凯特优雅孕装照

1982年6月22日，伦敦圣玛利亚医院外，查尔斯王子和戴安娜王妃向媒体介绍了他们刚出生的儿子威廉王子。【资料图】

　　据英国《每日邮报》25日报道，英国官方此前宣布，剑桥公爵夫人凯特的预产期为7月13日，但宝宝的出生日期很可能早于此日期。

　　凯特的这一做法效仿其婆婆、已故的戴安娜王妃。当年威廉王子出生前，戴安娜告诉媒体说预产期是7月1日，而威廉于6月21日出生，比预产期整整提前了10天。

　　当然，预产期与实际生产日期并不能完全吻合，凯特又决定采用自然方式分娩，因此具体的出生日期无法准确预测。

　　凯特最后的公众露面为本月15日的皇家军队阅兵式，此后她缺席了好友22日举行的婚礼，留在伦敦待产。

　　据白金汉宫透露，凯特希望在伦敦圣玛丽医院生产，这里曾是威廉和哈里王子出生的地方。女王的前妇产科医生也将为其接生。

　　宝宝出生后将采用传统方式，即通过摆放在白金汉宫前的告示牌来昭告世界，而非第一时间在推特上发布。 (编译：李珅)The royal baby isn't expected to arrive for another three weeks according to the officially announced due date。

　　But sources have suggested there could be a little boy or girl in the royal nursery much earlier than anticipated。

　　The Daily Telegraph reported today that 'the Duchess may be due earlier than the July 13 date announced by Buckingham Palace but have kept the true date a secret, much like Princess Diana.'

　　Back in 1982, Princess Diana fooled the press by announcing the heir to the throne was due on July 1. But Prince William was actually born ten days earlier on June 21.

　　If Kate and William have decided to follow his mother's lead, the true expected due date of their first child will be July 3.

　　With the intense press speculation and public interest surrounding the birth, the couple couldn't be blamed for maintaining a shred of privacy by misleading the nation on the official due date. Especially after they lost the opportunity to keep Kate's pregnancy under wraps until she reached the three month mark after she was admitted to hospital last November with severe morning sickness。

　　Of course, the due date is only ever an estimation of when a baby will arrive and as palace sources have confirmed the Duchess will not be having an caesarian, nobody will be able to predict when her labour will begin naturally。

　　Kate's last official public engagement was the Trooping of the Colour on 15 June。

　　The Duchess, 31, is well-aware her son or daughter could arrive even earlier than expected and so missed the wedding of her friends Thomas Van Straubenzee and Lady Melissa Percy at Alnwick Castle in Northumberland at the weekend。

　　Prince William, 31, attended the nuptials with his brother Prince Harry, 28, while Kate forwent the trip to the North East to instead be nearer the London hospital where she will give birth。

　　The Palace have said she intends to have the baby in the Lindo Wing at St Mary's, Paddington, where Diana gave birth to both William and Harry。

　　They also revealed that Marcus Setchell, the Queen’s former gynaecologist, will deliver the baby, aided by the Queen’s current gynaecologist Alan Farthing, the former fiance of the murdered BBC presenter Jill Dando。

　　As previously reported in the Daily Mail, the birth of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's first child - a future heir to the throne - will be announced in exactly the same way as Prince William's to retain 'the theatre' of a genuine royal occasion。

　　As soon as the baby is born, a proclamation signed by doctors who delivered the boy or girl will be rushed from the ward and displayed at the gates of Buckingham Palace within minutes。

　　'We wanted to retain some of the theatre of the notice. It is quite important to us that this is done properly and with the degree of dignity that the event demands. This is the birth of a child who will be in line to the throne. It is a rare occasion and it is nice to be able to do it with some historical precedence,' a Palace spokesman said。

　　‘It is very important [to us] that it will not be announced first on Twitter, although it will be announced on Twitter in due course.’

　　However, if the baby is born between 10.30pm and 8am, the news will be sent out via press release with the easel being erected later that morning, at around 9am。

　　Palace sources have also made clear the birth will not be made public until the Queen and senior members of the royal family have been informed - and, of course, the Middletons, in the unlikely scenario that they are not at the hospital。