The Duchess of Cambridge is ‘progressing normally’ in the early stages of labour after being admitted to the hospital at 6am before the birth of her second child.

According to MailOnline, a Kensington Palace spokesman provided the update at around 8am, some two hours after Kate was driven to the Lindo Wing at St Mary’s Hospital with the Duke of Cambridge.

The Duchess was around a week overdue and there has been much speculation all week that she may have to be induced.

However a spokesman for the couple this morning confirmed her birth was ‘progressing normally’ as the world’s media and well-wishers began to set up camp outside the hospital’s entrance.

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