Royal Decree: If Kate & William's Baby Is A Girl, She'll Be A Princess

Queen Elizabeth has ruled that her future great-grandaughter (if there is one) will be called a "princess."

The Queen has spoken! Wanting to ensure that if the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have a daughter that she will have a proper title, Her Majesty has issued a formal decree that the royal arrival would be known as a princess. Up until now, following a century-old decree by George V, only the eldest son of the Prince of Wales's eldest son could have the title prince. That would have meant that any daughter born to William and Kate would have been called "lady." The declaration was signaled in the London Gazette Wednesday, although the Queen made the decision on New Year's Eve. And the decree covers all future children of the couple.

Apparently this is all a very big deal for royalists.