Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
WE ARE ALL VERY HAPPY
Joy as Duchess is expecting another little prince or princess
PRINCE William and Kate have announced they are expecting their third child, to the delight of both their families.
In a statement yesterday, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge said they were “very pleased” to share the news.
But they added Kate, 35, has the severe morning sickness she suffered in her previous pregnancies. She is being treated by medics at Kensington Palace.
The Queen and Prince Philip, plus Prince Charles and Camilla, who are all on holiday in Scotland, were yesterday said to be “delighted with the news”.
While Prince Harry gave a thumbs up as he arrived for an event in Manchester and said: “Fantastic. Great. Very, very happy for them.”
Asked about the duchess, he said: “I haven’t seen her for a while, but I think she’s OK.” Just weeks ago, during a tour of Poland and Germany, Kate hinted another child could be on the cards.
After being given a present designed for newborns, while in Polish capital Warsaw, she laughed and turned to William, saying: “We will just have to have more babies.” But she showed no signs of the acute morning sickness, called hyperemesis gravidarum, in public last week when she viewed a Princess Diana memorial garden at the Palace.
The baby is likely to be due next April or May, which would make the child three years younger than Princess Charlotte, born on May 2, 2015.
And the baby will be fifth in line to the throne, after brother George, four, and sister Charlotte, two.
Kate’s uncle Gary Goldsmith, 52, suggested the royal couple would follow in the Queen’s footsteps by going on to have a fourth child. The millionaire businessman, 52, said: “It’s the best news I’ve had so far this year. She’s a natural mother. I wonder if she will stop at three? I doubt it. They are having such fun with the babies.”
As with her previous pregnancies, the duchess was forced to make a public announcement early after sickness meant she had to pull out of an official engagement.
She was due to meet families at the Hornsey Road Children’s Centre in North London yesterday lunchtime, but was instead being looked after by doctors at her London home. Mum Carole Middleton was seen leaving the
KATE’S UNCLE, ON BABIES
THE Duchess of Cambridge is likely to be on powerful drugs for her hyperemesis gravidarum, according to an expert.
HG, last fatal in the 1930s, is severe morning sickness that can cause weight loss, dehydration and nutrient depletion.
Kaitlin Dean, chair of Pregnancy Sickness Support, is a research nurse studying for a PHD in the condition. She said: “This can render women bed-bound