As world waits for Baby Sussex, Kate ‘wants fourth child’

THE imminent birth of the Duchess of Sussex’s first baby seems to have made her sister-in-law broody. I hear the Duchess of Cambridge is keen to have a fourth child.

‘Catherine would like another baby,’ a friend tells me. ‘She loves children and is prepared to put herself through another pregnancy even though they have been complicated by severe morning sickness in the past.’

It had been widely thought that she wanted to have three children, the same as her mother, Carole Middleton, so a fourth birth would surprise some royal watchers.

But Kate, 37, is five months younger than Meghan and there is plenty of time to add another sibling.

The Duchess would, of course, be following the example of the Queen, who gave birth to her fourth child, Prince Edward, when she was 37.

Kate gave a hint of possible intentions when with Prince William in Northern Ireland in February. As she met an adorable five-month-old baby, James Barr, she told his father, Alan: ‘He’s gorgeous. It makes me feel

broody.’ It’s not clear if William shares his wife’s desire for another baby but friends say he is just as keen on children as Kate. She has been concentrating much effort in her official duties on causes to help support children in their earliest years of life.

Last month, the family celebrated the first birthday of Prince Louis with an official photograph taken by Kate of her son playing in the garden of their Norfolk retreat, Anmer Hall.

Louis was wearing a cosy red jumper handed down by five-year-old Prince George. How long before Louis hands it down again?