Is the problem of Scotland a Braveheart problem all over again? If any of you remember the story (or at least, the movie), England's King Edward Longshank tried to solve the "Scottish problem" by invoking Prima Nocta in which English lords were allowed to have the first night in bed with a newlywed Scottish woman.

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The inbreeding, if you may, will prevent any Scottish attempt to separate from England knowing that pregnant Scottish women carry babies who were of English lineage.

Although the issue at hand has nothing to do with that ancient law, the angle of lineage holds strong, now that Kate Middleton and Prince William are said to be expecting their second child in 12 weeks.

It is speculated that the birth of the second royal baby could possibly prevent Scotland from extricating itself from Britain.

According to media reports, the Cambridges could have been in Scotland when their second baby was conceived, which paved the way to speculations that the royal child may unite Scotland and England.

The announcement of the duchess being pregnant with her second child with Prince William was done a day after the votes of the Scots who are in favor of being independent from Britain took the lead in the polls.

The survey results mean that Scotland might go ahead with their plan to extricate themselves from the Union which has been intact for 307 years now.

On previous reports, Queen Elizabeth II was said to have been distraught about the subject of Scotland separating from Britain. Now, the Scots are said to be undecided about their vote to become independent from Britain, only being fueled by the announcement of the second royal child.

Sources from the Palace say that since Kate Middleton and Prince William could well be expecting a 'Scottish baby', it is likely that Scotland will adhere to the Union.

If history would serve its lesson, it can be well remembered that the entire United Kingdom takes pride with their Royal Family attachments.

Dani Goldberg, a marine biology student at the University of St. Andrews, said Scots go crazy for anything royal. She recalls the time when the first Royal baby was born and everyong on campus calls the child "St. Andrews' baby."

"I was in the library and everyone looked up from their laptops, screamed and started clapping," Goldberg said.

She added that majority of the university's students get enthused when they hear of royalty news regardless of their political leanings. After all, the royal couple's love story started at St. Andrews when both were still students.

Goldberg said that students are excited about the news of the second royal baby and that could remind the Scots of their love for the royal family and, by extension, Great Britain.

There are only 10 days left before the Scotland finally votes for whether they would like to get out of the union or not and speculations say that the excitement over the news of the advent of a spare heir to the throne could quell the previous poll results.

Still, whether Scotland and England would stay united is still uncertain until the votes are cast.

Alex Salmond, who is the pro-independence prime minister of Scotland is said to have been keeping tabs on changes regarding people's decision on the matter. Despite this, he has taken to Twitter to congratulate the duke and duchess of Cambridge for their second child.

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