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

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flumpybear · 15/10/2018 08:48

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

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DangerMouse17 · 15/10/2018 09:27

It wasn't announced. They mentioned it to family during the wedding and I believe are only publicly announcing it now because the baby bump has been mentioned so much following the wedding.

There are royal protocols and any announcement (private with family and public) would have been advised and planned.

DangerMouse17 · 15/10/2018 09:29

And who knows...maybe the queen saw her run and outright asked her at the wedding?! People really need to get off Megan's back all the time. The DM vitriol is just astounding. I won't use the race card but Its insidious.

DangerMouse17 · 15/10/2018 09:30

Saw her tum* not run

SillySallySingsSongs · 15/10/2018 09:30

The Queen will have known a while ago.

AngryAttackKittens · 15/10/2018 09:32

I can't be having with this Daily Mail-style idea that women are constantly out to steal each other's thunder.

A wedding reception seems like the ideal time to announce a pregnancy in that most of the family who'd like to know would be there. Especially relevant for families where everyone doesn't get together often.

FlamingJuno · 15/10/2018 09:32

KP has said there will be no change to the planned schedule and that the Sussexes have taken advice about zika.

MrsTeacake · 15/10/2018 09:33

The worst day of the year to announce it given that it is Baby Loss Remembrance Day...

slimjemima · 15/10/2018 09:34

I imagine the happy couple would need to tell the palace almost as soon as pregnancy was confirmed to allow her dressers to sort out wardrobe, check menus on official visits and so on, as well as to book her maternity leave !

The public announcement will have been held off until Eugenies wedding but before the forthcoming tour.

Merryoldgoat · 15/10/2018 09:35

You have literally NO idea how those conversations went.

The BBC said they told ‘senior royals’ at the wedding - from that I inferred some non-senior royals, i.e. Eugenie and James already knew, especially as they’re apparently good mates.

Hardly out of the realms of possibility E told them it was fine and a nice additional celebration.

I hate this attitude that brides all need all of the attention at all times on the wedding day. Most just want to have a nice time and for their guests to as well.

HeadsDownThumbsUpEveryone · 15/10/2018 09:36

The worst day of the year to announce it given that it is Baby Loss Remembrance Day...

Seriously? I am sure they are very aware of baby loss considering what Zara and Mike went through. They didn't choose the day as some statement they announced their news because of all the speculation over the weekend about her bump. Would you say the same to random Joe and Jane Bloggs if they chose to announce their news today?

SillySallySingsSongs · 15/10/2018 09:39

The worst day of the year to announce it given that it is Baby Loss Remembrance Day...

Personally I think it's lovely. William and Harry are extremely close to Zara Tindall so I'm sure they are aware of what people go through.

JacquesHammer · 15/10/2018 09:39

I think it would be naive in the extreme to assume it was an off the cuff announcement. If pregnancy news was mentioned at the wedding, it would have been carefully planned with the family including Eugenie.

Someone announced their pregnancy at my wedding. It was just more lovely news on a lovely day.

QueenOfMyWorld · 15/10/2018 09:39

It was probably said discreetly.A friend told us she was pregnant at my evening reception,was lovely didn't mind at all.

NotACleverName · 15/10/2018 09:39

Maybe Her Maj’ got completely rat-arsed and announced it?

Osirus · 15/10/2018 09:39

It says on the BBC website they chose to announce the pregnancy to senior members of the RF AT THE WEDDING.

MissLingoss · 15/10/2018 09:39

Meghan's mum Doria was over here recently, so I expect she was told then, and likely Charles, Camilla, William and Kate have known for a while too.

Dychmygol · 15/10/2018 09:40

My family found out I was pregnant on my sister's wedding day. I was doing my best to keep it quiet so I didn't upstage my sister but my aunty gave me a hug and asked how many weeks I was! I hadn't even told my mother and my aunty just knew by looking at me to be fair I'd always been told she could spot a pregnant woman but I never believed it

Of course that meant telling my parents and siblings because anything else would have been upsetting for them. My sister didn't flinch about my pregnancy being announced at her wedding, if anything she was delighted that there was a secret baby around on the day. These things aren't done to be crass, it's just life.

MrsTeacake · 15/10/2018 09:40

Yes - seriously. They are not random Joe and Jane Bloggs, most people don't have their pregnancy announcements all over social media and delivered as breaking news to people's phones. Many buildings all over the country are going to be lit up in remembrance. They could've waited til tomorrow.

Eliza9917 · 15/10/2018 09:40

Announcing at a wedding is seriously out of order. Even if they asked, the bride can't really say no otherwise she'd look like a bridezilla and selfish.

Despicable behaviour to do something like this really.

StepAwayFromGoogle · 15/10/2018 09:40

Oh, @MrsTeacake - for goodness sake they wouldn't have been aware of that! I wasn't, and I've had three miscarriages.

I expect that they had to tell close family at the wedding because it was obvious she had a bump and wasn't drinking. Not to be spiteful to Harry's cousin, for goodness sake. What were they meant to do? Call everyone from Australia?

JacquesHammer · 15/10/2018 09:41

Despicable behaviour to do something like this really

Crikey MNers do go in for the hyperbole

scarbados · 15/10/2018 09:41

It is one thing to grab the mic and stop the music to 'announce' a pregnancy, and quite another when all your family are gathered over dinner at a wedding and over small talk to tell a select few people that you are expecting.

Especially if the announcement is preceded by the question 'Ooh, Megs, you're not drinking! Are you pregnant?' and the honest answer is given. I'd love to see the sort of fuss that would ensue if she'd denied it on Friday then announced it on Monday.

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FlamingJuno · 15/10/2018 09:41

book her maternity leave

What, so they can plan and advertise for interim support cover for while she's off??? Honestly...

SillySallySingsSongs · 15/10/2018 09:42

MrsTeacake That's your opinion though. I have no problem with it, Nor has my friend who has just text me.

There would never be a 'right time' to announce it.

JacquesHammer · 15/10/2018 09:42

Ah just realised I did remember your name from the other post Eliza9917, obviously what you mean is because it’s Meghan it’s despicable.

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