Some women are just “built” for pregnancy and motherhood. I’m not one of them, but the Duchess of Cambridge is. Throughout the Waity Years, Kate kept her eye on the prize. For so long, we thought that prize was “the ring” or the title or the money or whatever else. But looking back on it now, with 20/20 hindsight, the prize for her was always being the mother to the heirs. She’s so happy to go through these pregnancies and to be a mom. Now, William on the other hand… I think he likes the fact that KATE likes it so much. By all accounts, she had to convince him to have another baby, because he was content with just George and Charlotte. Here’s another reason why William should be grateful that Kate waity’d all those years: at this point, she really does make him look good. She gives him the wholesome, family-man image that he will need in the future. Which is why we get these kinds of People Magazine cover stories:
Now that they are back home in Kensington Palace with their new baby boy, Prince William and Kate Middleton have begun life as a family of five.
“It completes them,” royal biographer Ingrid Seward tells PEOPLE in this week’s cover story. A friend of the couple notes that Kate, 36, “is one of three siblings, and it’s a good family size. Boy-girl-boy is pretty cool as well.”
Parenthood, the friend adds, “suits them really well. They are enjoying it and are very happy.”
Big brother Prince George, 4, and big sister Princess Charlotte, who turns 3 on May 2, “are so excited,” says another friend. “Kate’s worried that Charlotte will feel it the hardest as the youngest, but she’s such a confident little girl and growing up so fast, Kate is hoping she will adjust.”
In Kate’s hometown of Bucklebury, “everyone around here is thrilled for them,” says a local. “It’s lovely that George and Charlotte have a little brother to play with, and Carole will be absolutely over the moon.”
With the new baby fifth in line for the throne, “hopefully, this little boy will be able to live a little outside the limelight,” says another Bucklebury villager. “We look forward to seeing him in the local park.”
As I said, I think William is happy that Kate is happy with motherhood. Kate has always just taken William as he is, regardless of dorky dad dancing or Jecca Craig or his years of schemes to avoid work, and that makes William happy too. William found a gem in Kate: she’s keen to keep popping out heirs and providing him with this wholesome, happy-family image, and she turns a blind eye to all of his nonsense. So here’s my question: now that the third kid has been born, do you think she’ll try to convince William to have one more? I had been thinking this whole time that the third baby would be their last. But now… I could absolutely see her wanting another one.
Photos courtesy of WENN, cover courtesy of People.
OT: Lol…I’m laughing at carrie Underwood and her stitches. Good lord she can milk anything.
Wanting another one? What happened to the earth being “overpopulated?” Or does that only apply to us poor people?
Only to the poor and specially if you’re black AND poor.
It’s weird and uncomfortable to dictate a quota but I get your point. People on welfare are side-eyed on their number of kids and the Royals are partly on welfare 😁
This has been exclusively said for us: the poor and uneducated non aristocratic class. Since they are royalty and rich I’ve always thought they will go for a fourth kid.
Let’s hope they stop at 3 cause I have a feeling if they had another one people would get fed up. Hopefully Kate works harder now than ever after she gets back to work. I have no patience for William and Kate to be lazy and workahy. The monarchy as we know it is only strong and popular because of The Queen. Once she is gone the monarchy is in trouble and I bet they haven’t figured that out yet!
Their kids are really cute though. For that (shallow, I admit) reason, I can see people not minding another kid come from them.
I don’t think the rest of the royals have the same loyalty to them as the Queen does, but for the time being I do think Kate and William have, at least in public, maintained a family image that Charles and Diana couldn’t. For that particular aspect of their jobs I think they have sort of succeeded. They’re not hard-working necessarily, but for the time being they seem scandal-free. (I did say “seem,” since in 20 years everything could potentially fall apart. But then again, like I said, I don’t think other members of the family exact the same loyalty the Queen does, regardless of what they do or don’t do).
I see your point but Royalty is now becoming an outdated concept and the work William and Kate push work off the more people would get fed up. Also people paying for their lifestyle I would think they would serve the public with every energy they have in their bodies.
Like I said, I don’t think the other members have the same loyalty as the Queen. So I’ll be surprised if the monarchy sticks around after the Queen’s death.
I do think Kate and William could do more work, but I also think they have been successful in other ways that Charles and Diana weren’t. Then again, they’re only at the 7 year mark right now. Who knows what will happen 5 years from now.
Perplexed: Charles and Diana kept up the happy family image without scandal for 10yrs. Unofficially things were off the rails pretty early in the marriage and by both accounts completely off within 5yrs, but officially and publicly, they were a happy, united family unit.
It was at the tenth / eleventh year that things unravelled publicly and media started writing the occasional troubled marriage article which was quickly shutdown.
Unfortunately, the unravelling was spectacular and with everything that was subsequently revealed about the marriage, the public has revised their memories to imagine the troubles were publicly known long before the ten years.
Confirmation of the bad state of their marriage came about with the Morton book, which happened around the 10 year mark. But prior to that, you can find old covers of People magazine on the internet where the media seems to speculate about the couple living separate lives. Despite being together as a family at events, there did seem to be gossip about the two growing apart. Some of the old headlines were shown during the Diana documentaries last summer.
With William and Kate, you might hear about his dorky dancing in a nightclub alone from time to time, but so far I don’t think it’s possible to tell what the state of their marriage actually is. If it’s anywhere as bad as what Charles and Diana’s marriage was, I would be legitimately shocked….not because it’s not possible, but because the media never seems to drop any little hints of discord between those two.
Perplexed: That’s all in hindsight. Any odd speculative article about the marriage was greeted with heathy skepticism by the public and quickly shutdown by the Palace. On a par with
There is a video from early in 1992 of Lady Colin Campbell promoting her book about their bad marriage on Sally Jessy Rapheal in which she is roundly booed by the audience. Later in the programme, they wheel out Andrew Morton and James Whitaker who roundly deny that the marriage is in trouble and keep saying Lady Colin has a fertile imagination.
That video stuck in my brain because of the hypocrisy of the mentioned journalists who later admitted that they knew as far back as the late-80s, but for various reasons which were mostly PR and establishment pressure, they couldn’t or wouldn’t write that story, and instead went with the status quo.
Especially Andrew Morton who afew months later was to publish his bombshell book.
And still the marriage wasn’t done until they went to Korea that autumn / Winter and it was clear for everyone to see that they couldn’t stand the sight of each other. That’s when people really believed the Morton book (though curiously not the earlier Campbell book that had covered same ground) and separation was announced, and the war of the Wales began.
The press knew the marriage was in trouble in 1986. Charles and Diana were on a boat with the Spanish royals (?). The British pressman on a boat behind watched them for 3 hours and realised they had not spoken a word to each other.
I am not saying it is all perfect but I think William and Kate are the genuine thing.
I agree. All of the younger royals are lazy. Even Harry. The older royals ARE workhorses. Love them or hate them, the Queen, Charles, Anne and even Camilla do a LOT of work. And I am sick of sycophants saying “Oh, this is when they have to raise their family!” And “There’s plenty of time for work later!”
Really? William is 35 or 36, Kate is 36, Harry is 33. All well into adulthood. Those excuses are beyond absurd – the rest of the world manages to work and raise healthy, productive kids. William did “part time” helicopter work. Harry has basically been unemployed since the army. Does anyone but me wonder: What do they do all day!?! Really? How idle rich and boring they must be!
But when you are on the public teat for millions each year, what is the urgency to get out there to work?
I don’t see anything changing unless the British public decide they are done. Diana’s death gave Wills and Harry a built in excuse to be entitled brats and they have both used it to the fullest.
^ Well said!
I think they will all be in shock when The Queen is no longer there. They will have to face reality.
I hope they stop at 3 as well. 4 on the royal dole is too many (I say that as an American, so I can’t necessarily have an opinion). It’s cute now and for the next 30-40 years, but by the time George has heirs that are William and Harry’s age, Prince Charlotte and Prince T’Challa and their offspring will become the next Duke of Gloucester or the Duke of Kent — essentially random royals few people care about who take up space in Kensington Palace.
Yeah @Millenial, hope they stop at 3 as well. Its been said William had to be convinced to have baby #3. Anyways I think Kate always wanted to have 3 kids.
I guess if wealthy people who live off the taxpayers (but bring a lot of international interest) should not have multiple kids, then poor people who live off of taxpayers via welfare pay outs shouldn’t have multiple kids either? Do you guys see how that is a slippery slope? Dictating the amount of children a family can have can get really uncomfortable. Maybe go yell at families like the Duggars with god knows how many kids versus a family of three kids. I would bet that a lot parents on this site have 2+ kids, so there isn’t a lot of room to complain about the overpopulation angle.
Man, if I went through labor as quickly as she did, I don’t think I’d be opposed to going for 4. I know she has a rough first portion of her pregnancy, but she seems to thrive during the second half.
How does Ingrid Seward know if it “completes” the family? She doesn’t.
I can see them going for one more.
I can see her going for one more too. Ingrid Seward knows nothing. She’s 36, I can her having another at 39-40. But what do I know?
The Cambridges needed a third child to share the burden of royal responsibilities with George the future King. I am sure they were hoping for a boy too, because following tradition they need son’s to join the armed forces and head regiments etc etc. Charlotte may or may not fancy serving in the Air Force or the Royal Navy. But the Queen and her sister somehow managed without brothers but its probably the reason HM decided to have four children to spread the work load..
TQ wanted more children because she barely got to enjoy motherhood with Charles and Anne.
I really don’t think they’ll have another.
This article is so mean-spirited. Maybe they actually do love other and they don’t have sinister ulterior motives for being together?
It kind of is but that’s one of the reasons I love this website ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
This site isn’t called CeleBITCHY for nothing. Lol
I was actually thinking that William looked very happy and relaxed yesterday, more so than with Charlotte’s birth/appearance. So maybe its not just Kate pushing for more kids.
I kind of think they’ll stop, but who knows. If I had enough money and easy deliveries, I would probably have 4 kids.
Yeah, this is the happiest I’ve seen William look. I was a little surprised at how overjoyed he looked at having another kid.
I do think having kids is probably more fun if you have unlimited access to wealth. They don’t have to worry about their kids’ futures in the same way regular people do. Obviously they have other worries, but not money worries, which I tend to think would be a big factor in whether you desire more kids or not.
I was really surprised when the pregnancy announcement arrived last fall. I was sure they’d have only two children. HM was almost 38 when her last child Edward was born so it’s not like Kate would have to rush to have a fourth, but I have the feeling William needed to be convinced to have a third, so four?….probably not.
I have two healthy, happy young ones. One still a baby and every other week I change my mind about having a third. I’m currently in the ‘no more’ week. Ha!
Also, has anyone else read any of the articles about how so many are choosing to have fewer kids, or none at all, and we are screwing ourselves over for the future with a current baby shortage?!
the earth is overpopulated and climate change is heading towards crisis proportions. I think we’re fine having fewer or no kids.
Yeah, we’re not exactly suffering from a shortage of new humans on this planet. I wouldn’t worry too much that we’re underpopulated with people.
I can see them having a fourth child. I can see them waiting until this little guy is a few years older though. Do you think she has night nurses?
I have read an interview/article where she says she nursed both till 3 mos. I know she can pump for the night nurse, but it wouldn’t surprise me in the least to think she gets up and nurses. Regardless of what you think of her work ethic, I do think she is a good, connected mother who adores her kids.
So yes, I think she may have a night nurse, but gets up to do at least one of the night feedings herself.
Yes. She had one for G and C.
Having one doesn’t mean one doesn’t breast feed.
How do you think she had night nurses Lak? Where is your source and who were they? She definitely did not with George. They had to plead with William’s old nanny, Jessie Webb, to come back on a temporary basis to help them until they got fixed up with the Norland nanny because they realised they could not manage. The reason presumably Kate stayed with her mother so long and, yes, I do know night nurses are different from nannies.
The world is massively overpopulated, with precious resources being stretched to provide for our ever-expanding species. We promote the breeding restriction of other species but we breed without a second thought and celebrate our unchecked procreation. It’s really hypocritical – we are not so special that we should dictate the breeding of other inhabitants while ignoring our own. We tell dog lovers to “adopt not shop” but it’s considered rude to tell someone who wants to become a parent to “adopt don’t breed”. I choose to remain childfree out of respect for the environment but if I ever changed my mind I would happily adopt a child that is already here and needs a loving home.
I also find the notion of royalty ironic since we live in a world that heavily promotes equality. These people are celebrated for no other reason than because they’re “royal” – which implies that they’re inherently better or more important than everyone else based on the inheritance of a man-made title. They don’t really do anything to justify their obscenely lavish lifestyles and unearned attention/subservience of others.
Sorry if I sound like a part pooper but I refuse to join the herd when it comes to issues such a overpopulation and inequality.
lol I am in total agreement!
I see your point, but adoption isn’t always an option. Here in Australia, it’s next to impossible to adopt a child. If you want kids here, you have to hope you can have them naturally or with fertility assistance. In other parts of the world, you have people who would make great parents being prevented from adopting by regulations and red tape. Don’t get me wrong, I sincerely wish that all of the kids in need of a loving home could be adopted by these wonderful people, but it simply isn’t the case.
Mmm, even though having another child should be a personal and private decision, I don’t know how they could justify having a fourth child when most of the UK population is being restricted in terms of child benefits for more than 2 children, especially in households with smaller incomes and two working parents.
Of course, if both William and Harry have large families that just means more people to fund.
Yeah since they are public servant more people will get annoyed to fund even more.
I think they’ll go for a fourth.
Total projection, but they had that “this is it , our family” look of utter joy that I remember feeling when my third was born and I really think they are done. I can buy that Kate always wanted 3 and talked William ito it (same happens with me and my husband) and they just both looked so happy yesterday.
I won’t be surprised if they go for a fourth. I think it will be H&M who stop at 2. Kate & William, like QE2, need to have ‘enough children’ to carry out and continue the work of the monarchy.
Kate is one of three and its pretty common for people to want a similar number of children to the ones they grew up with. I think she will stick with 3 which is what I said when Charlotte was born
Good lord, i hope that is just a myth coz i’m one of 7!!!
Haha LAK, I thought the same – I’m one of six! No way, Jose!
I am convinced she will have #4 in 2-3 years so at 38 or 39. My Mom totally agrees! I inherited my interest in the British royals from her!
I would not be surprised if she had #4 at 38 and #5 at 40. She has all the help she wants and conceiving, pregnancy (except for some first trimester HG), and delivery all go very well for her. So why not?
Because they live off the taxpayers? Who may really resent two more babies from the mostly idle couple?
Just guessing.
Yeah people will resent paying for more.
I’m with cupcake here-Fourth and fifth won’t surprise me in the least .I couldn’t care less either way,but I get that vibe .
I can see them having a 4th, but I bet either way it’s a decision they’ll change their own minds on several times.
I vote done. Now we wait for Harry and Meghan to procreate!
I don’t think she’ll have any more. William had to apparently be talked into having a third one, as he was fine with just George and Charlotte.
I do think they love each other a lot (I mean the way they support each other in public…) but a fourth child would probably be very unlikely. At least to me. When they walked out of hospital with the baby they seemed the happiest I’ve ever seen either of them, as if saying ‘finally our family IS complete!’ sort of thing. Noticeably more happier than when they walked out with George and Charlotte.
Who knows though? Maybe they will have a fourth….I just don’t think so because William wouldn’t want more than thrice the worry and Kate seems like the type to reflect the family on her own one when she grew up.
However if she DOES get pregnant again, she’ll be likely to do so sometime end of next year (based on the time of year her pregnancies are always announced). That’s the time when the speculation has to come round.
You really think William had to be talked into it?
She make s pregnancy look so easy and to walk out in front of cameras looking radiant after having baby three. Is amazing. I don’t think many ladies would do that and number four. Easy peasy
I have the sense she will have a fourth. As for the reasons she will have another one I can make a list but she will try to emulate the queen or shift attention from something. Anyway I am one of three and our house was and is messy and loud and caotic all the time. Also I hated my little sister who stole all the attention and only conected with her when I could play and kick her. Wish them all the best.
I have this desire to adopt in my future. I’m 37 soon 38 with no near plans to marry. Who knows if it’s in the cards for me but I would very much like to have one child one way or another. When I say people that I get bad reactions. It’s not the norm here. Once a baby is abandoned it is considered by many as a “less than..” and thus not a good thing.
I’m a parent by adoption. I know views on it vary by culture and location and wish you the best no matter what you choose.
They kind of remind me of Chip and Joanna gaines. I bet they’ll have another one, an “oops” baby.
William apparently did have to be talked/convinced into having a third one. Kate said he had been in denial over the pregnancy at first – and even before they had George or Charlotte, William always said he wanted 2 children. That Kate had a third child doesn’t really match with what he previously said about having children.
Well that’s awkward. I don’t think they will go for a fourth if William had to be talked to to have a third.
My best friend wanted 2 children, was talked into a third and had a whoops fourth. Then she left my him for the guy who sold them wine. 🙁