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Kate Middleton Baby Watch: How You Can Celebrate the Royal Birth
The Duchess of Cambridge is reportedly in labor Monday, July 22. Maryland is 4,000 miles away from the royal baby action in London, but there are still ways you can mark the occasion.
By Mary Ann Barton and Nayana Davis
Even though Maryland is nearly 4,000 miles "across the pond" from London, where the Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton is expected to give birth any minute, there are still ways you can celebrate.
1. Follow the British Monarchy on Twitter
2. Enter to win "Windsor," a Royal Baby Steiff Teddy Bear from the UK Gift Company. All you have to do is correctly guess the royal heir's name to be entered into a drawing to win. Value is 150 pounds.
3. Raise your tea cup, at a proper British tea in Maryland:
- Gertrude's
- Tea on the Tiber
- Tea By Two
- The Royal Tea Room & Restaurant
- The Inn at Peralynna
- Bunbury's Tea Room & Shop
- Serenity Tea Room
- Tea by Julia Faye
5. Throw your own "royal baby" bash with pink and blue-icing cupcakes — commemorative cupcake toppers anyone?
6. Pre-order your copy of "Shhh! Don't Wake the Royal Baby!" by Martha Mumford and Ada Grey, on Amazon or at your favorite book store.
7. Know someone else who is due to give birth? Mervis Diamond Importers, which has a Maryland location, will award the parents of a baby born closest to the time of the royal baby a pair of diamond earrings valued at approximately $500. If the baby is born in Maryland, D.C. or Virginia, the lucky couple gets an additional $100 to spend at the business.
8. And last but not least — are you sure you aren't related to Royal Baby? Check out your royal roots on ancestry.com. There's a British marriage records section you can look into.
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