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SJP have confirmed that the pregnancy has not yet passed the 12-week point.
mammacats said:Too bad about the morning sickness, but Hurrah definitely on the new baby! Who knows, maybe the reason she is so sick is maybe twins?? That would be many shades of awesome!
Dman said:Richard Palmer@RoyalReporter
Aides say the Duchess's need to go to hospital forced the couple's hand in announcing the pregnancy.
Ok, now they had to tell us because she is in hospital.No date for the birth?
Congratulations!
I don't see how, they could have easily passed this off as something other than a baby and waited.
Jacknch said:From what I have gathered from BBC News 24, it reports that in order to control as much as possible information on the couple, it was decided to make the announcement straightaway before any speculation or rumour arose as to the Duchess's admittance to hospital. I tend to agree with their stance - can you imagine the media would have a field-day of innuendo and gossip all at the Duchess's expense as to what's going on!
It would be pointless to advise the world that the Duchess was in hospital due to an in-growing toenail and then a couple of weeks later say "well, actually we lied, she's pregnant" - then instead of everyone being happy, the press would criticise them for making up stories and they would be no better than a common newspaper.
The couple had to announce. What excuse could they give for Catherine missing her engagements this month?