Celebrating the Birth of Prince William (1982), Royal History
On this day in 1982, Prince William was born. Diana, Princess of Wales gave birth to her first son at 9:03pm in the Lindo Wing of St Mary s Hospital in Paddington. The official announcement, made by the attachment of a notice to the gates of Buckingham Palace, was greeted with scenes of jubilation on London s streets. Reporters interviewed an excited Charles on the hospital steps, and news that crowds were chanting Well done Charlie, let s have another one provoked an amusing response from the future King Bloody hell, give us a chance , PrinceWilliam, PrinceOfWales, PrinceCharles, KingCharlesIII, CharlesIII, KingCharles, Diana, PrincessDiana, DianaPrincessOfWales, PrincessOfWales, RoyalFamily To license the footage featured in this clip, follow the link below: To search the ITN Archive collection on Getty Images, follow the link below: Subscribe to our YouTube channel (tap the bell icon and stay up to date with all the latest ITN Archive videos ) Follow us on Twitter Like us on Facebook Check out our TikTok
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