Kate “in the early stages of labour”

At 06.00 hours BST, The Duchess of Cambridge was admitted to the Lindo Wing of St Mary’s Hospital in the early stages of labour.  Kensington Palace have confirmed the news via Twitter:

HRH The Duchess of Cambridge was admitted at 06.00hrs to St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, London and is in the early stages of labour.

— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) May 2, 2015

Despite exciting reports of “convoys” of vehicles leaving the palace all week and Ambulances blocking up nearby roads sparking rumours, Kate’s admittance to the hospital was far more routine:

The Duchess travelled by car from Kensington Palace to the Lindo Wing at St. Mary’s Hospital with The Duke of Cambridge.

— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) May 2, 2015

Sadly, I will be away with family for much of the day (the ONE TIME day off booked in all of April and May, Kate! TYPICAL!) but here are some places you can follow along for live updates:

• The Mirror’s live blog is here
• The Telegraph’s live blog is here
• The Huffington Post UK live video stream will be here
• The Daily Mirror’s live feed will be here
• Hello! magazine’s live feed will be here
• The Telegraph’s live feed will be here
• the Associated Press will probably have a live feed, especially when William and Kate present their new baby on the steps of the Lindo Wing; this is where you are likely to find it
• Reuters News site for live coverage is here, you may need to sign in via your Facebook or Twitter account to access the feed (only active during breaking news coverage, expect them to also have live coverage)
• Twitter:
  • Richard Palmer, The Express
  • Rebecca English, The Daily Mail
  • Victoria Murphy, The Mirror
  • Max Foster, CNN
  • David Wilkinson, CNN
  • Simon Perry, People magazine chief foreign corresponent
  • Simon Vigar, Channel 5 News
  • Emily Andrews, The Sun
  • Emily Nash, The Sun
  • Gordon Rayner, The Daily Telegraph
  • Camilla Tominey, The Sunday Express
  • Victoria Arbiter, CNN, CTV
  • Valentine Low, The Times
  • Peter Hunt, the BBC
  • Rhiannon Mills, Sky News
  • Omid Mio Scobie, Us Weekly
  • Carolyn Durand, ABC News
  • Kelly Lynch of The Duchess Diary
  • Tom Sykes, The Daily Beast ‘The Royalist’
  • Anna of My Small Obsessions
  • Susan at What Kate Wore

HUGE THANK YOU TO SUSAN AT WHATKATEWORE.COM for alerting me to Kate’s labour via Facebook AND for compiling the list of resources above.