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Is Kate Middleton Due On April 25th?
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As the world waits for baby number two, Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, continue to stay silent on royal baby news.

But following Kensington Palace's baby plan announcement last week, The Christian Post is now saying the Duchess is due on April 25th, four days before the couple's fourth wedding anniversary on April 29th.

The Duchess herself has not confirmed an exact due date, though she did let it slip that she is expected to give birth from mid-to-end of April.

The rumour mill has also been busy speculating this baby could be a girl, thanks to a delivery of paint to the royal household that included "decidedly feminine" colours. Though we're guessing anyone working with the royals would know better than to really reveal that kind of information.

Whenever baby number two arrives, he or she is sure to spend some quality time with both parents. Prince William, who has taken a new job as an air ambulance pilot is once again expected to take a two-week paternity leave after the birth of his second child. The second in line to the throne was the first senior British royal to receive paternity leave with the birth of Prince George in 2013.

And so we continue to wait. And while we do, we'll be guessing the name, birthday and gender of the newest royal.

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What We Know About Royal Baby Number Two So Far
It will be fourth in line to the throne(01 of05)
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The baby will be behind its grandad, Prince Charles, its dad, Prince William and its brother Prince George. Its uncle Prince Harry will fall to fifth place. (credit:Geoff Pugh/PA Wire)
It will be a Prince or Princess(02 of05)
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Yes, yes, this may sound like a dumb thing to say, but it's only the intervention of the Queen that ensured the children of the Cambridges could use these titles. The Queen issued a Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm in December 2012 when Kate was just a few months' pregnant, declaring "all the children of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales 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". This nullifed a Letters Patent in 1917, issued by George V, which limited titles within the royal family, meaning a daughter born to William or Kate would not have been an HRH but Lady (forename) Mountbatten-Windsor instead and a second-born son would also have lacked the HRH title and become Lord (forename) Mountbatten-Windsor rather than a prince. William's cousin Princess Eugenie (pictured), who was born in 1990, was the last royal baby to be given the title Princess. (credit:Philip Toscano/PA Wire)
It will be great-great-great-great-great-grandchild of Queen Victoria(03 of05)
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William and Kate's new baby will be a great-grandchild to the Queen and a great-great-great-great-great-grandchild of Queen Victoria. (credit:Photos.com via Getty Images)
It will be 'spare to the heir'(04 of05)
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Unlike Prince George, this Prince or Princess will be free from the responsibility of one day having to become monarch and second-born Royals often have less restricted lives. Prince Harry (pictured) has traditionally been dubbed a party prince in contrast to his older brother William. (credit:Jeremy Selwyn/The Evening Standa/WPA-Rota)
The bookies are already betting on the name(05 of05)
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never one to miss a cash-in opportunity - Paddy Power is taking bets on the name. We don't know the sex, but the bookies are saying Elizabeth is the favourite (credit:Twitter)
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