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Britain's Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have [naming / named] their newborn baby daughter. The two [royals / royal] are better [known / knowing] as Prince William and his wife Kate. Their daughter was [birth / born] on Saturday and since then the world has been waiting to see what the new [departure / arrival] would be called. The parents waited two days before they [told / tell] the world. Their new baby is called Charlotte. She also has two middle names, Elizabeth and Diana. Her [office / official] title is Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of Cambridge. She is fourth in [lane / line] to the British throne. This [means / meaning] that if her grandfather (Prince Charles), father, and brother (Prince George) all die, she will be Britain's queen after Queen Elizabeth passes [up / away] .

The British public is [delight / delighted] at the choice of names for the new princess. Most people liked the [factual / fact] that the names were traditional, and closely [linked / lined] to members of the royal family. The name Charlotte [as / is] the female version of Charles – Prince Charles is her grandfather. There was a Queen Charlotte [in / on] the 18th century, who was married to Britain's King George III. The new princess' middle name, Elizabeth, [is / has] the same as her great-grandmother, Britain's Queen Elizabeth. Finally, her [second / secondly] middle name, Diana, is that [for / of] her grandmother, Diana Princess of Wales, who died in 1997 when Prince William was a [children / child] . Tweeter Stephanie Clark said: 'I love that Diana's name is in there. Such a lovely [tribal / tribute] to her."

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