Royal Baby Due Date Awaited; Camilla Hopes 'By the End of the Week'

The media frenzy continues now that the royal baby's rumored due date has passed, but Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall told an audience Monday to expect the future king or queen "by the end of the week."

"We are all just waiting by the telephone," Camilla, 65, said during an appearance Monday at the Little Harbour children's hospice in Porthpean. "We are hopeful that by the end of the week he or she will be here."

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Kate Middleton and Prince William are expecting their first child any day now. The believed due date of July 13 has come and gone and Twitter users are now waiting with bated breath for the arrival of the future heir to the throne.

#RoyalBaby #Katemiddleton's Baby is 3 days overdue... Looks like missing your due date is 'commoner' than previously thought.

— DoctorGooFee (@DoctorGooFee) July 16, 2013

#KateMiddleton is bursting at the seams, but when will we meet baby Cambridge? http://t.co/BeShbvymBE

— Alison Jackson (@alisonjackson) July 16, 2013

My Kate Middleton Uterus-cam tells me she's crowning! (Pun INtended! Lol) @TMZ

— RainnWilson (@rainnwilson) July 13, 2013

Twitter will be a no go area when the royal baby comes this week.

— steve mc (@lpool39) July 16, 2013

Guess I'll just spend my day awaiting the arrival of the royal baby.

— Mandy Douress (@MandyDouress) July 16, 2013

Just cycled past Buckingham Palace. Wowzers! A crazy sight. Media tents everywhere waiting to pounce on the royal baby the moment it arrives

— Martha Wright (@marthawright) July 16, 2013

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