Prince William and Kate Middleton: Is the Duchess Pregnant?

By Ivana Kvesic, Christian Post Reporter Friday, November 04, 2011

In true Princess Diana fashion, Prince William and Kate Middleton captured international headlines as they embarked on their first joint humanitarian mission Wednesday. However, only a few days after the couple completed the mission that would have made the late Princess Di proud, the recently-wed couple is making headlines again with rumors swirling that the Duchess of Cambridge may be pregnant.

Although Kate looked her lean self in a L.K. Bennett coat and belt from Reiss with black suede knee-high boots, people are questioning if the popular Duchess might be eating for two as she refused, albeit politely, to eat a special high-protein peanut paste while at the UNICEF famine relief depot in Copenhagen.

Many suspect that the Duchess is pregnant as she reportedly gave her husband a “knowing” look after she declined the paste.

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The peanut paste is being sent to malnourished children in East Africa and the royal couple was briefed on the serious situation in the African region.

If Kate turns out to be pregnant, the child will be eligible to the ascend to the British throne, be it a girl or a boy, due to new laws recently passed by the leaders from the 16 Commonwealth.

The amendments to the law are revolutionary, one of which replaces the older, patriarchal rule that the first-born son of the current monarch would be the successor to the throne.

Rarities like Queen Elizabeth’s 59-year-long reign would only occur if a King had no sons.

The new amendment to the laws governing royals also included a change to the Royal Marriages Act of 1772. The Royal Marriages Act holds that monarchs cannot marry Roman Catholics.

British Prime Minister David Cameron said of the new laws, “The idea that a younger son should become monarch instead of an elder daughter simply because he is a man, or that a future monarch can marry someone of any faith except a Catholic – this way of thinking is at odds with the modern countries that we have become.”

Thus, if the Duchess of Cambridge is indeed pregnant, the first born child of Prince William and Kate is set to live a modern and emancipated life with freedoms most members of the royal family never enjoyed.