LONDON (AP) — Get the nursery ready: Prince William and his wife Kate are expecting their first child.

St. James's Palace announced the pregnancy Monday, saying that the Duchess of Cambridge — formerly known as Kate Middleton — has a severe form of morning sickness and is currently in a London hospital. William is at his wife's side.

The palace said 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.

It would not say how far along she is, only that she has not yet reached the 12-week mark.

News of the pregnancy drew congratulations from across the world, with the hashtag "royalbaby" trending globally on Twitter.

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.

William is second in line to the throne after his father, Prince Charles, so the couple's first child would normally eventually become a monarch.

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

The confirmation of her pregnancy caps a jam-packed year of highs and lows for the young royals, who were married in a lavish ceremony at Westminster Abbey last year.

They have traveled the world extensively as part of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee celebrations and weathered the embarrassment of a nude photos scandal, after a tabloid published topless images of the duchess.

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."

Speculation about when the couple would start a family has been rife since their wedding.
www.bigstory.ap.org/article/palace-says-prince-william-duchess-cambridge-expecting-baby

Awwww so sweet. About time. No be since April upper year them marry? If Na naija, the second pikin go done nearly de due. All the best o jare

Congratulations to them both.

Hip hip hurray!

hehe!!
...royal baby things..!!!

I Thank God For Them!

Congrats....

lol....royalbaby....OP...you are wrong,Prince Williams is next to the throne after Queen Eliza not His father

Hey, when I had my first child a couple of months back, why didn't mukina post it on homepage

congrats.

Ileke-IdI:
Hey, when I had my first child a couple of months back, why didn't mukina post it on homepage

lolz, You Be Celebrity

So even prince dey follow phuck toto?

Another over worshipped, over advertized, over protected DEVIL to be thrown to our face once more.
We will live alongside him or her like we have been doing.

Congrats to the couple..

.... but why does this warrant a front page news, this people are rich beyond anybody's imagination, they have stolen lands and goods from all around the world, the citizens of their country pay them money for up keep and to top it off, they live in castles. I just think there are far more depressing and worthwhile things to occupy front page than "following the joneses" and commenting on people who dont give a crap about ordinary people

crisycent: Who gives a Bleep?

Me damnit!

crisycent: Who gives a Bleep?

bad belle. Give honour to whom honour is due. Rejoice with those that are rejoicing. If you feel jealous, why dont you try to be celebrity and see if people are not going to celebrate your beautiful child. Thank god our world today is not shaped to put down people who areforward looking. Which means you can make it if you want. What you have done is unafrican!

I thought this was NAIRALAND not HELLO or OVATION magazine

Ileke-IdI:
Hey, when I had my first child a couple of months back, why didn't mukina post it on homepage

We are talking of a Prince or princess been born here not another child that will grow up fighting for a Visa to go see what London looks like

Hi, did you get my mail?

SniperInADiaper:

Me damnit!

Annnnnnnnd?

Hmmm! You have said it all

Sam Milla: Another over worshipped, over advitised, over protected priviledged devil to be thrown to our face once more. We will live alongside him like we have been doing.

royal scum spend uk tax money on lavish lifestyle

Congrats and welcome future monarch and UK taxpayer responsibility

berem: Hi, did you get my mail?

I did and I replied it.

homesteady: lol....royalbaby....OP...you are wrong,Prince Williams is next to the throne after Queen Eliza not His father

When Eliza dies, Charles is next in throne, not Williams

How is this relevant to Nigeria? How is this relevant to Nigeria?

victorD3:


We are talking of a Prince or princess been born here not another child that will grow up fighting for a Visa to go see what London looks like

From a family + country that robbed your culture dry.


Slave

souldust: bad belle. Give honour to whom honour is due. Rejoice with those that are rejoicing. If you feel jealous, why dont you try to be celebrity and see if people are not going to celebrate your beautiful child. Thank god our world today is not shaped to put down people who areforward looking. Which means you can make it if you want. What you have done is unafrican!

Why should we celebrate foreigners who were our colonial masters and whose family was incharge? A family that will never have a black member? What he did is very African.


I rather listen to Tonto Dikeh!

I wish her a safe delivery.

crisycent: Who gives a Bleep?

^^ ask 'em.