Slideshow: Will and Kate's royal wedding (http://slideshow.nbcnews.com/id/42816425/displaymode/1247/?wbSlideShowId=42816425&wbSection=today)(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Slideshows/_production/ss-110429-royal-wedding-ceremony/ss-110429-ceremony-new-tease.photoblog600.jpg) (http://slideshow.nbcnews.com/id/42816425/displaymode/1247/?wbSlideShowId=42816425&wbSection=today) / Prince William marries Kate Middleton in the wedding watched by millions around the world.Launch slideshowBy Alastair Jamieson, Staff writer, NBC NewsLONDON -- The baby expected by Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate (http://todaynews.today.com/_news/2012/12/03/15576447-duchess-kate-is-pregnant-with-first-child?lite), the Duchess of Cambridge, is due in July, St. James' Palace announced Monday.
"Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are delighted to confirm they are expecting a baby in July," the palace said in a statement.
“The duchess' condition continues to improve since her stay in hospital last month,” it added.Throughout history, royal pregnancies have been public affairs surrounded by superstition and ritual. Royal historian Kate Williams and Alison James, author of "The Royal Baby Book," take a look at what previous British nobles went through.The former Kate Middleton was
admitted (http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/kate-middleton-is-pregnant-2012312) to London's King Edward VII Hospital for acute morning sickness in early December.
The St.James's Palace statement refers to "a baby". So no royal twins on the way.
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