Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge and wife of Prince William, is due to give birth in April, and some suspect she is having twins.
What would happen if Kate Middleton’s baby turns out to be twins?
The 36-year-old is already a mother to two, Prince George, four, and Princess Charlotte, two.
Prince William has addressed the rumour, but did not confirm or deny whether this was in fact the case.
He joked about the issue on February 9, when he said: “Twins? I think my mental health would be tested with twins.”
He added, according to Hello!: “Two is fine, I don’t know how I’m going to cope with three, I’m going to be permanently tired.”
Is Kate Middleton having twins?
Twins do not seem to run in Kate Middleton’s family, and the royals have not made a statement on the issue.
According to What to Expect, 16.9 in 1,000 pregnancies are twins as of 2011.
Mothers are more likely to have twins if they run in their family, or if they are older than 35.
When was the last time that twins were born into the Royal Family?
The last royal to have twins was James I of Scotland’s wife, Queen Joan who had two boys 588 years ago in 1430.
With twins, the eldest twin would be first-in-line to the throne.
Is Kate Middleton having a boy a girl?
What can the Duchess’s baby bump tell us about her future child?
The Mail Online speculated that Kate is expecting a girl, thanks to a similarity in the shapes of her baby bumps.
The site claims Kate’s bump is “high and wide” like it was when she was pregnant with Charlotte, but claims her bump was lower with when carrying George. But is this reliable predictor of gender?