The sighting of an ambulance nearMeghan MarkleandPrince Harry‘s new home ofFrogmore Cottagein Windsor Castle on Friday caused some fans to believe the Duchess of Sussex had gone into labor.
But South Central Ambulance Service, the local ambulance service serving Windsor, confirms to PEOPLE that the vehicle was one of their driver training ambulances.
“South Central Ambulance Service will continue to care for all patients in Windsor in the usual way,” the organization said in a statement. “It is not possible to comment on the general movement of ambulances around the Windsor area and patient confidentiality must be respected at all times. Furthermore, we do not comment on operational matters relating to members of the Royal Household.”
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“It is completely understandable,” royal author Ingrid Seward recently told PEOPLE. “The Lindo Wing has become too much of a circus.”
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While they may be stepping away from the modern tradition, the parents-to-be might follow an older way of doing things: a home birth.
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Queen Elizabethwas born at the London home of her maternal grandparents and welcomed all four of her children at home as well. Her three sons –Prince Charles, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward – made their entrance to the world in grand fashion – at Buckingham Palace! The monarch’s daughter, Princess Anne, was born at Clarence House, where she and Prince Philip lived while Buckingham Palace was undergoing renovations following damage it suffered during World War II.
“People are delighted that Meghan is doing things differently,” says Seward. “She was under no pressure to do things the same.”
source: people.com
