The rumour mill went into overdrive yesterday when a gossip magazine claimed Prince William and Kate Middleton were expecting twins.
While the world marvelled over where the super-slim Duchess of Cambridge was hiding two 12-week-old babies, and we dreamed up designs for a royal pregnancy commemorative edition, royal representatives were drafting a press statement to rain of everyone’s parade.
“Suffice to say that were it true, it would be us that announces it, not a gossip magazine,” a palace spokesperson said.
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UK gossip magazine Star claimed to have “official” confirmation that Kate was not only pregnant, but expecting twins — a boy and a girl.
The publication said William was thrilled Kate was pregnant because of the “enormous pressure” the couple have been under to produce an heir.
“William almost collapsed with joy — and relief — when Kate called to tell him she was pregnant,” a source told the magazine.
William and Kate, both 29, got married in April and have said they want to enjoy time together as a couple before starting a family.
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“I think we’ll take it one step at a time,” William said when he announced his engagement to Kate last November.
“We’ll sort of get over the marriage thing first, then look at the kids. But obviously, we want a family.”
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