LET THE NEW ROYAL BABY HYSTERIA COMMENCE: Everything You Need to Know
Alert, alert! The spare has been deployed! Kensington Palace says that yes, Kate Middleton is officially pregnant with her second child. And lo, a thousand celebrity news editors and designers of high-end baby clothes offered their thanks unto the heavens.
Here’s everything we know.
The Washington Post reports that the announcement came this morning. Kate’s not quite 12 weeks along yet, but they were forced to release the news early yet again, because she’s suffering from another bout of Hyperemesis Gravidarum. You’ll rarely catch me expressing deep, sincere sympathy for a public figure sitting so pretty (she can pay people for that), but you’ve got to feel bad for the woman. She must be absolutely miserable. She’s being treated privately at the palace, but it’s not looking great for her upcoming public engagements. And in fact, she was due to leave for Malta, on her first solo state trip, in just a couple of weeks. Sorry, Malta! Can you make do with, uh (rifles through sack of royals) Prince Andrew? No? What if we put him in a very lovely wig?
Bookies are already taking bets on the kid’s name. Elizabeth and Henry are leading contenders, but I’m personally pulling for Victoria (nickname Vicky, of course):