--- title: Royal Baby Number 3 Due Date Revealed description: Kensington Palace announced that the Duchess of Cambridge, who is expecting her third child with Prince William, is due in April 2018. canonical: https://time.com/4985587/royal-baby-number-3-due-date/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-17T14:51:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:48:03.657Z og:title: Here's When Kate Middleton's Third Royal Baby Is Due og:description: The Duchess of Cambridge is expecting her third child with Prince William og:url: https://time.com/4985587/royal-baby-number-3-due-date/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta8773f0fcc48cc26/6988e247cf40a8996ec49d8a/kate-middleton-prince-william.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2884 og:image:height: 1622 og:image:alt: The Duke And Duchess Of Cambridge And Prince Harry Visit The White Garden In Kensington Palace og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's When Kate Middleton's Third Royal Baby Is Due twitter:description: The Duchess of Cambridge is expecting her third child with Prince William twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta8773f0fcc48cc26/6988e247cf40a8996ec49d8a/kate-middleton-prince-william.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's When Prince William and Kate Middleton's Third Royal Baby Is Due > Sponsored content. 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The garden has been transformed into a White Garden dedicated in the memory of Princess Diana, mother of The Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images) LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 30: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge are seen during a visit to The Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace on August 30, 2017 in London, England. The garden has been transformed into a White Garden dedicated in the memory of Princess Diana, mother of The Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images) Chris Jackson—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Oct 17, 2017 2:51 PM UTC [Prince George](http://time.com/4933986/prince-george-school-lunch-menu/) and [Princess Charlotte](http://time.com/4869666/princess-charlotte-tantrum/) are getting a baby sibling in April 2018, Kensington Palace announced via Twitter on Tuesday morning. While we’ve known for [for more than a month now](http://people.com/royals/prince-william-princess-kate-expecting-third-child/) that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expecting their child — and Kate Middleton has since withdrawn from [most public appearances](http://time.com/4983996/kate-middleton-paddington-bear/), as she’s battling acute morning sickness — it’s only now that we’re getting an official timeframe in which to begin hyping up the third royal baby’s time to shine. Prince George, now four, is a July baby, while Princess Charlotte, two, was born in May. The parents will certainly always be busy with birthday celebrations in the spring and summer season once baby number three is born. Of course, the real question: [Aries or Taurus](http://time.com/4726971/travel-zodiac-signs/)? (The astrological signs are split over the month of April.) And the other important factoid here: it’s definitely just one child, not twins (or triplets), based on the language Kensington Palace has used. Perhaps for the best: three royal children under the age of five already sounds like quite a handful. > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/920283076617494528) > [](https://twitter.com/PrinceDuggan/status/920290892967133185) > [](https://twitter.com/scarebaby/status/920290412715061250) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4985587/royal-baby-number-3-due-date/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4985587/royal-baby-number-3-due-date/"},"headline":"Here's When Prince William and Kate Middleton's Third Royal Baby Is Due","datePublished":"2017-10-17T14:51:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:48:03.657Z","description":"Kensington Palace announced that the Duchess of Cambridge, who is expecting her third child with Prince William, is due in April 2018.","url":"https://time.com/4985587/royal-baby-number-3-due-date/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royals","British Royals"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta8773f0fcc48cc26/6988e247cf40a8996ec49d8a/kate-middleton-prince-william.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta8773f0fcc48cc26/6988e247cf40a8996ec49d8a/kate-middleton-prince-william.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Duke And Duchess Of Cambridge And Prince Harry Visit The White Garden In Kensington Palace","caption":"The Duke And Duchess Of Cambridge And Prince Harry Visit The White Garden In Kensington Palace","creditText":"Chris Jackson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4985587/royal-baby-number-3-due-date/","name":"Here's When Prince William and Kate Middleton's Third Royal Baby Is Due"}}]}] ```