William and Kate have confirmed their baby is due in July, which means the tiny tot could share a birthday with one of the royal family’s most famous women — or one of its most infamous.
Both William’s mother Princess Diana and his much-maligned stepmother Camilla were born in July.
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Diana’s birthday was July 1, while Camilla’s is July 17.
William and Kate would no doubt love their first born to share a birthday with Diana.
William, 30, has gone to great lengths to keep his mother’s memory alive, giving her treasured engagement ring to Kate and choosing Kensington Palace — where he and his younger brother Harry lived with their mother after her split from Prince Charles — as his marital home.
But given that Kate is believed to be 14 weeks pregnant, experts say a mid-July due date is more likely, putting the new arrival closer to Camilla’s birthday than Diana’s.
William and Kate have an excellent relationship with Camilla, with the mother-to-be being particularly close to her, and are likely to be thrilled if their little one shares her birthday.
The general public however, feel entirely differently. Many people still blame Camilla for breaking up Charles and Diana’s marriage, and have refused to accept her as Charles’ wife.
Interestingly, the British public have warmed to Camilla dramatically in the past five years, now regarding her to be one of the most hard-working royals, while the Australian public seem to be finding it much harder to forgive and forget.
Despite getting a good reception when she visited Australia with Charles last November, Camilla remains unpopular with many readers, who are quick to criticise her every time a story is run.
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“I have and always will think that Camilla is a wicked, ugly and self-serving, cunning person, not deserving her current ‘respected’ position,” one reader wrote on a recent Camilla story.
“What a PIG to put Diana through that,” another wrote. “I hate both Charles and the cow for what they did and Diana would be rolling in her grave today seeing her boys being chummy with her. Lucky she didn’t come to my home town when she visited Australia … I would have thrown rotten eggs at her head!”
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