It’s official! The palace confirms our princess is expecting another baby!
After weeks of speculation, Princess Mary has finally confirmed she is expecting a little brother or sister for Prince Christian. Chief of the Court Per Thornit announced last week, “It is expected that the birth will take place at Copenhagen University Hospital in the beginning of May 2007.”
Mary is believed to be around 14 weeks pregnant, suggesting the new baby was conceived during the couple’s romantic summer holiday to France and Graasten Palace in the south of Denmark.
In recent weeks, Mary had taken every measure possible to ensure she concealed any evidence of a protruding belly, making sure Christian or bouquets of flowers cleverly obstructed her stomach from view.
When asked about news of a second pregnancy at an art gallery opening recently, Mary was guarded but didn’t deny it. “Aah,” she said as she turned around smiling, lifting her arms up in the air, as if in surrender.
Pregnancy rumours had been rife since early this month when Mary suddenly left a function in Russia feeling ill — suspected to be a bout of morning sickness.
In the weeks following she has reportedly been looking “very pale” on a number of occasions.
Baby speculation increased when palace officials made the sudden announcement that Mary, Frederik and Christian were making their first visit to her hometown in Tasmania in November — several months before their scheduled visit to Australia next year.
It’s believed that Mary wants to share the joy of her pregnancy with family and friends, and does not want to make the long trip any later in her pregnancy.
The Crown Princess has made no secret of wanting a big family and it’s long been thought the royal pair would have “an heir and a spare” sooner rather than later.
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