MEGHAN AND HARRY REVEAL PREGNANCY AFTER LANDING IN SYDNEY
PRINCE Harry and Meghan Markle are expecting their first baby.
Kensington Palace announced the thrilling news yesterday as the royal couple relaxed in Sydney ahead of a jam-packed Australian tour, which will land them in Melbourne in just two days.
“Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are very pleased to announce that The Duchess of Sussex is expecting a baby in the Spring of 2019,” a palace statement said.
“Their Royal Highnesses have appreciated all of the support they have received from people around the world since their wedding in May and are delighted to be able to share this happy news with the public.”
Meghan, 37, has been the subject of persistent pregnancy rumours for the past two weeks, particularly after she wore a coat which disguised her famously slim figure to Princess Eugenie’s wedding last Friday.
It now appears the announcement was held until after the wedding so as not to distract from Eugenie’s big day.
Spring falls from March 20 to June 21 in the United Kingdom.
If Meghan is at least three months pregnant — announcements are usually made after the first trimester — then the baby would be expected to arrive in March or early April.
The child will be seventh in line to the throne, as his father, Prince Harry, 34, is sixth in line.
Other royals will be bumped down, including Prince Andrew and his daughters Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie.
Royal watchers had always assumed the former American actor and Prince Harry would start a family quickly, with the pair already in their 30s.
If past royal pregnancies are any guide, enthusiasts across the Commonwealth will start knitting booties and sending well-wishes to the couple, who live in an apartment in Kensington Palace in London.
Meghan’s mother, Doria Ragland, is believed to be in the process of relocating permanently from her home in Los Angeles to London to be closer to her daughter.
News that the popular Duchess was expecting a baby caused an immediate sensation in the UK.
Newspapers and TVs went to blanket coverage of the happy news, complete with images of Sydney and Admiralty House on the harbour.
The newlyweds, who jetted into a gloomy Sydney on a Qantas flight yesterday, are on a two-week tour of Australia, New Zealand, Tonga and Fiji — their first major international tour.
Crowds are now expected to be even bigger in the wake of the baby news.
The couple relaxed at Admiralty House yesterday, with visitors delivering two brand new yoga mats to the harbourside abode.