Kate, Will expecting third baby

ANOTHER royal baby is on its way, with Catherine, wife of Prince William, expecting her third child.

Kensington Palace announced last night that Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, was pregnant.

The child will be a younger sibling to Prince George, 4, and Princess Charlotte, 2, and will be the fifth in the line to the throne.

Queen Elizabeth, 91, was said to be delighted by the news.

Kensington Palace made the announcement after Catherine unexpectedly cancelled a planned appearance at a children’s centre in London.

The 35-year-old Duchess is suffering from acute morning sickness, known as hyperemesis gravidarum, the same condition she experienced during her two previous pregnancies. She was hospitalised while pregnant with Prince George, but is being cared for at Kensington Palace in London.

The baby will be fifth in line to the throne, behind Princess Charlotte, Prince George, their father Prince William and grandfather Prince Charles, who is the current heir.

Prince Harry, brother of Prince William, will be bumped back to sixth in line.

Kensington Palace did not say when Catherine was due to give birth. She made a public appearance last week with Prince William and Prince Harry when they visited a memorial garden dedicated to the princes’ late mother Diana, wearing a flowing green dress, and did not show any apparent hint of a baby bump.

Prince George is starting school next week.

The news comes as the royal family seeks to draw a line under the 20th anniversary of Princess Diana’s death on August 31, which prompted a new round of media interest in the late princess and painted her former husband Prince Charles and his now-wife, then-mistress Camilla ParkerBowles in an unflattering light.