Meghan Markle's baby can't be born soon enough for Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn.
It will divert public attention and media headlines from England's local elections.
The warring failing Tories are predictably doing badly.
But results in so far also show Labour also doing poorly, losing seats in council battles last fought four years ago when it lost the General Election.
Labour should be moving forward not back if it's to be a Government-in-waiting.
And a North-South divide reflects its Brexit confusion.
Local election results explained: Tories lose HUNDREDS of seats as Labour struggle
Saying that, we must remember the party lost seats in 2017, only weeks before Corbyn's gains in the 2017 General Election.
Vince Cable might be privately wondering if he was wise to pre-announce retirement.
The Liberal Democrats are the night's biggest gainers, albeit from a low base, with the Greens also up.
But the overall message when candidates under Independent banners are doing well might be a growing number of people are fed up with the state of politics at the mo.
We'll know more later today when all the results are in, royal baby or no royal baby.
Local election results in full: Summary of all 248 council polls across England
