【英语生活】英国王室宝宝将迎来怎样的生活？

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, gave birth Monday to a baby boy, weighing 8 pounds, 6 ounces, who is now third in line to the British throne.

When the very announcement of your birth a mere slip of paper merits a royal police escort to Buckingham Palace, you can rest assured the years that follow will be no less rarefied.

Once the world’s press and paparazzi have finally decamped from St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, and exhausted their photo ops outside Kensington Palace, what can the new Prince of Cambridge expect from life in the coming years?

As third in line to the throne, baby Cambridge will inevitably feel the weight of responsibility from a young age that a life destined to be monarch brings with it, just as the Duke of Cambridge has always been aware that no matter how he forges his own path with his military career and his charitable causes kingship beckons sooner or later.

But speak to any royal aide close to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and they will tell you that they are determined to bring up their firstborn as “normally” as possible.

To do this, much will depend on William’s future career plans beyond his current role as an RAF search and rescue helicopter pilot, a role which will end later this year. He has delayed announcing his next move for several months. But if, as expected, he will continue to serve in the Armed Forces for a few more years most likely with his regiment the Household Cavalry where he could be based in London or nearby Windsor then William and Kate’s child can at least hope for an early childhood somewhat shielded from the direct spotlight of having parents who are full-time royals.

As a royal aide once told me of William’s parenting plans: “He is keen to bring his children up as children of a serviceman for as long as possible. He is in no hurry to take up a more prominent role within the Royal Family, and there is absolutely no pressure from the Queen or anywhere within the royal household for him to do so.”

So where will the Prince of Cambridge call home? The Moses basket will likely shuttle in between Nottingham Cottage, William and Kate’s small London base within the grounds of Kensington Palace, and the Middletons’ family home in Bucklebury, Berkshire, as the couple juggle those first few weeks of sleepless nights and William’s return to work in remote Anglesey while Kate remains in London with the baby.

Then, from the autumn, the newest HRH should be happily ensconced in the nursery of Apartment 1A at Kensington Palace, Princess Margaret’s former home which is undergoing a £1 million renovation, in anticipation of its new tenants who hope to be in from October.

As baby Cambridge begins to toddle and then walk and run, a countryside residence will also come in handy for the royal couple, who will make Anmer Hall, a 10-bedroom Georgian mansion gifted to them by the Queen, their rural retreat.

The house is on the Queen's Sandringham estate in Norfolk and is undergoing major renovations. When it becomes William and Kate's country bolthole in a few years' time, their son can expect weekends and holidays where tennis, horse-riding and swimming are on tap in the back garden. And of course, long walks with Lupo, the royal couple's beloved black cocker spaniel, which will be on hand for baby Cambridge's play time.

While Prince Charles was often photographed being wheeled in his pram around Buckingham Palace by Mabel Anderson, his no-nonsense nanny, and Princes William and Harry were looked after by royal nanny Olga Powell as small children, and later by Tiggy Legge-Bourke, William and Kate will not necessarily employ a full-time nanny for their newborn.

They have adopted the less-is-more approach when it comes to staffing royal life they have no staff at their home in Anglesey and have only advertised for a housekeeper for Kensington Palace. So when Kate returns to part-time royal duties in the autumn, baby Cambridge's childcare could well be divided between Kate, the Middletons who will certainly prove doting grandparents, and a royal housekeeper-nanny who will offer as much or little help as William and Kate need a couple who have indicated they will be 'hands on' parents.

For the early school days, the Prince of Cambridge will have plenty of options on the doorstep of Kensington Palace, including the exclusive Acorn Nursery in nearby Notting Hill. He may later be headed for Wetherby, also in Notting Hill, the pre-preparatory school where Princess Diana was often photographed dropping off Princes William and Harry.

Prince Charles was packed off to the remote Gordonstoun School in Scotland, where bracing early morning swims and cross-country runs were the order of the day to 'toughen up' royal children. William and Harry attended Eton College because that's where aristocratic teenagers went, and though Harry struggled with the academic rigors of Eton, he needed to be close to his brother after the death of their mother.

But William and Kate are likely to take a more modern approach to the Prince of Cambridge's schooling. Unlike previous royal parents, dictated to by tradition and precedent, William and Kate will likely heed their child's wishes, academic ability and circle of friends, before making their choice.

If a young Prince of Cambridge has brains and pedigree, Eton will be a strong contender, as will Winchester College and Harrow School. The son of a serviceman could be drawn to Wellington College, one of Britain's leading co-educational schools with strong links to the military, or Kate's own alma mater, Marlborough College.

Wherever the royal baby son goes, however, so too will the world's press, desperate to photograph and debate the latest baby-gro, buggy, lock of hair, milk tooth and smile. And when your great-grandmother is the Queen, your late grandmother was Princess Diana and your mother is the world's most photographed woman, what else can you expect but a life lived in front of the lens?

But as William has demonstrated, when the press overstep the mark with his nearest and dearest, he takes no prisoners. He will be fiercely protective of his new son to ensure he has a chance of a 'normal' family life whatever that means in Royal circles.

英国剑桥公爵夫人凯特(Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge)周一产下一名重8磅6盎司（约3.8公斤）的男婴，他现在是英国王位的第三顺位继承人。

互动图：英国王室家谱如果你出生的消息（写在一张小纸条上）由一支皇家警卫护送队送至白金汉宫(Buckingham Palace)，你可以确信未来的生活将会十分考究。

当全球媒体和狗仔队离开帕丁顿圣玛丽医院(St Mary’s Hospital)，紧紧抓住在肯辛顿宫(Kensington Palace)外的拍照机会，这位刚出生的剑桥王子会迎来什么样的生活呢？

作为王位的第三顺位继承人，这位王室宝宝必然从幼年开始就会感受到王室生活带来的责任感，就像剑桥公爵(Duke of Cambridge)，他一直都知道无论他如何通过自己的军队生涯和慈善事业来走出自己的路，他迟早要回来继承王位。

但与接近剑桥公爵夫妇的任何一位王室助手交谈，他们都会告诉你，他们夫妇已下定决心尽可能的让他们的第一个孩子像普通孩子一样成长。

Rick Findler/European Pressphoto Agency图片：英国民众喜迎王室宝宝这个计划在很大程度上取决于威廉王子在今年晚些时候结束担任英国皇家空军(RAF)搜救直升机飞行员后的职业打算。他已将宣布下一步计划的时间推迟了几个月。但如果他像外界预期的那样将在英国军队(Armed Forces)继续服役几年（很有可能加入王室骑兵团(Household Cavalry)，这样他可以驻扎在伦敦或者临近的温莎），那么他与凯特的孩子至少可以期待一个不会因为有一对全职王室父母而太受关注的早期童年。

一位王室助手此前在向记者透露威廉王子对孩子的抚养计划时说，他希望能在尽可能长的时间里让自己的孩子像一位军人的孩子那样成长，他不急于在王室内部承担一个更重要的角色，女王和王室也绝对没有在这方面向他施加压力。

那么这位剑桥王子该把哪里称为自己的家呢？他的“摩西篮”将穿梭于诺丁汉别墅(Nottingham Cottage)（位于肯辛顿宫内威廉和凯特在伦敦的小别墅）与米德尔顿(Middleton)家在伯克郡巴克伯里的住所之间，在度过头几周的无眠夜后，威廉王子将返回安格尔西郡工作，凯特王妃将留在伦敦照看宝宝。

之后从秋季开始，剑桥王子殿下将会被幸福地安置在肯辛顿宫1A号公寓，这里此前是玛格丽特公主(Princess Margaret)的住所，目前正在进行耗资100万英镑的翻修，预计10月份将迎接新主人。

当地时间周一，英国剑桥公爵夫人诞下一名男婴。人们漫长的等待，以及围绕英国王室宝宝性别的猜测终于结束。《华尔街日报》Cassell Bryan-Low带来了详细报道，并解释了对于英国王室来说，迎来一位新的男性成员意味着什么。随着剑桥王子开始蹒跚学步，到学会走路和奔跑，一个乡村住所也将准备好供威廉和凯特这对王室夫妇使用，这个名为Anmer Hall的拥有10个卧室的乔治时期别墅是女王赠予他们的，他们将把这里作为一个在乡村的静居地。

这个宅子位于女王在诺福克郡的桑德灵厄姆庄园内，目前正在进行大规模翻修。几年后这里成为威廉和凯特的静居地时，他们的儿子应该会期待在这里过周末和度假，因为他可随时在后花园里打网球、骑马或游泳。当然，这对王室夫妇还可在这里带着他们心爱的黑色可卡犬卢波(Lupo)散步，这只小狗也将随时陪剑桥王子玩耍。

虽然查尔斯王子当年常被拍到被干练的保姆安德森(Mabel Anderson)放在婴儿车里在白金汉宫内四处推着走，虽然威廉王子和哈里王子小时候也曾受到王室保姆鲍威尔(Olga Powell)及后来的莱格-伯克(Tiggy Legge-Bourke)的照料，但威廉和凯特不一定会为自己的宝宝雇用全职保姆。

Getty Images7月22日，伦敦，英国剑桥公爵夫人在圣玛丽医院临产。图为来自世界各地的媒体聚集在圣玛丽医院的林都院区外。在为王室生活配备人员的问题上，他们一直采取“少即是多”的态度──他们在安格尔西郡的家中没有雇人，仅为肯辛顿宫登广告招一名管家。因此，当凯特今年秋天重新担起部分王室职责时，剑桥王子的看护工作可能由凯特、凯特的父母（事实将证明他们肯定会是宠爱孩子的外祖父母），以及一位王室管家兼保姆分担，这位保姆将按照威廉和凯特的需求提供帮助，因为这对王室夫妇一直表示，他们会亲自带孩子。

至于幼儿园，剑桥王子在肯辛顿宫附近将有很多选择，包括位于附近诺丁山的高端幼儿园Acorn Nursery。之后他可能会去同样位于诺丁山的韦瑟比(Wetherby)，戴安娜王妃(Princess Diana)曾经常被人拍到送威廉王子和哈里王子去这所学龄前学校。

查尔斯王子小时候被送去位于苏格兰的偏远学校高登斯顿学校(Gordonstoun School)。在那里，晨泳和越野跑曾是锻炼王室子孙的惯例。威廉和哈里曾就读伊顿公学(Eton College)，因为那里是一所贵族学校。尽管哈里难以适应伊顿公学严苛的学业，但母亲去世后，他需要离哥哥近一些。

但威廉和凯特在剑桥王子的教育问题上可能采取一种更加现代的做法。与此前受到传统和先例约束的王室父母不同，威廉和凯特在做出选择之前，将可能考虑孩子的愿望、学业能力以及朋友圈子。

Getty Images6月4日，伦敦，威廉与凯特来到威斯敏斯特教堂，参加英国女王伊莉莎白二世登基60周年庆典。如果年轻的剑桥王子拥有聪明的头脑和高贵的血统，伊顿公学将是一个极佳的选择，同样温切斯特公学(Winchester College)和哈罗公学(Harrow School)也是很好的选择。这个军人的儿子可能入读惠灵顿公学(Wellington College)，这是与军方有着强大联系的英国主要男女同校的学校之一，或是就读凯特的母校莫尔伯勒学校(Marlborough College)。

不过，无论这个王室宝宝去哪，全球的媒体都将紧随其后，拼命地拍照并争论最新的婴儿连体服、童车、头发、乳牙和笑容。如果你的曾祖母是英国女王，祖母是已故的戴安娜王妃，母亲是世界上被人拍照最多的女人，除了生活在镜头前，你还能指望过什么样的生活呢？

不过，正如威廉表现出来的，当媒体越界侵犯了他最亲最近的人，他绝不轻饶。他将极力保护新生的儿子，确保他有机会享受“正常的”家庭生活──无论“正常的”家庭生活在王室圈中意味着什么。