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== Aankondiging van die swangerskap ==
Op 8 September 2014 het [[Clarence House]] aangekondig dat prins William en Catherine hul tweede kind verwag. Die aankondiging is in 'n persverklaring<ref name="Press release">{{cite press release|title=The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expecting their second child|publisher=[[Clarence House]]|date=8 September 2014|url=http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/media/press-releases/the-duke-and-duchess-of-cambridge-are-expecting-their-second-child|accessdate=8 September 2014}}</ref> en op sosiale media gemaak.<ref>{{cite news |title=Royal baby announcement — as it happened |url=http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2014/sep/08/royal-baby-kate-and-william-are-expecting-their-second-child-live-updates |accessdateaccess-date=11 September 2014 |work=[[The Guardian]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009122557/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2014/sep/08/royal-baby-kate-and-william-are-expecting-their-second-child-live-updates |archive-date=9 Oktober 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> Die nuus het internasionale mediadekking<ref>{{cite news |title=Duke and Duchess of Cambridge expecting their second child |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-08/duke-and-duchess-of-cambridge-expecting-second-child/5728682 |accessdateaccess-date=8 September 2014 |publisher=''Australian Broadcasting Corporation'' |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929130737/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-08/duke-and-duchess-of-cambridge-expecting-second-child/5728682 |archive-date=29 September 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Jethro |last=Mullen |title=Palace: Catherine and William expecting 2nd child |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/08/world/europe/uk-royal-pregnancy/index.html |accessdateaccess-date=8 September 2014 |publisher=CNN |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213023444/https://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/08/world/europe/uk-royal-pregnancy/index.html |archive-date=13 Desember 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> en goeie wense van Britse politici gekry,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Booth |first1=Robert |title=Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William expecting second child |url=http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/sep/08/prince-william-duchess-cambridge-expecting-second-child |accessdateaccess-date=11 September 2014 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=9 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009122559/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/sep/08/prince-william-duchess-cambridge-expecting-second-child |archive-date=9 Oktober 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> maar ook kritiek dat die hoeveelheid aandag oorbodig was.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dent |first1=Grace |title=Woman has baby (and it's not her first) |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/woman-has-baby-and-its-not-her-first-9719353.html |website=The Independent |accessdateaccess-date=8 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926002138/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/woman-has-baby-and-its-not-her-first-9719353.html |archive-date=26 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
Daar is verwag dat die hertog en hertogin saam die Dickson Poon-universiteit van Oxford se China Centre-gebou by die Universiteit van Oxford op 8 September sou open,<ref name=sickness>{{cite web |title=Dickson Poon University of Oxford China Centre Building opened |url=http://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2014-09-08-dickson-poon-university-oxford-china-centre-building-opened |publisher=University of Oxford |accessdateaccess-date=15 September 2014 |date=8 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223070704/http://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2014-09-08-dickson-poon-university-oxford-china-centre-building-opened |archive-date=23 Desember 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> maar omdat die hertogin by Kensington-paleis vir oggendnaarheid behandel is,<ref name=sickness /> was sy nie in staat om die hertog te vergesel nie.<ref name=sickness /> Die aankondiging van die swangerskap is op dieselfde oggend gemaak om haar afwesigheid te verduidelik.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Witchell |first1=Nicholas |title=Royal baby: Duchess of Cambridge pregnant for second time |url=http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-29107412 |accessdateaccess-date=9 September 2014 |publisher=BBC |date=8 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410142718/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-29107412 |archive-date=10 April 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
In Oktober 2014 het Kensington-paleis aangekondig dat die baba na verwagting in April 2015 gebore sou word.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/kate-middleton/11173922/Duchess-of-Cambridges-baby-due-in-April-2015.html |title=Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, expecting baby in April 2015 |date=20 Oktober 2014 |work=The Daily Telegraph |accessdateaccess-date=21 Desember 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629085841/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/kate-middleton/11173922/Duchess-of-Cambridges-baby-due-in-April-2015.html |archive-date=29 Junie 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/oct/20/duke-duchess-cambridge-baby-expected-april-2015 |title=Duke and Duchess of Cambridge expecting baby in April 2015 |work=The Guardian |accessdateaccess-date=21 Desember 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622154544/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/oct/20/duke-duchess-cambridge-baby-expected-april-2015 |archive-date=22 Junie 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
== Geboorte ==
Op 2 Mei 2015 om 08:34 BST het die hertogin by die St. Mary's Hospital, Londen, die lewe geskenk aan 'n dogter wat 3,71 kg geweeg het.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.9news.com.au/world/2015/05/02/15/42/kate-in-labour |title=Official announcement made as Duchess Kate gives birth to baby girl in London |work=9 News |accessdateaccess-date=2 Mei 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190313030057/https://www.9news.com.au/world/2015/05/02/15/42/kate-in-labour |archive-date=13 Maart 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.sky.com/story/1476326/duchess-progressing-as-normal-in-labour |title=Duchess 'Progressing As Normal' In Labour |work=Sky News |accessdateaccess-date=2 Mei 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105701/http://news.sky.com/story/1476326/duchess-progressing-as-normal-in-labour |archive-date=4 Maart 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32562117 |title=Royal baby: Duchess of Cambridge in early stages of labour |work=BBC News |accessdateaccess-date=2 Mei 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709172345/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32562117 |archive-date=9 Julie 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> Die Hertog van Cambridge was teenwoordig by die geboorte. Die baba is in die wêreld gebring deur dr. Alan Farthing, die snydokter-ginekoloog van koningin Elizabeth II, en Guy Thorpe-Beeston, 'n kenner in hoërisikoswangerskappe en snydokter-ginekoloog van die koninklike huishouding; albei was ook teenwoordig by die geboorte van die Cambridges se eerste kind, prins George, in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/kate-middleton/11475090/Royal-baby-meet-the-doctors-who-will-deliver-Kate-Middletons-second-child.html |title=Royal baby: meet the doctors who delivered Kate Middleton's second child |publisher=Telegraph |date= |accessdateaccess-date=3 Mei 2015 |archive-05url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209111214/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/kate-03middleton/11475090/Royal-baby-meet-the-doctors-who-will-deliver-Kate-Middletons-second-child.html |archive-date=9 Februarie 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> Prinses Charlotte het haar eerste openbare verskyning buite die hospitaal op 2 Mei teen 18:11 BST saam met haar ouers gemaak.
Op die aand van dieselfde dag is landmerke soos [[Tower Bridge]] in Londen en die Vredestoring in Ottawa, Ontario, [[pienk]] verlig om die geboorte van die prinses aan te kondig. Op 4 Mei is 'n kanonsaluut afgevuur deur The King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, by Hyde Park, en deur die Artilleriekompanjie by die [[Londense Tower]]. Later die dag is haar naam bevestig as Charlotte Elizabeth Diana.
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Sedert haar geboorte is die prinses die vierde aanspraakmaker op die Britse troon, na haar oupa, pa en ouer broer. Volgens die Kroonwet van 2013 kan sy nie in die opvolging van die troon deur enige jonger broers vervang word nie. Sy is koningin Elizabeth II se vyfde agterkleinkind en vierde agterkleindogter.<ref>{{cite web |title=Queen Elizabeth II Fast Facts |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2012/12/17/world/europe/queen-elizabeth-ii---fast-facts |publisher=CNN |accessdateaccess-date=29 Julie 2013 |date=25 Julie 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009122606/https://edition.cnn.com/2012/12/17/world/europe/queen-elizabeth-ii---fast-facts |archive-date=9 Oktober 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> Sy is ook die vierde aanspraakmaker op die trone van die 16 [[Volkebond]]slande.
=== Voorgeslag van prinses Charlotte van Cambridge ===
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