Royal Baby Watch....Any Day Now

 

The countdown is on and royal baby watch is in full swing.  Prince William and Kate Middleton's first child, and future heir to the British throne, is due sometime in mid-July, which means sleepless nights of excitement are officially underway as Baby Cambridge could arrive any day now.

Kate and William have chosen to be surprised and do not know the sex of the baby, according to royal sources. Either way, a recent change in British parliamentary rules means that the baby might someday be the monarch, regardless of gender.

When the baby decides it's go time, the first announcement from the palace will come after Kate has been admitted to the hospital. The second will be the formal birth announcement, which comes in the form of a traditional paper announcement on an easel in front of Buckingham Palace.

 Although the sex of the royal baby is yet to be known, we do know what the unborn baby's official royal title will be. Buckingham Palace announced Sunday that the royal title of Prince William and Kate Middleton's child will be His or Her Royal Highness the Prince or Princess of Cambridge. The baby's chosen Christian name is inserted after Prince or Princess, making it His or Her Royal Highness the Prince or Princess "Name" of Cambridge.

"The Queen declared by Letters Patent on December 31 2012 that 'all children of the eldest son of The Prince of Wales should have the style, title and attribute of Royal Highness with the titular dignity of Prince or Princess prefixed to their Christian names,'" a palace spokesman said.

So now is the time to finalize your office betting pool on gender, name, date and weight if you're really feeling psychic.