Britain's #RoyalBaby blitzes social media

July 23, 2013 01:35

Britain's royal baby spawned a social media frenzy today, but one newspaper's website installed a "republican button" to let readers escape the wall-to-wall coverage.

The announcement that Prince William's wife Kate had gone into labour sent #RoyalBaby and similar tags trending on the microblogging site Twitter.

Among those tweeting was the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, who as head of the Church of England is expected to baptise the royal infant.

"My thoughts and prayers are with Kate and the whole family on this enormously special day," Welby tweeted.

CNN broadcaster Piers Morgan tweeted: "Keep Calm...and Carry On. #Kate" and added, in a reference to England's Ashes cricket win yesterday: "My money's on an Australian cricket birth - all out by tea."

Former British deputy prime minister John Prescott of the centre-left Labour party joked: "Great to hear the Duchess of Cambridge has gone into labour. Is she an affiliated member?"

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