Toasting the Royal Baby With Five Cocktails Fit for a King

It's a boy! The long "great Kate wait" has ended, time to pop bottles and clink glasses.
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It's a boy! The long "great Kate wait" has ended, time to pop bottles and clink glasses. Raise a toast to the little prince, and future King of England, with one of these five cocktails.

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Toasting the Royal Baby with 5 Cocktails fit for a King (or Queen)
Champagne Pear(01 of05)
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Champagne Pear A simple cocktail of pear brandy topped with bubbly, this cocktail makes the perfect toast. Sophisticated enough for the occasion, but a breeze to put together. Click here for the recipe.Photo: Stuart Mullenberg
Gin Punch(02 of05)
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Gin Punch This summery, citrus-and-berry punch from NYC’s Employees Only bar is an instant classic. Calling for a whole bottle of bubbles, it is primed for celebratory sipping! Click here for the recipe.Photo: John Kerrick for Ten Speed Press
Veronica Rose(03 of05)
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Veronica Rose Toast the Duchess of Cambridge with this spritzy mix of Aperol, rose syrup and sparkling wine. Click here for the recipe.Photo: Polite Provisions
Homemade Pimm's (04 of05)
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Homemade Pimm’s Nothing calls to mind summer in Britain more than a classic Pimm’s Cup. This homemade version, fizzy with lemonade and spiked with gin and Cointreau, is perfectly celebratory. Click here for the recipe.Photo: Pieter Estersohn
Baby Steps(05 of05)
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Baby Steps Even royal offspring start their journey with baby steps. This gin-based cocktail, kissed with Aperol, is a less-bitter take on the classic Negroni. Click here for the recipe. Photo: Katie Burnett

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