http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/kate-middleton/11081346/Kate-Middleton-pregnant-the-long-history-of-producing-a-spare.html
The royal duties of a prince and princess in the past has been to produce "an heir and a spare". The heir is made to take over the throne when the prince/princess dies, and the spare is only just in case something disastrous happens to the heir. When Princess Kate Middleton announced she was pregnant with another baby, news went out that "the spare" was being born.
I think it is very sad that the spare will have to go through life being known as the backup. They will have a hard life as it is trying to make sure nothing happens to their older sibling, or the heir, but on top of that they never feel worthy of the throne. The only time they would be considered worthy is if the heir dies before reproducing. It is also sad that the public assumes Kate is having another baby just because of her royal duty, and not because of pure love with her husband and just wanting another child.
That's a shame that the media has twisted the birth of another baby into "a duty" that the princess must accomplish.
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