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We now go live to our Royal Correspondent who is outside the Palace. Nicholas/Sue/Dave what can you tell us?
Nicholas/Sue/ Dave
Yes the Palace have confirmed that the Duchess of Cambridge is pregnant and that the Royal couple are delighted. This means that at some point in the next six or seven months, assuming all goes well, she will have a baby. The baby will almost certainly be a boy or a girl. If it is a boy there is an extremely high chance that he will be given the traditional title "Prince" whereas if it is a girl she will be known as "Princess". We don't know what the name of the baby will be at this point, but if it is a girl then we can reasonably assume that the baby will have a girl's name, while if the child is a boy he will be called something male. He or she will be the fourth in line to the throne and remain so until something changes at which point he or she will become the third in line or even second or conversely the fifth or sixth. Or perhaps even the seventh. Or eighth - it really depends on how many other children members of the Royal Family have.
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And do we have any suggestion as to how the news was greeted by the Royal couple?
Nicholas/Sue/David
Yes at this point the Palace have confirmed that the Duchess of Cambridge is pregnant and that the Royal couple are delighted. In the past Prince William has said that he would love to have a little girl, but that he would be equally happy if he had another little boy. The Duchess herself has never commented openly on the topic, but one might reasonably assume that she will be happy with a boy or a girl. The couple have already had one child, Prince George, so we can say at this point that the new baby will almost certainly not be called George or even Georgina, although the latter still remains a possibility. If unlikely. The news was greeted around the world by other media outlets. Everybody is described as being "really delighted" by the news. Stephen Fry tweeted: "A baby that's nice" while Nigel Farage added - on twitter that it was "really good news". David Cameron, unusually perhaps has backed Farage on this, while Ed Miliband added that he was "very happy for the Royal Family" and that maybe an airport could be named after the baby when it is born. Back to you in the studio Alistair.
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