Queen’s cousin not ‘excited’ about royal baby

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth’s cousin Margaret Rhodes isn’t ”excited” about the royal baby’s arrival.

Princess Margaret admits that she’s not bursting with joy about the birth of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s first child – who was due to be born last week – because she believes it’s natural for most women to have children.

Speaking to CNN International, she said: ”Well, you know, everybody has babies. And it’s lovely, but I don’t get wildly excited about it.”

Queen Elizabeth II’s cousin believes the newborn will have an ”ordinary” start to life.

She previously explained: ”I imagine and hope that the baby’s early life, at least until its teens, will be just a jolly, happy, ordinary child’s life.”

Despite its extraordinary surroundings, Margaret pointed to the reigning British monarch’s own upbringing along with her sister – also Princess Margaret – as an example of the efforts the royal family will go to in protecting the ”sacrosanct” nature of childhood.

She added: ”The king and queen in those days made an enormous effort to keep their childhood sort of sacrosanct.

”I mean, it was just a time for learning and enjoying. And I think that they have succeeded awfully well.”