So Kate is pregnant..

[Kathyan]

but do we really need wall to wall coverage of the fact? I'm really pleased for them both but there's only so many times you can listen to the same stories!

[DTCwordfan]

Might be useful for Prince Harry to bear that in mind......

[jno]

actually, there is a potential problem, though not related to gender: what happens if she has twins by Caesarean? The surgeon will be selecting the future monarch.

Ideally this would be televised and the public could vote on it.

[Maydup]

Best answer for jno! lol

Now lets stop talking about it shall we?

[jd_1984]

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2011-04/15/content_12331695.htm

[McMouse]

My understanding is that if William should die prior to Charles taking the throne, then Harry will be the heir, not one of William's offspring.

[jackthehat]

.....but only until William's child is old enough to become monarch......

[aelmpvw]

I'm going to lose sleep now worrying about who is going to be the monarch when I am dead

[Canary42]

Rumour ( I'm sure it's not true) has it that the newborn will look extraordinarily like George Osborne who needed this pregnancy to divert attention from the awful mess he is making of the country's economy.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2243167/Winter-vomiting-bug-hits-700-000-people-early-onset-virus-catches-NHS-unawares.html

No comment!!!!!

[Khandro]

wendilla; Every birth is a miracle.

[jackthehat]

Are you attempting to draw comparisons, AOG?

[DTCwordfan]

Wrong McMouse, William's number one would be King or Queen (and caesarean surgeons generally pull out baby 1 as if they would have come out of the front door). Prince Harry could be appointed Prince Regent, to assume the affairs of state until the Monarch is ready to take up the cudgels.

[wendilla]

Yes KHANDRO I agree and I wish them well but I said it would be a miracle if I was pregnant.I am retired quite a few years.

[Khandro]

wendilla; :-)

[sherrardk]

When you are carrying twins the hospital refers to them as twin a and twin b, when I had mine by c section twin a was first born (there must be some sort of protocol for the things).