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When Kensington Palace announced Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s baby news in October, they specified Autumn in Australia as the baby’s due date.
And well, here we are.
Meghan recently begun her maternity leave and since she’s never shared her exact due date (although she did hint…), the newest royal could be born at any moment.
Check out Meghan and Harry through the years, from little cuties to big, grown up royals. Post continues below…
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I highly doubt they would call their child ‘Diana’ if a girl. The press are relentless with comparisons as it is. It would be cruel to inflict that on your child and I am sure they would be more than aware of the implications that would be. Frances, Diana’s middle name would be lovely.
Yeah I doubt Harry would be keen to do this to his daughter. Poor little Princess Diana would never have an identify of her own.
I hope its not Frances though- its my mother's name and she has hated it her whole life. Admitted, its much nice in an english accent than an Australian one, but people get completely confused expecting a male instead of a female, no one can spell it (tbh, even including me- Francess looks so much better), and you're 'Fran' for the rest of your life, whether you like it or not.
None of these suggestions seem to take into account that Meghan has some choice in the matter and might not want just a 'Windsor name'. Kate was a lot more in line with the family than Meghan is, but even then George was the only 'traditional' royal name.
I'd put my money on Emily or Isabella. Or, an outside choice, Rachel, Megan's original name.
The three Cambridges have all got pretty traditional Windsor family names - George as a regnal name for the House of Windsor, Louis for Lord Mountbatten, Charlotte Elizabeth Diana for her grandfather, great grandmother and grandmother, Louis Arthur Charles - pretty sure Arthur is a middle name of both Charles and William and also the Queen's father. They reuse the same names over and over and over.
Meghan has *some* choice, but ultimately no one is going to pick a name that the Queen doesn't approve of for a child that is the grandchild of a future sovereign.
I think you can pretty much lock in a fairly traditional Windsor family name. The baby might end up with a slightly more interesting middle name, but I think it will be a case of us all saying "oh yeah, that's nice" rather than "omg, can you believe what they called the baby?".