Child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

The first child of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and his wife, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, is due to be born on 13 July 2013. The Washington Post described it as "the world’s most famous baby". Following the custom of royal babies born to princes that hold a royal dukedom, the baby will likely be styled Prince/ss (Name) of Cambridge. The baby, regardless of sex, will be third in the line of succession to the thrones of sixteen independent sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, The Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis, behind Prince William's father, Charles, Prince of Wales, and Prince William himself. The birth is expected to take place in the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital, London - the same hospital in which Prince William and his brother, Prince Harry, were born to Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1982 and 1984 respectively. The Queen's former gynaecologist, Marcus Setchell, is expected to deliver the baby by natural childbirth. No public statement will be issued until the Queen, senior members of the royal family and the have been informed about the birth.
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The then Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard, despite advocating the abolition of the monarchy in Australia, was photographed knitting a toy kangaroo for the unborn prince or princess. Members of the Monarchist League of Canada have been asking for "significant monuments to be lit up in blue or pink, such as Toronto's CN Tower or Niagara Falls", to mark the impending birth.
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