14 DAY TRIAL // By all accounts, young Prince George is getting a little sister in the nearest possible future. Duchess Kate is already pregnant with her second child, a baby girl, according to the latest reports.
It's been just 7 months since the birth of Prince George, but the people at Star Magazine claim they have it on good authority that the royal couple has already began work on their second child, a girl. Duchess Kate, 32, told the news to Prince William, 31, on Valentine's Day.
“Little George is getting a sister, and Kate is absolutely thrilled,” said a source close to the royal family, and adds that they're not trying to keep the pregnancy under wraps. “[Kate] was really hoping the next child would be a girl, and having it confirmed has just given her the best start to the year. Kate and William are ecstatic!”
The gender of the baby was determined using genetic testing and, after hearing the happy news, the Prince was said to be overjoyed. “William was ecstatic! He couldn’t stop hugging her,” says a royal insider.
“He was actually a little surprised, because he was convinced it would be a boy. In his head, he was expecting a brother for George, because he himself grew up with a little brother. But now that they know a girl is on the way, it has really affected him emotionally. He knows his mother, Princess Diana, would have been overjoyed,” adds the same insider.
There have also been speculations that Prince William was already considering the name of Diana for the girl, but Kate wasn't as keen. Official statements from the people involved haven't been released yet, but, if the rumors are true and Kate isn't hiding it, we can expect a full disclosure by the end of the week.
The news comes as a big surprise, despite the fact that the royal couple was indeed planning a new pregnancy. The big surprise is the fact that no one expected it to happen so soon after the birth of their first child together.