As the wait for the royal baby becomes interminable, even news sources such as the London Telegraph have started grasping at straws for a solution to bring it on.
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The conservative publication is suggesting the Duchess of Cambridge will get some help from the full moon, which is on Monday, in moving along the fourth in line to the throne.
"Anecdotal evidence suggests the moon's cycle can have a noticeable effect on when babies are born, with spikes occurring during a full moon and a new moon, when there are spring tides," it said.
The Duchess' first child, Prince George, was born on the day of a full moon.
If the bairn does wait until Monday - May 4 - then the old Star Wars joke comes into play: "May the fourth be with you."
Some people have even suggested a girl born that day should be named Leia after the movie character. After all, she was also a princess.
The Mirror may be overstating things a bit by saying the eyes of the world are fixed on the Lindo Wing at St Mary's Hospital in central London, but the anxiety levels are definitely rising as the "Great Kate Wait" goes on.
The Duchess was due to have the Queen's fifth great-grandchild in mid-to-late April and talk is growing that Kate will now be induced.
On Friday there was some excitement when a police convoy was seen leaving the village of Bucklebury, where Kate's parents Carole and Michael Middleton live, while another police convoy was seen heading towards the hospital. Kensington Palace refused to comment on either sighting.
Irish bookmaker Paddy Power also raised some hopes on Friday when it announced it had suspended betting on when the royal baby would be born "following a wave of early morning cash for the baby to be born today".
Another bookmaker, William Hill, had a bit of a laugh by driving two three-metre high teddy bears to the Lindo wing - apparently now being increasingly referred to as the "Limbo" wing - on the back of a small truck.
The baby's grandfather Prince Charles managed to get some of the attention when he again expressed hopes the baby will be a girl. Speaking to 100-year-old Eric Jones, the oldest surviving member of the Welsh Guards, Charles apparently said: "And we're hoping for a granddaughter."
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