
Image: Reuters/Suzanne Plunkett
A woman poses next to a betting board outside the Lindo wing of St Mary’s Hospital
A woman poses next to a betting board outside the Lindo wing of St Mary’s Hospital