On December 3, 2012, St. James Palace announced that the Duchess of Cambridge was expecting her first child. In less than twelve weeks, the announcement was made earlier in pregnancy than is traditional because of his admission to the hospital with severe nausea and vomiting.
Before birth was speculation it would boost the national economy and provide a focus for national pride. Welsh composer Paul Mealor, who wrote "Ubi Caritas et Amor" for the wedding of the Duke and Duchess, composed a lullaby, titled "Sleep On", with lyrics by Irish composer Brendan Graham. A recording was made of it by New Zealand soprano Hayley Westenra. as a gift for the baby. Commemorative coins were issued by the Royal Mint, Royal Canadian Mint and Royal Mint of Australia, the first time a royal birth had marked that way.
Prince George was baptized by the Archbishop of Canterbury, in the Chapel Royal at St. James's Palace on October 23, 2013, with Oliver Baker, Emilia Jardine-Paterson, Hugh Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor, Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton, Julia Samuel William van Cutsem (son of the late Hugh van Cutsem) and Zara Tindall serve as godparents. The ceremony uses a font that was made for Queen Victoria 's first child and the water of the Jordan River. The Royal Mint issued a series of commemorative coins to celebrate the christening, the first coins to celebrate a real baptism in Britain.
Paternal ancestors of Prince George are real and aristocratic. Through his paternal grandfather, Charles, Prince of Wales, who is a member of the House of Windsor. Through his paternal grandmother, Princess Diana of Wales, who descends from the Spencer family, whose members include the Earls Spencer, Earls of Sunderland, and Dukes of Marlborough. He is third in line of succession to his great-grandmother, Elizabeth II, as monarch of the 16 Commonwealth realms, preceded by his paternal grandfather and father. He is her third grandson, after Savannah and Phillips Island, and first. great-grandson
