If William and Kate have girl, she will be a princess
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January 11, 2013, Friday
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BRITAIN'S Queen Elizabeth has announced that if Prince William and pregnant wife Kate Middleton have a daughter she will officially hold the title of princess, updating rules introduced almost a century ago.
Under a proclamation from King George V in December 1917, only the eldest son of William and Kate, who is due to give birth sometime in the middle of the year, would have been called a prince.
A girl would have only have had the title "Lady" and would not have been known as "Her Royal Highness."
However, the queen has issued a "Letters Patent" - a form of royal announcement - to change this so all the children of William, whose father, Prince Charles, is heir-to-the-throne, would be treated the same.
A notice placed in the London Gazette, Britain's official newspaper of record, said: "All the children of the eldest son of The Prince of Wales (Charles) should have and enjoy the style, title and attribute of Royal Highness with the titular dignity of Prince or Princess prefixed to their Christian names or with such other titles of honour."
The change was expected after Britain and the 15 other Commonwealth countries which have the queen as their monarch agreed to change the rules of royal succession so that males would no longer have precedence as heir.
Letters patent allow a monarch to make alterations or proclamations usually involving a person's title or official status without the need for parliamentary consent.
The queen also used the method to confer the title Duke of Cambridge upon William when he married Middleton.
Interest in Middleton's pregnancy has been strong.
Under a proclamation from King George V in December 1917, only the eldest son of William and Kate, who is due to give birth sometime in the middle of the year, would have been called a prince.
A girl would have only have had the title "Lady" and would not have been known as "Her Royal Highness."
However, the queen has issued a "Letters Patent" - a form of royal announcement - to change this so all the children of William, whose father, Prince Charles, is heir-to-the-throne, would be treated the same.
A notice placed in the London Gazette, Britain's official newspaper of record, said: "All the children of the eldest son of The Prince of Wales (Charles) should have and enjoy the style, title and attribute of Royal Highness with the titular dignity of Prince or Princess prefixed to their Christian names or with such other titles of honour."
The change was expected after Britain and the 15 other Commonwealth countries which have the queen as their monarch agreed to change the rules of royal succession so that males would no longer have precedence as heir.
Letters patent allow a monarch to make alterations or proclamations usually involving a person's title or official status without the need for parliamentary consent.
The queen also used the method to confer the title Duke of Cambridge upon William when he married Middleton.
Interest in Middleton's pregnancy has been strong.
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