Prince William, Kate expecting second baby—palace

LONDON — Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate are “very pleased” to announce that they are expecting their second child, Kensington Palace said on Monday.

The prince’s grandmother Queen Elizabeth II was said to be “delighted” at the news, which comes less than 14 months after the birth of the couple’s first child, Prince George.

Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, is again suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum, a form of very acute morning sickness that caused her to be hospitalized when she was pregnant with George.

The duchess, 32, is currently being treated by doctors at the couple’s London home in Kensington Palace, a spokesman said.

She was due to attend an official engagement in Oxford on Monday but cancelled because she has morning sickness, the palace said.

“Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are very pleased to announce that The Duchess of Cambridge is expecting their second child,” the statement said.

“The Queen and members of both families are delighted with the news.”

Prime Minister David Cameron was among the first to offer his congratulations to the couple, saying he was “delighted by the happy news that they’re expecting another baby.”

William and Kate’s first child, George Alexander Louis, was born on July 22, 2013 in London’s St. Mary’s Hospital, weighing eight pounds and six ounces (3.8kg).

source: lifestyle.inquirer.net

Kate Makes Cub Scouts, Volunteers Feel Like Friends

She may have come from a palace and seemed like a princess, but for the Cub Scouts she helped teach how to make doughy snacks and light fires, she was simply Kate.

"We just called her Kate," says Fatima Vukhari, 9, who was at the special training day for scout volunteers Friday in Cumbria.

"She seems like a princess because she looks really pretty and had really nice hair," Fatima told PEOPLE.

Her fellow 9-year-old Connor Childs thought Kate was "really normal."


Either way, "she would help us with lots of things," Fatima said of the royal, who has been volunteering at her local scout pack in north Wales for 15 months now. "This is the best thing we have done since we have been in the scouts."

And the scouts even had a little present for the nearly six-months pregnant Duchess of Cambridge. "Me and my friend got her a teddy bear for her baby. We didn't get her a blue or a pink one, because we don't know if it's a girl or a boy," Fatima said. "She said 'It's really cute.'"

Earlier, Kate had been shown how to do the various activities along with other volunteers. One, Abid Saleh, 32, from Blackburn in northern England, was with her as she got her hands grubby cooking "twists" of dough on sticks.

"You could tell she enjoys volunteering ... very relaxed and easy to be around," Saleh said. "She made it easy."

With the weather in England's Lake District wintry and snowy, "She chuckled that it could not have been much colder," said volunteer Becky Coates, 38. "In 15-20 minutes, it felt like we always knew each other." 

source: people.com