--- ---  # Totally Random Non-Royal Couple Exits Hospital to Great Fanfare by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Updated: Dec 12, 2023 8:24 PM UTCPublished: Apr 23, 2018 11:01 AM UTC  Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, depart the Lindo Wing with their newborn baby daughter at St. Mary's Hospital in London on May 2, 2015. Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, depart the Lindo Wing with their newborn baby daughter at St. Mary's Hospital in London on May 2, 2015.Samir Hussein—WireImage/Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Updated: Dec 12, 2023 8:24 PM UTCPublished: Apr 23, 2018 11:01 AM UTC Having zero percent royal blood, a random husband and wife left the Lindo Wing at St. Mary’s Hospital — where Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, [was in labor](http://time.com/5178353/royal-baby-born-kate-middleton/) with her third royal baby — to find [international press waiting](http://time.com/5196339/kate-middleton-lindo-wing-live-stream/). ABC News’s James Longman shared a photo of a [couple on their way out of the Lindo Wing](http://time.com/5226322/royal-baby-name-odds/) at [St. Mary’s Hospital in London](http://time.com/5156818/kate-middleton-royal-baby-due-date/), which would be a pretty naturally occurring phenomenon. Except it’s game time for the growing royal family. [Royal baby three is on the way](http://time.com/5183893/kate-middleton-royal-baby/). Kate Middleton was just admitted to the hospital in the “early stages” of labor to [give birth](http://time.com/4770506/syrian-refugees-name-child-justin-trudeau/) to the third royal child with her husband Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge. So the press — [and the world](http://time.com/5196405/royal-baby-born-reactions-memes/) — is eagerly awaiting any sign of the child. When the baby arrives, the family will step outside the very same doors in front of hundreds of reporters, quick-shooting photographers, and fans. This was not that kid, and not that couple. But it looks like the royal treatment was awaiting a random child anyway. “Unsuspecting couple have new baby – and find the world’s press waiting outside,” Longman wrote. It’ll be a story for the family forever. > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/988317286145646592) > [](https://twitter.com/JamesAALongman/status/988350686587998213) Random Couple Leaves Lindo Hospital Wing to Find Press ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5250168/couple-lindo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5250168/couple-lindo/"},"headline":"Totally Random Non-Royal Couple Exits Hospital to Great Fanfare","datePublished":"2018-04-23T11:01:31.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-12T20:24:00.000Z","description":"A random couple left the hospital to find international press waiting for the arrival of Kate Middleton's royal baby number three.","url":"https://time.com/5250168/couple-lindo/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Bizarre","royal baby","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf8310a439c3747d7/6988ce032dce0198979ed8f1/princess-charlotte-life-in-pictures-3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf8310a439c3747d7/6988ce032dce0198979ed8f1/princess-charlotte-life-in-pictures-3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"princess-charlotte-life-in-pictures-3","caption":"Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, depart the Lindo Wing with their newborn baby daughter at St. Mary's Hospital in London on May 2, 2015.","creditText":"Samir Hussein—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5250168/couple-lindo/","name":"Totally Random Non-Royal Couple Exits Hospital to Great Fanfare"}}]}] ```