2 – number of Guardian.co.uk front pages today

3^rd in line of succession, after his/her grandfather Charles and father William

3^rd great-grandchild to Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip

10 – number of Royal Baby articles / videos on the front page of the Daily Mail website alone (as of 15:50 today)

If the baby one day succeeds the throne, they will be head of state of 16 countries (Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, United Kingdom)

13^th July – initially predicted due date. Journalists has been camped out since at least 10 days beforehand.

A 41-gun salute will signal the birth of the royal baby

€7,294 – (minimum) cost of one-night stay in the Lindo Wing at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, excluding consultancy fee

231,636 ‘royal baby’ tweets within the last day (according to Topsy). And counting.

€270 million or more - estimated boost to the British economy as a result of the royal baby.