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‘Delighted by the News’: Palace Says Kate Middleton Expecting a Baby, But Hospitalized for Morning Sickness

Dec. 3, 2012 11:38am Erica Ritz

Palace Says Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton Expecting a Baby With Prince William

Kate Middleton, then the fiancee to Britain’s Prince William, smiles during a Naming Ceremony and Service of Dedication for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s (RLNI) new Atlantic 85 Lifeboat on February 24, 2011. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

(TheBlaze/AP) — Get the nursery ready: Britain’s royal family announced Monday that Prince William and his wife are expecting their first child.

St. James’s Palace said Monday that the Duchess of Cambridge – formerly known as Kate Middleton – has a severe form of morning sickness and is currently in a London hospital.

The palace said that since the pregnancy is in its “very early stages,” the 30-year-old duchess is expected to stay in the hospital for several days and will require a period of rest afterward.

In recent days, Middleton has kept up royal appearances – recently playing field hockey with schoolchildren at her former school.

Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, centre, plays hockey during her visit to St. Andrew s School, where she attended school from 1986 till 1995, in Pangbourne, England, Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. (Photo: AP)

The confirmation of her pregnancy – following intense speculation ever since their lavish Westminster Abbey wedding last year – was greeted with congratulations.

Prime Minister David Cameron wrote on Twitter that he was “delighted by the news,” saying the royals “will make wonderful parents.”

Not only are the attractive young couple popular – with William’s easy common touch reminding many of his mother, the late Princess Diana – but their child is expected to play an important role in British national life for decades to come.

(Photo: Twitter/@David_Cameron)

As the first-born to William – who is second in line for the throne after his father, Prince Charles – the couple’s child stands an excellent chance of one day becoming monarch.

Whether boy or girl, the child will be next in line behind William in the line of succession to the throne, Cabinet Office officials have said.

Leaders of Britain and the 15 former colonies that have the monarch as their head of state agreed in 2011 to new rules which give females equal status with males in the order of succession.

Although none of the nations had legislated to make the change as of September 2012, the British Cabinet Office confirmed that this is now the de-facto rule.

Joe Little, managing editor of Majesty magazine, said the news bookended a year that saw the royal family riding high in popular esteem after celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II’s 60 years on the throne.

“We’re riding on a royal high at the moment at the end of the Diamond Jubilee year,” he said. “People enjoyed the royal romance last year and now there’s this. It’s just a good news story amid all the doom and gloom.”

Here are some pictures of Middleton throughout the years, beginning at her own childhood:

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Comments (23)

geomann
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 3:42pm
She can’t afford to lose much weight, being as thin as she is. It isn’t healthy to begin a pregnancy that underweight. I hope she can keep some food down, and I pray for a healthy child for the young couple.

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G-WHIZ
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 10:45am
How did the human-race(there’s that woid—RACE again!) ever have kids without hospitals…for the last 10million-years?!

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GO-FOR-LIBERTY
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 6:19am
Wearing high heels while playing hocky? Royalty or not this should not be allowed both for her safety and what about tearing up the field? On second look-see her feet are not touching the ground so it’s “OK”!!

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Kevin M
Posted on December 3, 2012 at 5:52pm
“Hospitalized for Morning Sickness”

I had to go to the hospital last week because I had a bit of a headache. Then I had to go again yesterday because my fingernails seemed longer than normal.

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- XScramblerX
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 10:10pm
  And who gives a flying fox fart! She needs a good royal bowel movement……oh she has one for a father in law! My bad!
  
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- Deb C
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:20pm
  Hospitalized ? For Morning Sickness ?? I would have been fired from my job !
  
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tess q
Posted on December 3, 2012 at 3:20pm
good for them. ok now let’s move on to more important things.

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- JRook
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 3:46pm
  Ok MAJOR YAWN
  
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alinskythis
Posted on December 3, 2012 at 1:17pm
Maybe….or maybe overnight withdrawals.

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chips1
Posted on December 3, 2012 at 12:59pm
Prince William is a product of generations of inbreading and the child might be born defective. Does this mean that they will allow the child to die by failing to feed it for 10 days like they do to the general public? Sounds like the future of Obamacare!!!! EVIL!!!!!

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ScottR63
Posted on December 3, 2012 at 12:38pm
Hospital for morning sickness?….who gives a rats ass….this ain’t news Blaze.

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- dmgs
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 1:03pm
  Actually, I was hospitalized for extreme morning sickness which necessitated intravenous fluids to combat the effects of dehydration from not being able to keep anythin down.
  
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moreteaplease
Posted on December 3, 2012 at 12:36pm
“….but hospitalized for morning sickness”
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That one gave me a good chuckle as I could hear the comments from women the world over who are not afforded this luxury. My congratulations to them both :)

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- dmgs
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 1:24pm
  Sometimes, when you can’t keep anything down, you get so dehydrated that you have to be fed fluids through an IV drip. This is to protect the mother as the baby takes what nutrients it needs.
  
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Desert Dog
Posted on December 3, 2012 at 12:00pm
When the Blaze starts publishing every women who gets pregnant then maybe I’ll care about these stories. Just because they are celbs are we all supposed to get a warm feeling up our legs. Come on, really……..

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- DDD
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 12:07pm
  Oh, come on – these aren’t our stupid Hollywood royalty that gets pregnant at the drop of a hat and nobody cares – these are heirs to a throne (besides, they are wonderful and interesting people).
  
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- AMickey1126
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 2:48pm
  If you weren’t interested in the story’s headline, then why even read it? Come on, it’s a “celebrity” that’s having a child AFTER wedlock. I’d say it’s someone newsworthy. ;)
  
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AmericanStrega
Posted on December 3, 2012 at 11:57am
So it begins again. I really hope William and Kate have learned a lesson from Lady Di and Charles. Maybe William will protect his wife and child from the horrors of the news outlets. Unlike Charles did for Williams’ mother.

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jkjk
Posted on December 3, 2012 at 11:53am
Who gives a british RATTS a## about this?

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- scuba13
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 1:18pm
  Another mouth for the people of England to feed, house, educate and bow down to. Good for them.
  
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dosdelgados
Posted on December 3, 2012 at 11:50am
At last, some positive news from abroad. Good for them. Now let’s leave them alone.

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biohazard23
Posted on December 3, 2012 at 11:49am
Who cares if they’re royalty, congratulations are still in order.

Now, if it was Kim Kartrashian who was expecting, I’d say maybe it wouldn’t be such a bad thing if the Mayans were correct….

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- AmericanStrega
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 11:58am
  HaH!
  
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