THE Countess of Wessex and Prince Edward are said to be expecting their second child.
The couple are reported to be delighted, according to a national newspaper yesterday. Although Buckingham Palace described the reports as "purely speculative", a spokesman declined to deny them.
Their first child, Louise, was born in November 2003. According to reports, Sophie, 40, is now 12 weeks pregnant.
The couple, who have made no secret of their wish for a second child, are expected to make a statement through Buckingham Palace in the near future.
"They've wanted this baby for a long time," a source at their Surrey home, Bagshot Park, told the Daily Mirror. "Obviously they will be worried after everything that happened before, but it's fantastic news."
Yesterday morning, Sophie was smiling but tight-lipped, as she and Prince Edward left their Surrey estate. A security guard who saw them off claimed not to have heard the rumours of the Countess's second pregnancy. "I don't know anything about that," he said.
Their daughter, Louise, was born by emergency Caesarean, four weeks prematurely, after Sophie collapsed at home with internal bleeding. Only 18 months earlier, the Countess had suffered a life-threatening, failed pregnancy following a difficult time in her life.
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The couple are reported to be delighted, according to a national newspaper yesterday. Although Buckingham Palace described the reports as "purely speculative", a spokesman declined to deny them.
Their first child, Louise, was born in November 2003. According to reports, Sophie, 40, is now 12 weeks pregnant.
The couple, who have made no secret of their wish for a second child, are expected to make a statement through Buckingham Palace in the near future.
"They've wanted this baby for a long time," a source at their Surrey home, Bagshot Park, told the Daily Mirror. "Obviously they will be worried after everything that happened before, but it's fantastic news."
Yesterday morning, Sophie was smiling but tight-lipped, as she and Prince Edward left their Surrey estate. A security guard who saw them off claimed not to have heard the rumours of the Countess's second pregnancy. "I don't know anything about that," he said.
Their daughter, Louise, was born by emergency Caesarean, four weeks prematurely, after Sophie collapsed at home with internal bleeding. Only 18 months earlier, the Countess had suffered a life-threatening, failed pregnancy following a difficult time in her life.
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