Duchess Of Cambridge Is Pregnant…Kate & Wills Are Expecting First Child As She Is Taken To Hospital With Acute Morning Sickness

That kiss: Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton embraced on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, London, following their wedding at Westminster Abbey in April 2011

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are having a baby, it was announced today [Dec. 3].

Buckingham Palace, today in an official statement announced that Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Kate Middleton are expecting their first child.

The 30 year old future queen of England was taken to King Edward VII Hospital in central London with acute morning sickness and is expected to be kept in for several days.

In a statement on the couple’s website, they said: ‘Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are very pleased to announce that The Duchess of Cambridge is expecting a baby’.

Speculation: Rumours abounded in September that the Duchess might have been expecting when the royal couple visited Singapore as part of an official tour and chinked glasses of iced water at a gala reception

‘The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Harry and members of both families are delighted with the news.’

‘The Duchess was admitted this afternoon to King Edward VII Hospital in Central London with Hyperemesis Gravidarum.

‘As the pregnancy is in its very early stages, Her Royal Highness is expected to stay in hospital for several days and will require a period of rest thereafter.’

Reacting to the good news, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Twitter: ‘I’m delighted by the news that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expecting a baby. They will make wonderful parents’.

However there are some concerns for the Duchess’s health as acute morning sickness is a serious condition that affects one in 50 pregnant women.

It is not yet known when the Duchess is due to give birth, but she is understood to be less than 12 weeks pregnant.

Congratulations to them.

Memories ... Princess Diana beams with pride as she cradles a newborn William