Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are expecting a baby! The shocking news comes just months after the two were married in a fairytale wedding at St. George's Chapel in May 2018. According to a Tweet released by Kensington Palace, the newly-wed couple is extremely excited about becoming parents. However, while the rest of the world found out about the pregnancy via social media, the royal family apparently knew about it beforehand. While most of the royal family members were overjoyed at the news, some were a little less so. Take a look at how the royal family reacted to Meghan Markle's pregnancy.
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00:00Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stunned people across the globe when they announced that
00:04they were expecting their first child, just months after tying the knot.
00:08But while many were overjoyed upon hearing the news, others were less than thrilled with
00:12just how the couple revealed the pregnancy.
00:16One happy queen
00:17Arguably, the most important royal opinion comes from the matriarch herself, Queen Elizabeth
00:23II, as well as her husband, Prince Philip.
00:26And as one could expect, the royal couple was beyond thrilled to discover they'll have
00:30another great-grandchild by the spring of 2019.
00:34According to The Mirror, a senior palace source revealed that the queen and Prince Philip
00:38are delighted for the couple, who reportedly revealed their big news to royal family members
00:43at Princess Eugenie's wedding on October 12th, 2018.
00:48Grandpa and grandma can't wait
00:50Prince Harry's father, Prince Charles, and his stepmother, Duchess Camilla, are reportedly
00:55overjoyed at Meghan Markle's pregnancy news.
00:58However, according to reports, Prince Charles isn't just excited that his youngest son has
01:02started his own family, he's also eager to become the grandfather he never had.
01:07As history buffs and fans of the hit Netflix show The Crown know, his maternal grandfather,
01:12King George VI, died when Charles was just three years old.
01:16Though Prince Charles is already a proud grandfather to Prince William and Kate Middleton's three
01:22He reportedly doesn't get to spend as much time as he'd like with the royal grandkids,
01:27as he and Prince William often have conflicting schedules.
01:30With Harry and Meghan's little one on the way, it seems Charles is hopeful that he'll
01:34finally be able to step into the doting grandfather role he's always longed for.
01:40Big bro, the parenting pro
01:42Like the majority of the royal family, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are also reportedly
01:48thrilled about Harry and Meghan's baby news.
01:50Prince William, Harry's older brother, is already a father himself, and he and Kate
01:54Middleton are said to be looking forward to helping Harry and Meghan on their journey
01:58to parenthood.
01:59A source told Us Weekly,
02:01"[William and Kate are very excited for Harry and Meghan.
02:04They're old pros at the parenting thing and want to help them in any way they need over
02:08the months ahead."
02:10Princess Anne changes her tune
02:12Queen Elizabeth's daughter, Princess Anne, was recorded sitting next to Meghan Markle
02:16at Princess Eugenie's October 12th wedding at St. George's Chapel.
02:20And while the public didn't have a clue about Meghan's pregnancy at the time, many took
02:24notice of the pleasant conversation the two royals appeared to be having.
02:28In hindsight, it seemed probable that Anne and Meghan were discussing her pregnancy.
02:32Noting the royals' hand movements and the way Princess Anne appeared to look at her
02:36belly, royal commentator Charlie Proctor tweeted out,
02:39"...I didn't want to say anything at the time because I know how annoying the rumor mill
02:43is, but Meghan's conversation with Princess Anne suddenly makes a lot more sense now."
02:48According to People, Princess Anne has been quoted as saying that impending motherhood
02:52is very boring.
02:54However, given the sweet moment Anne and Meghan seemed to share, it appears that Anne was
02:58more than happy to learn of the former actress' pregnancy, despite her own rumored misgivings.
03:04Stealing Eugenie's light
03:06Princess Eugenie was reportedly not happy with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's decision
03:11to reveal to royal family members that they were expecting their first child right before
03:16her wedding to Jack Brooksbank.
03:18Sources say Princess Eugenie disappeared for a while after Harry and Meghan made the big
03:23reveal, and was reportedly on the brink of tears because she felt her wedding day had
03:28been overshadowed by the surprise pregnancy announcement.
03:31According to Radar Online, Eugenie's emotions were already running high after being criticized
03:36for spending millions of taxpayer pounds on her wedding.
03:40Even more upsetting for her was the fact that far fewer people visited Windsor Castle
03:44to witness her marriage than the hordes of people who waited outside to catch a glimpse
03:48of Meghan on her big day.
03:50All eyes on Sarah Ferguson
03:52Princess Eugenie's mother, Sarah Ferguson, was said to be upset after reports that Prince
03:57Harry and Meghan Markle shared with relatives that they were expecting at her youngest daughter's
04:02wedding.
04:03Following Harry and Meghan's public pregnancy announcement on October 15th, Ferguson tweeted
04:07several times about the royal wedding.
04:09For once, publicly sharing her congratulations with Harry and Meghan.
04:13However, Eugenie's recent wedding may not have been the only thing fueling Ferguson's
04:18desire to draw attention away from the royal baby news and back to her own family.
04:23According to Marie Claire, the day Harry and Meghan announced to the public they were going
04:26to be parents just so happened to be Ferguson's 59th birthday.
04:31Talk about stealing someone's thunder!