Royal Baby Flashback: Princess Diana Was Induced, See Baby Prince William's Debut

by Brandi Fowler Fri., Jul. 19, 2013 6:56 PM PDT

While the Great Kate Wait continues, we took a look back at details behind Prince William's birth.

The Duke of Cambridge was born on June 21, 1982, and when Princess Diana gave birth to him she "had to be induced."

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"I couldn't handle the press pressure any longer, it was becoming unbearable," Diana later told her friend journalist Andrew Morton, according to People. "We went in very early. I was sick as a parrot the whole way through the labor, very bad labor."

Kate, too, was not feeling her best at the beginning of her pregnancy, suffering from bad bouts of acute morning sickness for the first few months.

Although a source told E! News exclusively that Kensington Palace has been operating under the assumption that Kate is two to three days past her due date, doctors in the U.K. don't usually rush their patients into being induced unless they are a week to ten days overdue, according to the mag.

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As far as what we can expect when the royal baby does make his or her debut, there might be some clues in a video that aired on Today on June 22, 1982 after Prince William was born.

In the video, Prince Charles stepped out of St. Mary's Hospital and talked calmly to a group of reporters following the royal baby's birth, saying, "I'm honestly relieved and delighted. It's marvelous," when asked how he felt.

"It's rather a grown-up thing, I've found," he continued. "It's rather a shock to my system."

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While he and Diana were still deciding on a name for their son at the time, he told the crowd their little one was in "marvelous form," with "fair, sort of blondish" hair.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge left Middleton's family home in Bucklebury today, and while it's believed the duo is heading back to London, there's been no sign yet of them at St. Mary's hospital, where Middleton is expected to deliver the couple's first child together (and don't be fooled by those of lookalike pranksters earlier today).

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Royal Baby Will Follow in Prince William's Footsteps—but Maybe He Can Still Lead a Normal Life

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David Bowie and Freddie Mercury aren't the only Brits who know about pressure.

The baby boy born today to Kate Middleton and Prince William isn't even 24 hours old and he's already being groomed for greatness.

But though the royal heir, who takes over uncle Prince Harry's place as third in line to the British throne, will obviously have to get used to living life in the spotlight eventually, it's really up to his parents to see to it that he gets a shot at a so-called normal life.

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Of course, "normal" for the royal baby doesn't necessarily mean the same thing as it does to the child born in the room next to him in the posh Lindo Wing at St. Mary's Hospital, where William, Kate and their little prince are currently ensconced for the night.

"Normal" for this young chap could, however, have a similar meaning as it did for William and Harry, whose mum, the late Princess Diana, tried her best to "give them some normality," the Princess of Wales' former bodyguard, Ken Wharfe, told NBC News. (E! Online is a member of the NBCUniversal family.)

Royal experts have predicted that Will and Kate probably will hire a nanny, but will more hands-on than royal parents of previous generations. Also, Kate's parents, Michael and Carole Middleton, are expected to play a role in helping their daughter get settled in as a mum.

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Per the U.K.'s Guardian, the young family of three will soon be moving into the 21-room Kensington Palace "apartment" that's currently undergoing a $1.5 million renovation, and they're expected to frequent the 10-bedroom Anmer Hall at Sandringham, the Norfolk estate where Queen Elizabeth II and her immediate family traditionally spend Christmas.

Of course, it will be no ordinary daily grind for His Royal Highness the Prince of Cambridge (the first member of the royal family to born into that title in 194 years!) once he's of school age.

It's likely that he will go to an independent boarding school, like his father (who first went away to Ludgrove in Berkshire when he was 8) and mother (she boarded at Marlborough in Wiltshire) ; then it's off to university (his parents met at St. Andrew's in Scotland), where he'll select a course of concentrated study; and most likely he'll serve a stint in the military, or go to a military academy, like Harry.

Plus, he'll expected to be a great philanthropist, like pretty much everyone he's related to, and who wants to bet how old the prince is when he gets his first pony? Or scores his first goal in polo? (But first, who wants to bet that he'll be named James?)

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And then...young adulthood.

"This child is actually going to have to grow up never putting a foot wrong," Dr. Andrew Roberts, NBC News' British historian, said (Ominously?) on Today.

He also predicted that the prince probably won't be encouraged to pick a profession that could lead to any sort of screw-up that might embarrass the royal family.

"It's difficult to know what areas of life you can go into which are completely devoid of controversy," Roberts said.

But since the Internet has made it so that nothing is devoid of controversy anymore, maybe that means the Prince of Cambridge was born into a world where the sky really will be the limit for him.

And not just because his father and uncle are both pilots.

(Originally published July 22, 2013, at 8:57 p.m. PT)

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