Royal baby: Superbug closes ward at St Mary's Hospital in London where Duchess of Cambridge is due to give birth
Palace says plans for birth have 'not changed'
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Your support makes all the difference.With the wait for the royal baby now beyond the Duchess of Cambridge's rumoured due date of 25 April, concerns have been raised that a superbug has closed a ward at the hospital where she is to give birth.
The Palace has insisted that plans for the birth at St Mary's Hospital in London have "not changed", but a source at the hospital admitted that the timing couldn't be worse.
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Prince William and the Duchess's second baby is due before the end of the month, she has said, and he was reported to be ready to duck out of a national commemoration of the Gallipoli campaign on Saturday at a moment's notice.
Avid royal baby watchers have been gathered outside the Lindo Wing at St Mary's since the start of the month, though new rules introduced since Prince George was born amid a frenzy of media interest in July 2013 mean the real scrum won't begin outside the hospital until it's announced the Duchess is in labour.
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