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Beyonce takes over the internet with twins news

- By AGENCE FRANCEPRES­SE in New York

Beyonce is pregnant — and this time, she’s expecting twins with her husband, rap mogul Jay Z.

The pop superstar — who already has a five-year-old daughter, Blue Ivy, with Jay Z — announced the news to her more than 92 million followers on Instagram on Wednesday.

Clad in panties and a bra under a flowing veil, Beyonce posted a picture of herself kneeling beside a human-size floral arrangemen­t, her hands cradling her rounded belly.

“We would like to share our love and happiness. We have been blessed two times over,” the 35-year-old singer wrote.

“We are incredibly grateful that our family will be growing by two, and we thank you for all your well wishes,” she added, signing with Jay Z.

Within hours, the post generated nearly 7 million likes on Instagram, surpassing the record set by fellow pop star Selena Gomez, who as of Wednesday had 6.3 million likes for a shot last year of her sipping a soft drink.

In a timeline sure to trigger intrigue, Beyonce announced the pregnancy a little more than nine months after her last album Lemonade — in which she strongly hinted that Jay Z was unfaithful.

Beyonce released Lemon- ade, an album intertwine­d with a film, on April 23. One lyric warns an unfaithful man of a “final warning” that he’s “gonna lose your wife” if his behavior doesn’t change.

A sullen Jay Z appears at the end of the film to embrace her, suggesting reconcilia­tion.

Lemonade is in the running for album of the year at the Grammy Awards on Feb 12, where Beyonce leads the nomination­s.

News of the twins prompted an avalanche of postings on social media — which included a guessing game on the children’s names.

Twitter reported half a million tweets on Beyonce within the first 45 minutes as she became the world’s top trending item.

“When Beyonce is pregnant I am pregnant,” the popular YouTube comedian Tre Melvin tweeted, calling the news a “marvelous start” to February, marked in the United States as Black History Month.

We would like to share our love and happiness. We have been blessed two times over.” Beyonce, singer on Instagram

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