--- title: The Royal Baby: Fake Queen Elizabeth Prank Goes Viral description: A wax figure of the Queen that made an appearance outside the Lindo Wing following the birth of the royal baby to steal everyone's hearts. canonical: https://time.com/5250799/royal-baby-fake-queen-elizabeth-lindo-wing/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-23T17:22:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:52:23.296Z og:title: Fake Queen Elizabeth Steals Show After the Royal Baby's Birth og:description: And people are loving it og:url: https://time.com/5250799/royal-baby-fake-queen-elizabeth-lindo-wing/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt843b313d6096a3c8/69892e65fb4eac081d8966a2/fake-queen-elizabeth.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Preparations At The Lindo Wing Ahead Of The Birth Of The Duke & Duchess Of Cambridge's Third Child og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Fake Queen Elizabeth Steals Show After the Royal Baby's Birth twitter:description: And people are loving it twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt843b313d6096a3c8/69892e65fb4eac081d8966a2/fake-queen-elizabeth.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Fake 'Queen Elizabeth' Steals the Show at the Hospital After the Royal Baby's Birth > Sponsored content. 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A Queen Elizabeth II waxwork arrives in a black cab outside the Lindo Wing at St Mary's Hospital following the announcement that Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to a baby boy on April 23, 2018 in London, England. Karwai Tang/WireImage  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 23, 2018 5:22 PM UTC A wax figure of [the Queen](http://time.com/5249206/queen-elizabeth-concert-birthday/) that made an appearance outside the [Lindo Wing](http://time.com/5196339/kate-middleton-lindo-wing-live-stream/) following the [birth of the third royal baby](http://time.com/5178353/royal-baby-born-kate-middleton/) has stolen the Internet’s heart. Following Kensington Palace’s [confirmation](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/988387844111716353) that Kate Middleton had successfully delivered a baby boy at 6 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on April 23—the new prince weighs 8 lbs. 7 oz. and both he and his mom are healthy—the fake Queen Elizabeth II rode past the crowds gathered outside St. Mary’s Hospital in a black cab. The prank was apparently a hit among those waiting for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s first public appearance with their new son. “Wax model of Queen put inside a black cab and drives past hospital,” TVNZ reporter Joy Reid tweeted. “Crowds find it very funny.” And for those who weren’t able to catch the drive-by in real time, the humorous moment was soon available to watch on repeat in GIF-form. “I think [@AdrienneVogt](https://twitter.com/AdrienneVogt) just won [#RoyalBaby](https://twitter.com/hashtag/RoyalBaby?src=hash) day with this GIF of a prankster driving a fake Queen past the Lindo Wing,” quipped NBC News’ Fiona Day. > [](https://twitter.com/JoyReidTVNZ/status/988419411047538689) > [](https://twitter.com/fiona%5Fday/status/988424610063507457) See some of the reactions below. > [](https://twitter.com/elliotwagland/status/988427147185451019) > [](https://twitter.com/ianvogler/status/988421102627098624) > [](https://twitter.com/RightRoyalRound/status/988422946803798016) > [](https://twitter.com/AdrienneVogt/status/988424851336716288) > [](https://twitter.com/BenJary/status/988422125353566215) > [](https://twitter.com/MirrorJohnny/status/988423488225579008) > [](https://twitter.com/MirrorJohnny/status/988424359713869825) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5250799/royal-baby-fake-queen-elizabeth-lindo-wing/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5250799/royal-baby-fake-queen-elizabeth-lindo-wing/"},"headline":"Fake 'Queen Elizabeth' Steals the Show at the Hospital After the Royal Baby's Birth","datePublished":"2018-04-23T17:22:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:52:23.296Z","description":"And the Internet loved it","url":"https://time.com/5250799/royal-baby-fake-queen-elizabeth-lindo-wing/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royal baby"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt843b313d6096a3c8/69892e65fb4eac081d8966a2/fake-queen-elizabeth.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt843b313d6096a3c8/69892e65fb4eac081d8966a2/fake-queen-elizabeth.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Preparations At The Lindo Wing Ahead Of The Birth Of The Duke & Duchess Of Cambridge's Third Child","caption":"Preparations At The Lindo Wing Ahead Of The Birth Of The Duke & Duchess Of Cambridge's Third Child","creditText":"Karwai Tang/WireImage","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/5250799/royal-baby-fake-queen-elizabeth-lindo-wing/","name":"Fake 'Queen Elizabeth' Steals the Show at the Hospital After the Royal Baby's Birth"}}]}] ```