The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expecting their third child – but were forced to tell the world early today because Kate has again been struck down with severe morning sickness. The Duchess, 35, who is believed to be between eight and 12 weeks pregnant, battled Hyperemesis Gravidarum during her first two pregnancies and was hospitalised when expecting George in 2012.
Today she was forced to miss her planned engagement at the Hornsey Road Children’s Centre in London today, and is being cared for at Kensington Palace. The happy news that George, four, and Charlotte, two, will have a new sibling next April or May came later via Kensington Palace, who said in a statement: ‘Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are very pleased to announce that The Duchess of Cambridge is expecting their third child’.