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- Kate, 32, mother to Prince George, one, is expecting a child next year
- Prince Harry expressed his delight – but couldn’t resist a dig at older brother
- 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’
- Harry hails news and jokes he can’t wait to see brother ‘suffer more’
- Prince Charles and Camilla ‘only learned of pregnancy in last few days’
- It comes about six weeks after Prince George celebrated first birthday
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Prince Harry said it was ‘very
exciting news’ that the Duke and Duchess are expecting a second child – although the notorious joker also quipped that he could not wait to see his brother ‘suffer more’.
As he visited competitors training for the inaugural Invictus Games for wounded and injured soldiers, Harry said if the couple’s second child is a girl he would ‘love to see him try and cope with that’.
He described Kate as ‘pretty poorly’ but ‘doing the best she can’, adding: ‘I hope the two of them have the opportunity to go through the process again with a little bit of peace and quiet.’
Smiles: Prince Harry beamed at the news he is to be an uncle again as he arrived to welcome Invictus Games competitors to London – although he did take some delight in the trials awaiting his elder brother
Better get used to babies: Prince Harry meets a competitor’s baby as he watches the USA wheelchair basketball team at an Invictus Games training session
And
asked whether he could give the new baby any advice or ‘strategy’ on
being a younger sibling, he said: ‘There’s never a strategy. I think
George will be over the moon. I think he will be thrilled having another
small younger brother or sister.’
After welcoming teams from 13
nations competing in the games, Harry travelled to the Barking
Sporthouse and Gym at Mayesbrook Park, Dagenham, to meet other competitors.
Meanwhile, The Duke of Cambridge today said he and his wife were ‘thrilled’ to be having a second child – but admitted Kate has had a ‘tricky week or so’ after falling ill with severe morning sickness.
Prince William was forced to attend an engagement in Oxford alone today because the Duchess was too unwell to come with him.
He said: ‘She’s feeling okay. It’s been a tricky few days – week or so – but obviously we’re basically thrilled, it’s great news, and early days. We’re hoping things settle down and she feels a bit better.’
Kensington Palace announced today that the Duchess was pregnant again. Kate, 32, whose son, Prince George is just a year old, is expecting her second baby with William next year.
The Duchess is again suffering from the debilitating condition hyperemesis gravidarum, which causes extreme sickness in pregnant women – but William said she may be over the worst of it in a fortnight.
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Happy man: The Duke of Cambridge formally opens The Dickson Poon University of Oxford China Centre Building today, on the morning of the announcement of his second child with the Duchess of Cambridge
Royal couple: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expecting a second child, it was revealed today. They are pictured here at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport during their tour to New Zealand and Australia on April 16
Four years older than George: William speaks to five-year-old Bethlily Barton as he arrives in Oxford today
Gesturing: Prince William was clearly a happy man – and said the couple were ‘thrilled’ at the news
Unlike her first pregnancy, however,
Kate is being treated by doctors at Kensington Palace and has not been
admitted to hospital.
Sources
have told MailOnline 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 beaming William
attended an engagement alone in Oxford today, where he opened a
university building. The father-to-be arrived to cheers and shouts of
congratulations and said Kate was ‘extremely disappointed’ not to be
there.
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