Britain has the birth of another royal baby to look forward to.
The Duchess of Cambridge is pregnant again, Kensington Palace announced this morning.
Kate, 32, whose son, Prince George is just a year old, is expecting her second baby with husband Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, next year.
The Duchess is once again suffering from the debilitating condition hyperemesis gravidarum, which causes extreme sickness in pregnant women.
Unlike her first pregnancy, however, Kate is being treated by doctors at Kensington Palace and has not been admitted to hospital.
Sources have told Mail Online that the Duchess has not yet even reached her crucial 12-week stage and were once again forced to reveal details of the new baby because of her condition.
A senior royal source said: ‘The couple only found out very recently. The Duchess has not even reached the crucial 12-week stage.
'But when it became apparent that she was no well enough to join the Duke on a joint engagement in Oxford today and that the number of forthcoming engagements could be affected, the Duke and Duchess have taken the difficult decision to be fully open about the pregnancy.’
The new royal baby will be fourth in line to the throne behind its older brother Prince George, pushing its uncle, Prince Harry, down to fifth.
As a sibling to Prince George, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's second child will not be expected to be crowned sovereign.
But second-born royal children - often dubbed the 'spare to heir' - have on occasion ended up as monarch.
The country's last king, George VI, was not meant to accede to the throne and only did so when his older brother Edward VIII abdicated over his love for American divorcee Wallis Simpson in 1936.
Prime Minister David Cameron offered his congratulations to the couple today, saying: 'Many congratulations to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. I'm delighted by the happy news that they're expecting another baby.'
Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond said: ‘This is very happy news for any couple, and on behalf of the people of Scotland, I am delighted to send our best wishes to the Countess and our hearty congratulations to the royal couple.’
The Duchess is known in Scotland as the Countess of Strathearn.
A Twitter spokesman told MailOnline shortly after the announcement that #RoyalBaby was the top trend worldwide and in Britain - and the news was also four out of ten of the top trends.
BREAKING NEWS: Duchess of Cambridge is pregnant with her second child - but is being treated for severe morning sickness
Kate, 32, mother to Prince George, one, is expecting a child next year
The Cambridges have long spoken of their desire to extend their family
Kate is again suffering from 'super sickness' hyperemesis gravidarum
She will no longer accompany William on engagement in Oxford today
Royal source: 'Duchess has not even reached crucial 12-week stage'
By Rebecca English and Mark Duell and Lucy Crossley and Lizzie Parry for MailOnline
8 September 2014
Daily Mail
The Duchess of Cambridge is pregnant again, Kensington Palace announced this morning.
Kate, 32, whose son, Prince George is just a year old, is expecting her second baby with husband Prince William next year.
The Duchess is once again suffering from the debilitating condition hyperemesis gravidarum, which causes extreme sickness in pregnant women.
Royal couple: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expecting a second child, it was revealed today
Baby butterflies: A photo to mark Prince George's first birthday at the Natural History Museum in London
Unlike her first pregnancy, however, Kate is being treated by doctors at Kensington Palace and has not been admitted to hospital.
Sources have told Mail Online that the Duchess has not yet even reached her crucial 12-week stage and were once again forced to reveal details of the new baby because of her condition.
A senior royal source said: ‘The couple only found out very recently. The Duchess has not even reached the crucial 12-week stage.
'But when it became apparent that she was no well enough to join the Duke on a joint engagement in Oxford today and that the number of forthcoming engagements could be affected, the Duke and Duchess have taken the difficult decision to be fully open about the pregnancy.’
Recent engagement: Kate and Prince William visit the Tower of London's 'Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red' poppy installation on August 5
Special moment: The Duke and Duchess with their son George arrive at Chapel Royal in St James's Palace, ahead of the christening of the three month-old by the Archbishop of Canterbury on October 23, 2013
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge after their wedding service at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011
In a statement the palace said: ‘Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are very pleased to announce that The Duchess of Cambridge is expecting their second child.
A TIMELINE OF BABY HINTS
March 17: On a visit to Aldershot, when asked if there would be a new arrival soon, William tells Sergeant Major Ray Collister: 'One's enough for the moment. Maybe one day when there's time'
April 12: During a tour of New Zealand, William tells wellwisher Cynthia Read 'you might have to make another soon', after he was presented with a shawl she had knitted for George. However, just hours after William appeared to hint another child was imminent, the couple went wine tasting, where Kate was reported to have said how much she was enjoying being able to drink again after having George
May 29: Kate dispels any rumours she might be expecting by sampling whisky during an official trip to Crieff in Scotland
The Queen and members of both families are delighted with the news. As with her first pregnancy, The Duchess is suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum.
‘Her Royal Highness will no longer accompany The Duke of Cambridge on their planned engagement in Oxford today. The Duchess is being treated by doctors at Kensington Palace. ‘
Kate’s sickness means that her first solo foreign visit to Malta later this month is seriously in doubt. A palace source said that a decision would be made nearer the time.
But the Duchess does plan to support her brother-in-law, Prince Harry, at the opening ceremony of his Invictus Games in London on Wednesday.
The following day she is due to attend a solemn Drumhead service at Lee Valley Athletics Centre with the Duke and Harry, and later with William to watch Invictus competitors taking part in matches and heats.
Recent appearances: Kate looks at graves at St Symphorien Military Cemetery in Mons, Belgium, on August 4 (left), and plays Three Tins during a visit to the Commonwealth Games Village in Glasgow on July 29 (right)
Happy: Kate claps from the Royal Box during the men's final at Wimbledon in south-west London on July 6
The Duchess is due to make her first official solo overseas tour for two days in two weeks' time, from September 20-21. A palace spokesman said: 'We will be planning this on a case by case basis.'
KATE'S SUMMER APPEARANCES
July 1: Blessed Sacrament School, London
July 2: Wimbledon Championships, London
July 5: Tour de France, Harrogate
July 6: Wimbledon Championships, London
July 29: Glasgow Commonwealth Games
August 4: WWI commemorations, Belgium
August 5: Tower of London poppy display
Prime Minister David Cameron offered his congratulations to the couple today, saying: 'Many congratulations to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. I'm delighted by the happy news that they're expecting another baby.'
Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond said: ‘This is very happy news for any couple, and on behalf of the people of Scotland, I am delighted to send our best wishes to the Countess and our hearty congratulations to the royal couple.’
The Duchess is known in Scotland as the Countess of Strathearn.
A Twitter spokesman told MailOnline shortly after the announcement that #RoyalBaby was the top trend worldwide and in Britain - and the news was also four out of ten of the top trends.
Out and about: Kate and William watch riders at the finish line of Stage 1 of the Tour De France in Harrogate on July 5 (left). Kate is also pictured leaving the Blessed Sacrament School in London on July 1 after a visit (right)
Anyone for tennis? Kate and William watch a men's quarter-final match at Wimbledon on July 2
'I'm delighted': Prime Minister David Cameron has offered his congratulations to the Duke and Duchess
Statement: Clarence House said in a tweet that the Queen and members of both families were 'delighted'
'SUPER SICKNESS': HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM EXPLAINED
Hyperemesis gravidarum afflicts one pregnancy in 50 and is much more serious than the nausea commonly experienced by expectant mothers.
The condition can lead to severe dehydration and puts both mother and baby at risk of being deprived of essential nutrients.
Sufferers can be left vomiting up to 30 times a day, with exhausting and hazardous consequences.
They cannot eat or drink without retching and may lose up to 10 per cent of their body weight, which can trigger a build-up of toxins in the blood or urine known as ketosis as the body tries to compensate for lack of food by mouth.
Hospital treatment for these women is essential, as without intravenous feeding and fluids they are at risk of becoming dangerously dehydrated.
Royal baby will be fourth in line to the throne
As a sibling to Prince George, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's second child will not be expected to be crowned sovereign.
But second-born royal children - often dubbed the 'spare to heir' - have on occasion ended up as monarch.
The country's last king, George VI, was not meant to accede to the throne and only did so when his older brother Edward VIII abdicated over his love for American divorcee Wallis Simpson in 1936.
Flashback: The Duke and Duchess leave St Mary's Hospital in London with newborn George on July 23, 2013
George VI's father, George V, was also not destined to wear the crown. But he outlived his older brother the Duke of Clarence and Avondale - Prince Albert Victor - who died from flu in 1892. George V became king in 1910.
William and Kate's new baby will be a great-grandchild to the Queen and a great-great-great-great-great-grandchild of Queen Victoria.
Once he or she arrives, Prince Harry will shift down the line of succession to fifth in line to the throne, while the Duke of York will move to sixth place and princesses Beatrice and Eugenie to seventh and eighth.
The baby will be a prince or princess thanks to the Queen, who stepped in ahead of Prince George's birth to ensure all William's children would become HRHs with fitting titles.
Once the baby arrives, Prince Harry (left) will shift down the line of succession to fifth in line to the throne
The Queen issued a Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm in December 2012 when Kate was just a few months' pregnant, declaring 'all the children of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales should have and enjoy the style, title and attribute of royal highness with the titular dignity of prince or princess prefixed to their Christian names or with such other titles of honour'.
A Letters Patent in 1917, issued by George V, limited titles within the royal family, meaning a daughter born to William or Kate would not have been an HRH but Lady (forename) Mountbatten-Windsor instead and a second-born son would also have lacked the HRH title and become Lord (forename) Mountbatten-Windsor rather than a prince.
William's cousin Princess Eugenie, who was born in 1990, was the last royal baby to be given the title Princess. The Earl and Countess of Wessex's daughter Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor is also technically a princess, but her parents decided, with the Queen's agreement, that she would use the courtesy title of the daughter of an Earl instead.
If the baby is a girl, it will be the first time a great granddaughter of a still-serving sovereign has been born in direct succession on the male line since 1897, when George VI's sister Princess Mary was born.
Kate, Duchess of Cambridge pregnant with second child | Mail Online
The Duchess of Cambridge is pregnant again, Kensington Palace announced this morning.
Kate, 32, whose son, Prince George is just a year old, is expecting her second baby with husband Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, next year.
The Duchess is once again suffering from the debilitating condition hyperemesis gravidarum, which causes extreme sickness in pregnant women.
Unlike her first pregnancy, however, Kate is being treated by doctors at Kensington Palace and has not been admitted to hospital.
Sources have told Mail Online that the Duchess has not yet even reached her crucial 12-week stage and were once again forced to reveal details of the new baby because of her condition.
A senior royal source said: ‘The couple only found out very recently. The Duchess has not even reached the crucial 12-week stage.
'But when it became apparent that she was no well enough to join the Duke on a joint engagement in Oxford today and that the number of forthcoming engagements could be affected, the Duke and Duchess have taken the difficult decision to be fully open about the pregnancy.’
The new royal baby will be fourth in line to the throne behind its older brother Prince George, pushing its uncle, Prince Harry, down to fifth.
As a sibling to Prince George, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's second child will not be expected to be crowned sovereign.
But second-born royal children - often dubbed the 'spare to heir' - have on occasion ended up as monarch.
The country's last king, George VI, was not meant to accede to the throne and only did so when his older brother Edward VIII abdicated over his love for American divorcee Wallis Simpson in 1936.
Prime Minister David Cameron offered his congratulations to the couple today, saying: 'Many congratulations to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. I'm delighted by the happy news that they're expecting another baby.'
Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond said: ‘This is very happy news for any couple, and on behalf of the people of Scotland, I am delighted to send our best wishes to the Countess and our hearty congratulations to the royal couple.’
The Duchess is known in Scotland as the Countess of Strathearn.
A Twitter spokesman told MailOnline shortly after the announcement that #RoyalBaby was the top trend worldwide and in Britain - and the news was also four out of ten of the top trends.
BREAKING NEWS: Duchess of Cambridge is pregnant with her second child - but is being treated for severe morning sickness
Kate, 32, mother to Prince George, one, is expecting a child next year
The Cambridges have long spoken of their desire to extend their family
Kate is again suffering from 'super sickness' hyperemesis gravidarum
She will no longer accompany William on engagement in Oxford today
Royal source: 'Duchess has not even reached crucial 12-week stage'
By Rebecca English and Mark Duell and Lucy Crossley and Lizzie Parry for MailOnline
8 September 2014
Daily Mail
The Duchess of Cambridge is pregnant again, Kensington Palace announced this morning.
Kate, 32, whose son, Prince George is just a year old, is expecting her second baby with husband Prince William next year.
The Duchess is once again suffering from the debilitating condition hyperemesis gravidarum, which causes extreme sickness in pregnant women.
Royal couple: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expecting a second child, it was revealed today
Baby butterflies: A photo to mark Prince George's first birthday at the Natural History Museum in London
Unlike her first pregnancy, however, Kate is being treated by doctors at Kensington Palace and has not been admitted to hospital.
Sources have told Mail Online that the Duchess has not yet even reached her crucial 12-week stage and were once again forced to reveal details of the new baby because of her condition.
A senior royal source said: ‘The couple only found out very recently. The Duchess has not even reached the crucial 12-week stage.
'But when it became apparent that she was no well enough to join the Duke on a joint engagement in Oxford today and that the number of forthcoming engagements could be affected, the Duke and Duchess have taken the difficult decision to be fully open about the pregnancy.’
Recent engagement: Kate and Prince William visit the Tower of London's 'Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red' poppy installation on August 5
Special moment: The Duke and Duchess with their son George arrive at Chapel Royal in St James's Palace, ahead of the christening of the three month-old by the Archbishop of Canterbury on October 23, 2013
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge after their wedding service at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011
In a statement the palace said: ‘Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are very pleased to announce that The Duchess of Cambridge is expecting their second child.
A TIMELINE OF BABY HINTS
March 17: On a visit to Aldershot, when asked if there would be a new arrival soon, William tells Sergeant Major Ray Collister: 'One's enough for the moment. Maybe one day when there's time'
April 12: During a tour of New Zealand, William tells wellwisher Cynthia Read 'you might have to make another soon', after he was presented with a shawl she had knitted for George. However, just hours after William appeared to hint another child was imminent, the couple went wine tasting, where Kate was reported to have said how much she was enjoying being able to drink again after having George
May 29: Kate dispels any rumours she might be expecting by sampling whisky during an official trip to Crieff in Scotland
The Queen and members of both families are delighted with the news. As with her first pregnancy, The Duchess is suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum.
‘Her Royal Highness will no longer accompany The Duke of Cambridge on their planned engagement in Oxford today. The Duchess is being treated by doctors at Kensington Palace. ‘
Kate’s sickness means that her first solo foreign visit to Malta later this month is seriously in doubt. A palace source said that a decision would be made nearer the time.
But the Duchess does plan to support her brother-in-law, Prince Harry, at the opening ceremony of his Invictus Games in London on Wednesday.
The following day she is due to attend a solemn Drumhead service at Lee Valley Athletics Centre with the Duke and Harry, and later with William to watch Invictus competitors taking part in matches and heats.
Recent appearances: Kate looks at graves at St Symphorien Military Cemetery in Mons, Belgium, on August 4 (left), and plays Three Tins during a visit to the Commonwealth Games Village in Glasgow on July 29 (right)
Happy: Kate claps from the Royal Box during the men's final at Wimbledon in south-west London on July 6
The Duchess is due to make her first official solo overseas tour for two days in two weeks' time, from September 20-21. A palace spokesman said: 'We will be planning this on a case by case basis.'
KATE'S SUMMER APPEARANCES
July 1: Blessed Sacrament School, London
July 2: Wimbledon Championships, London
July 5: Tour de France, Harrogate
July 6: Wimbledon Championships, London
July 29: Glasgow Commonwealth Games
August 4: WWI commemorations, Belgium
August 5: Tower of London poppy display
Prime Minister David Cameron offered his congratulations to the couple today, saying: 'Many congratulations to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. I'm delighted by the happy news that they're expecting another baby.'
Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond said: ‘This is very happy news for any couple, and on behalf of the people of Scotland, I am delighted to send our best wishes to the Countess and our hearty congratulations to the royal couple.’
The Duchess is known in Scotland as the Countess of Strathearn.
A Twitter spokesman told MailOnline shortly after the announcement that #RoyalBaby was the top trend worldwide and in Britain - and the news was also four out of ten of the top trends.
Out and about: Kate and William watch riders at the finish line of Stage 1 of the Tour De France in Harrogate on July 5 (left). Kate is also pictured leaving the Blessed Sacrament School in London on July 1 after a visit (right)
Anyone for tennis? Kate and William watch a men's quarter-final match at Wimbledon on July 2
'I'm delighted': Prime Minister David Cameron has offered his congratulations to the Duke and Duchess
Statement: Clarence House said in a tweet that the Queen and members of both families were 'delighted'
'SUPER SICKNESS': HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM EXPLAINED
Hyperemesis gravidarum afflicts one pregnancy in 50 and is much more serious than the nausea commonly experienced by expectant mothers.
The condition can lead to severe dehydration and puts both mother and baby at risk of being deprived of essential nutrients.
Sufferers can be left vomiting up to 30 times a day, with exhausting and hazardous consequences.
They cannot eat or drink without retching and may lose up to 10 per cent of their body weight, which can trigger a build-up of toxins in the blood or urine known as ketosis as the body tries to compensate for lack of food by mouth.
Hospital treatment for these women is essential, as without intravenous feeding and fluids they are at risk of becoming dangerously dehydrated.
Royal baby will be fourth in line to the throne
As a sibling to Prince George, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's second child will not be expected to be crowned sovereign.
But second-born royal children - often dubbed the 'spare to heir' - have on occasion ended up as monarch.
The country's last king, George VI, was not meant to accede to the throne and only did so when his older brother Edward VIII abdicated over his love for American divorcee Wallis Simpson in 1936.
Flashback: The Duke and Duchess leave St Mary's Hospital in London with newborn George on July 23, 2013
George VI's father, George V, was also not destined to wear the crown. But he outlived his older brother the Duke of Clarence and Avondale - Prince Albert Victor - who died from flu in 1892. George V became king in 1910.
William and Kate's new baby will be a great-grandchild to the Queen and a great-great-great-great-great-grandchild of Queen Victoria.
Once he or she arrives, Prince Harry will shift down the line of succession to fifth in line to the throne, while the Duke of York will move to sixth place and princesses Beatrice and Eugenie to seventh and eighth.
The baby will be a prince or princess thanks to the Queen, who stepped in ahead of Prince George's birth to ensure all William's children would become HRHs with fitting titles.
Once the baby arrives, Prince Harry (left) will shift down the line of succession to fifth in line to the throne
The Queen issued a Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm in December 2012 when Kate was just a few months' pregnant, declaring 'all the children of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales should have and enjoy the style, title and attribute of royal highness with the titular dignity of prince or princess prefixed to their Christian names or with such other titles of honour'.
A Letters Patent in 1917, issued by George V, limited titles within the royal family, meaning a daughter born to William or Kate would not have been an HRH but Lady (forename) Mountbatten-Windsor instead and a second-born son would also have lacked the HRH title and become Lord (forename) Mountbatten-Windsor rather than a prince.
William's cousin Princess Eugenie, who was born in 1990, was the last royal baby to be given the title Princess. The Earl and Countess of Wessex's daughter Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor is also technically a princess, but her parents decided, with the Queen's agreement, that she would use the courtesy title of the daughter of an Earl instead.
If the baby is a girl, it will be the first time a great granddaughter of a still-serving sovereign has been born in direct succession on the male line since 1897, when George VI's sister Princess Mary was born.
Kate, Duchess of Cambridge pregnant with second child | Mail Online
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