Prince Harry, wife Meghan expecting first baby next yr
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle are expecting their first baby in the first half of next year, Kensington Palace announced on Monday as the royal couple embarked on a four-nation tour. The 37-year-old former actor who had married 34year-old Harry, Duke of Sussex, at a Windsor Castle ceremony in May, is due to deliver the couple’s first baby in the Spring 2019. “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,” Kensington Palace said in a statement, as the royal couple arrived in Sydney on their first overseas tour as a royal couple.
“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,” the statement said.
The new baby, as Queen Elizabeth II’s eighth great grandchild, will be seventh in line to the British throne. However, he or she is not automatically entitled to have a royal title or be known as Prince or Princess unless the Queen steps in because King George V, Prince Harry’s great great grandfather, had limited titles within the royal family in 1917.
The 92-year-old monarch and other senior Royals were told about the pregnancy on Friday, when members of the royal family had gathered at Windsor Castle once again for a royal wedding — that of Princess Eugenie, the Queen's granddaughter.
Kensington Palace said the Queen is “delighted” by the news. Meghan Markle had attended the wedding last Friday with Prince Harry wearing a long, dark blue Givenchy coat, which sparked speculation on social media about her possibly hiding a pregnancy bulge.