- Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are having their first baby due in the Spring of next year, Palace reveals
- Meghan is in ‘good health’ and they have had a successful 12 week scan – suggesting baby due in late April
- Her mother Doria Ragland was seen taking baby-care classes in California and could move to the UK to help
- But it appears unlikely the royal couple have contacted Meghan’s estranged father Thomas to give him news
- Harry and Meghan made the announcement after they touched down on Qantas flight to Sydney this morning
- Prince gave first interview since news today in Australia, but didn’t disclose details about wife’s pregnancy
- The royals arrived in Australia for their first major international tour since they were married in late May
- They will also visit Fiji, Tonga and New Zealand, with the main event this year’s Invictus Games held in Sydney
- But Meghan will go to south Pacific islands despite the risk of getting the Zika virus from the mosquitoes
- Couple in Ireland at time of conception and Harry was asked: ‘When are you and Meghan going to get going?’
The ‘delighted’ Queen has today congratulated Meghan Markle and Prince Harry as they announced they are expecting their first royal baby – conceived just ten weeks after they married.
Harry and Meghan told Her Majesty she would be having her eighth great-grandchild next spring during Princess Eugenie’s wedding to Jack Brooksbank at Windsor Castle on Friday.
Today the couple were seen beaming as they touched down in Sydney to start their three-week tour of Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga – their first major international trip since they married in May.
They were later photographed holding hands in the grounds of Admiralty House, where the Queen stays Down Under, when their happy news was announced to the world.
Harry today gave his first TV interview since the news went public with ABC’s Australian Story, but could not be tempted to disclose any new details.
Instead, he focused on the importance of the Invictus Games, which starts in Sydney next week.
Meghan, 37, is in ‘good health’ and has had a successful 12 week scan – meaning the child was conceived between their mid-July tour of Ireland and her birthday on August 4, when Prince Harry was best man at the wedding of Charlie van Straubenzee.
The royal baby is due in late April 2019, possibly around St George’s Day, April 23, meaning the child, who will be seventh in line to the throne behind Harry, could share a birthday with its cousin Prince Louis.
Announcing their baby news Kensington Palace said today: ‘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. 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 Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have said they are ‘delighted’ to be welcoming their eighth great-grandchild in a joint statement with Prince Charles, who will have four grandchildren when baby Sussex is born next year. Prince William and his wife Kate also hailed his brother and sister-in-law’s good news.
Double excitement today. Not only are the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in Australia ahead of their first major royal tour, but they’ve announced they’re expecting a baby too.
Meghan arrived in Sydney wearing a chic coat, before repeating this pleated midi skirt for a romantic walk with Harry.
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