Royal Baby Due Date: Duke and Duchess Of Cambridge Confirm They're Expecting Third Child In April | HuffPost Life

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are “delighted” to reveal their third child is due in April 2018.

The news, released by Kensington Palace, means the Duchess is currently three months pregnant.

The couple first revealed they were expecting their third child in September 2017.

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The Duchess’ pregnancy announcement came earlier than initially planned as she was forced to call off some planned engagements due to suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum (HG).

On 10 October, the Duchess made her first public appearance since her pregnancy announcement at a reception at Buckingham Palace to mark World Mental Health Day.

Speaking about her experience with HG, a royal aide said at the time: “The Duchess’ condition is improving but she is still suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum. She is delighted to be able to be here tonight.”

The Duchess also made an appearance at Paddington station in London on Monday 16 October, which saw her dancing with Paddington Bear.

Since news of the pregnancy broke, people have already been guessing what the royal couple will call their third child.

Alice, Alexandra, Victoria and Arthur were some of the favourites, according to betting company Ladbrokes.

The royal couple are yet to reveal if they are expecting a baby boy or girl.

Before You Go

Pride 2017: 13 Baby Names Inspired By The LGBT Community

1. Harvey(01 of13)

Harvey Milk was an American politician who became the first openly gay person to be elected to public office in California, when he won a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

2. Gilbert(02 of13)

Gilbert Baker, an openly gay artist and civil rights activist, designed the Rainbow Flag in 1978. The flag has since become a prominent symbol to the gay community around the world.

3. Sylvia(03 of13)

Sylvia Rivera was an American gay liberation and transgender activist and self-identified drag queen. She was a founding member of both the Gay Liberation Front and the Gay Activists Alliance.

4. Ellen(04 of13)

Ellen Page is a Canadian actress who came out in 2014, and has since spoken openly about the double standards around LGBT actors in Hollywood, she said: "Now I’m gay, I can’t play a straight person?!”

5. Martina(05 of13)

Martina Navratilova is a Czech and American retired tennis player and coach. In 2005, Tennis magazine selected her as the greatest female tennis player for the years 1965 through 2005. In 2000, she was the recipient of National Equality Award from the USA's largest gay and lesbian activist/lobbying group for her campaigning.

6. Audre(06 of13)

Audre Lorde was a African-American writer, feminist, poet and civil-rights activist. She took part in the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights in 1979 and used her theory of difference to establish the fight for gay rights. She quickly became the best known out-of-the-closet Black radical lesbian feminist.

7. Ian(07 of13)

Sir Ian McKellen is an actor and the recipient of six Laurence Olivier Awards, a Tony Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. He is one of the founding members of Stonewall UK, along with John Miskelly and Michael Cashman.

8. Keegan(08 of13)

Keegan Hirst is Britain's first openly gay rugby player who came out in August 2015.

9. Laverne(09 of13)

Laverne Cox is an American actress on the hit Netflix series 'Orange is the New Black'. Cox has made history as being the first openly transgender person to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy award in an acting role and to be on the cover of Time magazine.

10. Edie(10 of13)

Edie Windsor is an American LGBT rights activist and former technology manager at IBM. She was the lead plaintiff in the Supreme Court of the United States, which successfully overturned Section 3 of the Defence of Marriage Act, considered a landmark legal victory for same-sex marriage.

11. Bayard(11 of13)

Bayard Rustin is best known for his work with Martin Luther King in the civil right's movement, but in the 1970s, he became a public advocate on behalf of gay and lesbian causes as well.

12. Ruby(12 of13)

Ruby Rose is an Australian model, DJ, recording artist, actress and television presenter. She has spoken openly, and extensively, about her sexuality and identifying as gender fluid.

13. Larry(13 of13)

Larry Kramer is an American playwright, author, public health advocate and LGBT rights activist.

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