How Angelina Jolie and twins got home without being seen

Saturday morning, a week after Angelina Jolie's twins were born, she, Knox and Vivienne left the Fondation Lenval hospital without being spotted. 

"Angelina Jolie left the Clinic Santa Maria of Fondation Lenval early in the morning of July 19th," hospital rep Nadine Bauer confirmed to People. "The mother and babies are doing very well."

One reason for their unnoticed escape was that there were only a few journalists camped outside at 4 a.m. Saturday morning.

According to an eyewitness, a gray Volkswagen minibus with tinted windows arrived outside the hospital. Suddenly, a gated emergency access area. which was closed for the past week, was opened and four or five people piled into the waiting van.

"It was all done in a hurry," the source told People. And they were very quick organizing themselves inside. Very rapid. And then 'Pouf!' they were gone. With all the press attention around them, a constant watch on the front of the hospital, they managed to leave so quickly, my hat's off to them."

And all those reporters camped on the nearby rooftops hoping to catch Angelina leaving as she arrived, via chopper? They were sorely disappointed. 

Later that morning, Dr. Michel Sussmann, the physician who delivered the Brangelina twins on July 12, confirmed the departure, telling reporters outside the hospital, "You can go home. The story is over."

Well, not exactly. This fairy tale story will never be over.

But for now, it's been relocated to Chateau Miraval, in Correns, France, the couple's enormous and private rented chateau.

Photo credit: WireImage

Comments

[Olivia Possum]

Hats off to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie on their daring early morning escape from the paparazzi with their twins without the watchful eyes of their cameras. To their credit, Angelina and Brad knew that those photographers would have to get some "shut eye" sometime and that their numbers would decrease during that time.

Knowing that the plan is to get the highest possible price for the exclusive photos of the twins, it would therefore be imperative that the parents remain in total control.

It must have really stung when later in the morning, Dr. Michel Sussmann, the delivery physician broke the news to reporters still waiting and watching the hospital. What a life it must be for a paparazzi photographer?

[Tricia]

I find that waiting for people to pay for a photo of the twins (estimated at 16 million, right now) is utterly stupid!
I am not that interested in seeing the future spoiled kids that badly.
Angelina will just have to suffer and not bring them out, no childs photo is worth paying that much for!

[Dee]

You must be pretty interested you read this? Every one is curious of course. Look how beautiful the other children are! But wait for Jens first born now that baby will be a complete knock out... Congrats on the Bangelina twins to mom and pop. Truly they are just people, let them live and enjoy the kiddos for a while. Then we can all gawk over them….

[Cari]

Well, I like how some celebs take that opportunity to give back, and give permission for the first photos, at a high price that they then reward to a charity. It is quite honorable when done this way. If I remember correctly, Brad and Angelina did this with the release of the pics of Shiloh.

[mm]

Congratulations to the Pitt-Jolie family welcoming their babies to the world!

[Susan Harrison]

I think their biological kids are cute, but for them or any celebs to sell pictures of their kids to turn a profit is disgusting!

Yes, they say they donate the money to charity, but do they really donate 100% of it and does anyone have proof?

[NAT]

I SO HATE ANGIE BUT ALL THE BEST TO HER AND HER TWINS

[Brooklyn_Girl]

And do you, mm, think that they really need a dime of that money? They don't have to prove anything to the media. I think the media's obssesion with them is justifiable. They do an enormous amount of hands on charity work and I love that they use the photos of their children to further their charitable causes. Unlike J-Lo and Marc Anthony and many other celebs. Oh yeah...not to mention, the entire family is beautiful!

[jack]

even though they donate the money, it is still very sad that they (angie) is getting off on how everyone wants to buy these pictures. i honestly think she made a conspiracy to make the whole world love her, and she wants attention but is hiding under the facade that she cares about the world. why suddenly did she start to care? And her real child is a darling, but she looks like every other white child. I also think its sick and psychologically wrong to want so many kids all at once so desperately. she has personal mental and insecurity issues and needs children to fill her empty void. I give her credit though, she has found out a way to make her existance important other than being a sex symbol. her acting was getting no where, so why not die with the world knowing you adopted tons of children, tried to make world peace, and donated tons of the money towards funds we never heard of. Her family is stunning though, and atleast her kids, even if they grow up to look down on us all, are gorgeous, and i am sooooooooooo glad that they got out of the conditions they were in. Now all she needs to do is adopt some poor suffering AMERICAN children, and she will be set. i hope her next pregnancy is natural, no drugs used ^-^! i effin' HATE her guts, but she is a good mother, especially with the nannies i'm sure she has helping her...

[CECILIA VALDEZ]

I hate angelina, i think in someway or another she got pregnant on purpose to hurt Jennifer Aniston. Karma will come and bite her on her flat ass. bitch

[CECILIA VALDEZ]

I hate angelina, i think in someway or another she got pregnant on purpose to hurt Jennifer Aniston. Karma will come and bite her on her flat ass. bitch

[Lmariamiguel]

Angelina is so beautiful that everyone is so jealous of her.There is just no contest between her and J.A. who evidently can not keep her man. To J.A. Fans please leave Angie and her family alone and stop looking for scapegoat for your idols failures. To the Jolie-Pitt family be strong and continue to be the kind of people you are....bless you and continue to do good works.

[Debbie]

Well, I personally believe that all the money they make on the baby photo's goes to charity, even though Angelina is a bit different and has done crazy things in her life does not exclude her from being a very generous and kind person who wants to save the worlds children as best as she can. Her and brad have donated enormous amounts of money and time into parts of the world that ordinary folk like us cannot help! leave her alone and accept she is different but in a good way!