Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton are still enjoying the sights of New Zealand as they continue their royal tour of the country … were a small comment from Prince Wills generated a lot of speculation about the possibility of his growing family. While speaking with a woman who knitted a gift for his son Prince George, William thanked the woman and informed her that she may need to “make another one soon”, which pretty much everyone took to mean that he was suggesting that Kate is pregs with baby number 2. Thus far, the royal couple haven’t come right out and denied the suggestion that they are pregnant again but Kate did do something very publicly to all but plainly deny that she is currently pregnant again.
It may only have been a quip, a classic well-meaning comment made during a royal outing, but Prince William set off speculation that he and wife Kate are planning for baby no. 2 imminently. The hint came as William told a woman who’d made a gift for his son: “You might have to make another one soon.” The remark came as William and Kate, who are on a three-week tour Down Under, were chatting to Cynthia Read, who had knitted them a shawl for their son, Prince George, on behalf of the New Zealand government. Read told reporters on Saturday, “The way William said it was like he was dropping a hint, letting me in on a secret.” The couple has made no secret of their desire give their 8-month-old son a brother or sister. But William’s comment Saturday came just a month after he told an army veteran at the Irish Guards’ St. Patrick’s Day parade that “one’s enough for now.” Shawl-maker Read was asked if she believed the prince meant another royal baby would soon be on the way. “Maybe,” she replied. “I couldn’t possibly comment. Obviously if I’m asked to do another one I would be honored, but we’ll wait and see.”
After this “hint” was dropped, Prince Wills and Kate made an appearance at the Amisfield Vineyard in Queenstown, NZ and as you can see above, Kate was very openly boozing it up with a glass of wine. Because she is drinking alcohol, it’s very unlikely that she is pregnant. Still, Wills may have been suggesting to the woman who knitted that shawl for Prince George that she may have to make another one … some day.