Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s child will reportedly not be born at the Lindo Wing.
The royal tradition is set to be broken by the couple, after Kate Middleton and Prince William welcomed their three children at the Lindo Wing of St Mary’s Hospital.
The tradition began in 1977 with the birth of Peter Phillips, and both Prince William and Prince Harry were also born in the hospital.
A source has now told The Sun that Meghan wants to give birth to her first child in a maternity unit closer to their home in Windsor.
“This child will not be born at the Lindo. The talk of all the senior clinicians there is that Meghan doesn’t want to copy what Kate did,” the source claimed.
“Harry and Meghan realise there is intense public interest but this baby is not a direct heir to the throne and they want the birth to be as private as possible.”
“Meghan is nervous about complications such as an emergency Caesarean and doesn’t want the pressure of having to look immaculate on the hospital steps just hours later. Like any anxious first-time mum, she’s worried about the birth itself.”
The couple want to have a more private area to welcome their baby and the source added: “She and Harry have decided that rather than go somewhere as public as the Lindo they will allow Meghan to recover somewhere more private.”
“She just wants a normal, natural birth and to bond with her baby, without being primped and blow-dried to within an inch of her life just for the pictures.”
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