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The royal baby will not be the first Prince or Princess of Cambridge.

The last royals to hold the title were Prince George, Princess Augusta and Princess Mary of Cambridge, the grandchildren of George III, in the 19th century.

The children were born to Prince Adolphus - the tenth child of King George III - and his wife Princess Augusta, also known as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

All their children, born in 1819, 1822, 1833 were born His or Her Royal Highness Prince or Princess of Cambridge.

The title Duke of Cambridge is part of the peerage, a legal system of largely hereditary titles in the United Kingdom.

In modern practice, only members of the Royal Family are granted new hereditary peerages (the last non-royal hereditary peerages were created under the Thatcher government)

The ranks of the English peerage are, from highest to lowest, Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount and Baron.

The Dukedom of Cornwall, created in 1337, is always held by eldest son, and heir apparent, of the monarch, and is currently held by Prince Charles, with his wife Camilla becoming the Duchess of Cornwall.

Prince Harry will most likely also be gifted a peerage by the Queen in the future.

Peerages, like all modern British honours, are created by the British monarch and take effect when letters patent are affixed with the Great Seal of the Realm. Her Majesty's Government advises the Sovereign on a new peerage.

The Great Seal of the Realm, which makes the bestowed title official, is an ancient seal used to symbolise the Sovereign's approval of important state documents and legitimatise them.

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