.... but who announces their pregnancy at their cousins wedding!

[flumpybear]

Let's hope it was secretly and not to upstage poor Eugenie!

[CecilyNeville]

"it was revealed"
is DM speak for:
"it sounds plausible enough, so although we have no idea, we'll say it anyway because we can't waste any opportunity to make MM look crass".

[LoniceraJaponica]

Or perhaps people noticed that she wasn't drinking, and put two and two together?

[KenAdams]

So because the Daily Mail said it it's now fact? OK then.

[Igorina]

In the weird, world of mumsnet it wouldnt be the done thing but in my family it would.be the perfect end to a joyful day.

Ditto.

[Justgivemesomepeace]

I think if mumsnet noticed, their family might have twigged! They could hardly try and deny it all day 🙄

[NauticalDisaster]

That’s exactly where you find out about new pregnancies in my family and social circle! Any recently married female knows people will be looking for the hint of a bump or whether she is drinking alcohol. I would imagine the Royal Family was informed before the tour because they knew it would come out.

[ExFury]

There’s no way, given the tour they’re on, they only told everyone on Friday. The closest family will have know since they did, and folks will have been working out what parts of the tour she can and can’t do.

They just couldn’t make it public before the wedding

[halcyondays]

I expect people realised when she refused the freely flowing tequila.

[Spudlet]

In my family, it would be a case of 'Spudlet is looking well, hmmmmmm? And ^not drinking?!' [elbow elbow nudge nudge snigger] until somebody cracked under pressure... how can we possible know it wasn't a more regal version of that going on? But certain media outlets seem to dislike Megan and like to paint her in a bad light... wonder why

It's nice news and I hope all goes well for them.

[mimibunz]

Why are you all believing the Daily Mail?

[Feellikeimthemaid]

Well the Daily Fail is full of crap anyway, so they probably made up most of the story. I would suspect Harry and Meghan informed the Queen privately some time ago and had to tell other senior Royals before today's announcement. There's no way it would have been announced publicly at the wedding as other guests would have been leaking the news to the media. People are already speculating about pregnancy due to the outfit she wore to the wedding, and with all the extra spotlight that's going to be on her and her clothes over the next few weeks it really had to be announced officially before it became a complete circus.

I bet the Duke of York is delighted (not!) that they've knocked his daughter off of the top headline already!

[GoatYoga]

Radio 4 has just reported that senior Royals were told at the Wedding.

[kenandbarbie]

Aren't they supposed to be going to Zika places so she had to announce it as she won't be able to go.

[ApolloandDaphne]

Most sane, reasonable normal people would be delighted to have that news shared at their wedding. Only on MN would this be a massive no go.

[flumpybear]

It was in the BBC news, didn't and don't read the daily Fail ...

[LegoPiecesEverywhere]

I am sure they already knew unless it has been confirmed by the palace. I wouldn’t give a toss if someone announced their pregnancy at my wedding. I would be delighted for the couple. Hardly upstaging the bride.

[MadameButterface]

“Are wedding guests ONLY supposed to talk about the bride and groom? Every wedding I have been to I have found out about promotions/ babies/ big holidays planned and other happy news over dinner.”

Exactly this

I found out my friend was pregnant at my other friend’s wedding, which happened to be on my ds’s 6th birthday - before the speeches everyone sang happy birthday to him and he had a bun with a candle in it. Clearly my friend who was the bride isn’t doing brideing properly, as she treated a gathering of her closest friends and family as a gathering of her closest froends and family, rather than a ME PARTY

[janejane2]

I imagine the royal family knew well before the wedding... they just can't announce a baby when a royal wedding is looming I think? Or maybe I've just become too invested in Netflix's The Crown

[BertramKibbler]

I’ve only seen that piece of news in the DM so I’d doubt how truthful it is.
Harry & Eugenie are reportedly very close so perhaps she okayed it.
If they’d announced it before the wedding she’d have been criticised for trying to steal the limelight then too

[SillySallySingsSongs]

Aren't they supposed to be going to Zika places so she had to announce it as she won't be able to go.

Yep.

As I just said on another thread, it also allows a week of headlines before the Invictus Games start. Harry is so passionate about it. It was his brainchild so whilst it's on they will want the focus to be on the veterans stories and achievements, not speculation on their private lives.

[InsomniacAnonymous]

Kensington Palace has said that medical advice has been taken and the tour will continue with no changes. This was in reply to questions about Tonga and Fiji and the Zika virus.

[Bobbiepin]

I expect people realised when she refused the freely flowing tequila.

Not the sort of wedding you can pretend to be driving home, is it?

The evening standard are also saying the same thing.

[alphajuliet123]

I found out a friend was pregnant at my wedding, it's the ONE conversation I actually remember having and I was totally delighted for them, made a brilliant day even better!

Some people on here are such mean girls.

[Spudlet]

I would quite like to imagine HM getting a bit lairy and prodding people with a walking stick until they fessed up... that's what my grandma does If there's nothing to fess up to, she just prods people anyway

[HeadsDownThumbsUpEveryone]

If they’d announced it before the wedding she’d have been criticised for trying to steal the limelight then too

This is so true, there was no good time for it to be announced. Realistically they had to announce it before the tour due to places they were meant to be travelling to. When do people expect that they should have announced the news?