Soundtrack the news: Duchess of Cambridge gives birth to baby boy Jul 23rd 2013, 10:36
Our current affairs song challenge returns: nominate a song to soundtrack the royal baby's arrival, and our favourite suggestion will win some CDs
Given that there's a major non-tragic news event happening, it's clearly time for us to reel out our occasional current affairs-related song series.
Here's how it works: suggest the most apt song you can think of to soundtrack a news story. Later this week, we'll pick out our favourite suggestion and send the person who posted it a handful of music-related books and CDs as a reward.
The story is, of course:
Duchess of Cambridge gives birth to baby boy, third in line to the throne
The Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a son on Monday, the third in line to the throne, a baby destined to be the 43rd monarch since William the Conqueror obtained the English crown in 1066.
Kensington Palace announced at 8.30pm that the baby was delivered at 4.24pm in the exclusive Lindo wing at St Mary's hospital, Paddington, west London. His name will be announced in due course. "We could not be happier," the Duke of Cambridge said.
In a statement, Kensington Palace said: "Her royal highness the Duchess of Cambridge was safely delivered of a son at 4.24pm. The baby weighs 8lbs 6oz. The Duke of Cambridge was present for the birth. The duchess, who had planned for a natural birth, experienced at least 10-and-a-half hours labour, which Kensington Palace said had "progressed as normal".
Read the whole story here, post your song suggestions below, and come back later this week to see the song we've picked as the winner.
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