Duchess Kate is not knocked up nor will she be any time soon, royal sources say

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Last week, one of the American tabloids claimed that Duchess Kate was not currently pregnant, and that she had been pregnant last fall but it “didn’t take.” Which… I still don’t buy. After months of speculation immediately following last year’s royal wedding, I’ve come to the conclusion that William and Kate simply aren’t trying for a baby right now. My guess is that Kate is still on birth control pills, and that she and William probably won’t “try” until much later this year, maybe even next year. But that isn’t stopping tabloids in the UK and America (and elsewhere) from speculating about Kate’s womb. So Us Weekly spoke to a “royal insider” who has all the dirt:

Prince William and Kate Middleton will soon mark their first wedding anniversary April 29, but they’re not planning to celebrate by announcing any baby news.

As pregnancy rumors run rampant, an insider close to the couple confirms to Us Weekly that Middleton, 30, is not expecting a royal bundle of joy.

“Kate is not pregnant or about to make a pregnancy announcement,” the insider explained of Middleton, who also sparked pregnancy rumors in November when she refused peanut paste during a visit to Denmark. (Although Kate is not allergic to peanuts, pregnant women are often advised to avoid peanut products to prevent allergies in their babies-to-be.)

Though there isn’t any baby news to speak of just yet, the royal couple does have something to celebrate.

On March 21, the Duke of Cambridge, 29, returned to Great Britain after a six-week deployment off the coast of Argentina in the Falkland Islands. It was the longest he and his wife had been apart since their wedding last spring.

Shortly after William reunited with his bride, the duo headed off with her parents, Carole and Michael, and her siblings, Pippa and James, for a ski trip at the Three Valley’s resort in France.

Says an eyewitness of the group, who opted to share the same chalet: “They looked very happy together.”

[From Us Weekly]

I still haven’t heard anything about Kate and William returning to England, so I’m guessing that their “holiday” with the Middletons has become a full TWO WEEK vacation. This is after their extensive Christmas, New Year’s and pre-Falklands vacation too. But as royal propagandists would have us believe, it’s all because Kate has been working her fingers to the bone with public appearances and William wants her to have several months of “down time” now that he’s back. Is anyone else starting to wonder how overwhelmed Kate is going to feel when she actually becomes a mother? Poor cabbage will have to hire about 10 nannies and assistants to deal with the stress.

UPDATE: Ah, now I understand. People Mag put Kate’s womb on their cover this week:

Their friends are having kids. They’re getting ready to start making family-friendly renovations to their home at Kensington Palace. And their first anniversary is fast approaching on April 29.

Yes, say royal insiders, Prince William and the Kate have babies on the brain.

From their decision to quietly “shelf” a hoped-for trip to Africa to the Palace’s recent sensitivity to speculation on the subject, veteran royal watchers say the couple is poised to start a family sooner rather than later.

In particular, watching their friends become parents “does help” boost William and Kate’s decision to follow suit, a family insider tells PEOPLE in this week’s cover story.

Although they are unlikely to announce a pregnancy before the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebration this summer, like any couple, “they will let nature and life take its course,” adds a royal source.

[From People]

Meh. My theory still holds – they’re waiting, I think.

Oh, and here are some photos of Will and Kate’s new wax figures at the Madame Tussauds in London. Um… why did they make Kate cross-eyed? Other than the major case of wonk eye, I think these wax figures are really good.

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  1. Bite me says:

    Well not according to People magazine sources , meh

  2. ClumsyMe says:

    They kill me the way they make it sound like six weeks was such a long time. Try six months in Afganistan.

  3. OlsenTriplet says:

    I believe she was pregnant in the fall. Remember the peanut butter incident?

    • HoustonGrl says:

      ITA, plus she seemed a little healthier looking back in the fall.

    • Sachi says:

      The Palace denied she was ever pregnant. They also said she wasn’t allergic to peanuts.

      With the way they love to sensationalize everything about Kate and William, I’m sure they would have hinted at a pregnancy if there ever was one, or made the public sympathize with Kate’s struggle with peanut allergy.

      She refused to eat the peanut paste because it has 5,000 calories in one “tube”, designed to help malnourished children in Africa. Eating even one drop of that would have interfered with her goal to be as skeletal and emaciated as possible.

      She didn’t want to eat it, did not even try it for diplomatic purposes, because she’s just that ridiculous and vain.

      That kind of diplomatic event is always organized. She would have been educated well before the event itself, would have been told there was peanut paste to be tried.

      Do you think that if she was pregnant, William would have handed her that peanut paste? He would have known she was pregnant, and he would not have offered it to Kate if he was also careful about the pregnancy. Nor would he have handed it to her if she had an allergy to peanuts. There was a photo of Kate looking at William eating the peanut paste with a bit of an odd expression on her face. She looked grossed out by it.

      William didn’t have a problem with the peanut paste, nor did the two other royals with them.

      When they were in Canada, Kate was also handed a plate of food when they were in Calgary, and she didn’t eat anything. She just pushed the food around on her plate and pretended she was eating.

      Was she pregnant July 2011, too, so she didn’t eat any of the food given to her? Her stomach would have shown already in Denmark last November if she was truly pregnant.

      • OlsenTriplet says:

        Wait a second. Are you trying to suggest something about her relationship with her body?

        No, that makes sense. But maybe she was just a few weeks in and William didn’t even know about the peanut rule yet. Maybe she was the only one who knew there was a chance at all. If she lost it soon after, she’d never have shown…

        They’d never admit she was pregnant until it was “safe” to, as it were.

      • MyCatLoves TV says:

        I believe you are on to something. Years ago when I was in group therapy for eating disorders many of the younger girls spoke of how virtually terrified they were of peanut butter. These girls spoke of peanut butter like I would speak of entering a room full of big hairy spiders. Of course, a woman who had “issues” regarding staying skinny would recoil in horror at the thought of putting such a high calorie fat filled product in her body. It is all becoming clear now!

      • hannah says:

        Or she simply doesn’t like the taste of peanuts. Ever thought of that?

  4. ShazBot says:

    I just can’t see her wanting to be pregnant for a tour in SE Asia – I mean, that’s a long flight, and those are long days on a tour to be tired and uncomfortable. I’d wager a guess that they’ll announce something sometime around Christmas/New Year.

  5. irishserra says:

    It’s been a year already? Wow.

  6. mel2 says:

    Just doesnt seem like Kate is the motherly type and I dont see her being pregnant any time soon.

    • iseepinkelefant says:

      Thank you. I always get hell for saying that (as if all women are supposed to be “the motherly type”), but it’s true. There’s no there, there, there’s no warmth, the only thing that exists with Waity is ambition and the only thing she cares about is her image. She’s always so awkward when she’s around children (where as Harry for instance you can tell he’d be brilliant when he becomes a dad).

      I hope there are lots of nannies around when they finally pop one out. William and Harry got lucky with Diana (a woman who actually wanted to mother her children), but that’s not the norm with the Royals. They usually churn out emotionally deficent, PR obsessed individuals who don’t have a clue how to have “normal” relationships. I imagine they encounter everything like a business contract.

  7. HoustonGrl says:

    I think there’s more than meets the eye here. Kate has gotten seriously skinny over the past couple weeks (ugh, months). While some may disagree, I think she was shockingly thin at this event: http://www.hollywoodlife.com/2012/03/28/kate-middleton-anorexia-princess-diana-prince-william/

    Remember that supposed trip to Africa they were going to take? Well, that’s been shelved according to People. IMO, Kate is spending some down time with her family over the next few weeks in the hopes that she might recover.

    I’m not sure why she is under so much pressure, but I personally think baby making is the last thing on their mind right now. The Firm likes to keep these rumors going so that attention can be steered away from Kate’s ever shrinking frame.

    • christa says:

      Talk about a non-story. She is probably physically incapable of getting pregnant anyway- she is a shadow of her former self and she was slim back then and never heavy.

      With Diana’s history, you would think that William and the Palace would be attuned to this and do something to help her.

      • christa says:

        Houston-girl- just to clarify, the “non-story” I referred to was the headline, not your post. Your comments are spot-on.

      • HoustonGrl says:

        ITA, why aren’t they helping her!? Must be the elephant in the room.

    • fairy godmother says:

      Was there really an African holiday on record?
      After having 2 lux holidays within 2 months of one another- plus Willie’s Spain hunting trip & extra week of sight-seeing after his 6 week tour they would have the gall to schedule another holiday particularly when they have a grand Jubilee tour coming up is really unfathomable. Yes, nothing better than to feed the masses PRopaganda that they are “normal”.
      Disgusted with the lot of them. Really makes me wonder how HM can tolerate such behavior.

      • LAK says:

        HM might not be aware or exercising her usual hands off policy. It usually takes a crisis or v.v.v loud noises from the media to make her change. It took her years ie decades to order Charles and Diana to divorce even though it was pretty obvious to everyone that should have happened years before.

        Same when she ordered Waity to get a job. It took repeated press articles using ‘waity katie’ moniker that she acted.

        She may have given them 2yr grace period but if a crisis happens, she’ll act before it ends.

      • fairy godmother says:

        @LAK: good point.
        But, as I understood HM wants the monarchy to survive. With this type of behavior & lack of commitment it has already brought an enormous backlash from the public.
        Not very reassuring nor likely to have the monarchy continue at this rate. (And if so certainly not to the level HM has achieved).
        Who do you think had Waity get out & do something while Willie was away. Now he is back & insisted their calendar clear for a number of months. Just a continuation of where Willie’s priorities are at- me, myself, & I +one doormat (aka Waity).

      • LAK says:

        @fairygodmother:I think you are right in every way. It’s the only explanation for waity ‘working’ at all or even Patronising any charities when she’d been given a 2yr grace period.

        I think PW is always indulged, and we know Waity can’t work unless he’s ok with it. Only HM can drag her from this new PW imposed respite or PW realises the damage and sends her out to work (LOL).

        Btw: have you noticed that while she visited with only 4 of her 5 charities, she didn’t go see the scouts/brownies? Does this mean she’s off the hook with them? Or maybe they are waiting for her to be CRB checked?

    • Aotearovian says:

      I really hope Kate isn’t heading down the same road as Princess Letizia of Spain – she is an extremely unwell woman. And then there’s Princess Masako (sp?) of Japan – this peculiar kind of fishbowl environment has a way of turning a healthy, sane, intelligent woman into a shadow, mentally and physically. I remember watching her walk down the aisle and thinking that if a billion people were looking at me getting married, I would have actually gone mad.

      • HoustonGrl says:

        I think you’re right, it seems to make people go crazy. I think it’s a very odd sort of life. However, some part of her must have wanted it!

    • fairy godmother says:

      @ LAK:
      CRB checked- that is too funny! That really made my day. Maybe the RF should have done that too.
      Maybe she simply has not done the scouts thing because she is rarely in that region (she mostly can be found in London & KP!).

  8. S says:

    They’re back in the UK – took an easy jet flight.

  9. phaksi says:

    All the speculation must be horrible for her, but it isn’t surprising. Making babies is a major part of her job description. If she fails at that it wont just be the Royals who are dissappointed in her but an entire nation

  10. ghoulish_moose says:

    She’s still looking very thin. I thought after the stress of the royal wedding she’d prehaps relax and allow herself the odd carb or three, but she still seems so painfully thin.

    I think she’d have a hard time falling pregnant at that weight, but Rachel Zoe and posh spice managed come to think of it so you never know.

    Aah well, it’ll be a huuuuuge media frenzy when she does. Rather her than me. She has a lovely life to compensate for the inconvenience so I can’t feel that sorry for her.

    • christa says:

      Maybe Zoe and Posh had a little hormonal help to get pregnant? Just a thought. In any case, they’ve both been skeletal for years, but in Kate’s case, this is fairly new – she used to be lean and athletic.

  11. Suz says:

    William seems to make these decisions and stick to them. I remember way back when he announced that he didn’t want to marry until he was 28 – and he did just that. Then they (really *HE*) announced that there would be no baby-making until 2013 and I really think that they are sticking to that goal- or as close as they can.

  12. bettyrose says:

    Can’t this marriage be annulled if she doesn’t get knocked up soon? I realize that’s not likely to happen in the modern world, but that girl needs to spend some time at home watching “Marie Antoinette” and popping pre-natal vitamins.

  13. MrsBarneyStinson says:

    Why is she still relevant?

    • gem says:

      Why is she still relevant? Maybe being married to the heir to the throne has something to do with it? Not a fan of her myself, but for the forseeable future she will remain ‘relevant’

      • fairy godmother says:

        Actually no fan of either of them. Willie or Waity. Why does he deserve to be relevant?
        Merely to be born royal does not equate with constant fawning & media reports for someone who lacks the desire to serve his country.
        He must of skipped the gene to do so because both his mother & father have it in spades! Being Diana’s son only gets him so far- IMO.

    • Aotearovian says:

      Because Britons want to keep the monarchy.

      • bettyrose says:

        But why? My sense is they like the tabloid freak show the monarchy has become. I’m sure a few in the upper echelons of society find the monarchy to be a comforting reassurance that the class system remains solid, but most just like the common topic of discussion. That’s fair.

    • flowerpot says:

      You might as well ask why Kim K or Paris H are relevant. Relevancy has nothing to do with being a celebrity or gossip worthy.

  14. sup says:

    i am shocked, shocked i’m telling ya all. kate has more important responsibilities such a fitting into size 0 jackets and skinny jeans and looking like an overaged lady whilst her man is too proud to be married to an athlete-turned-model bag of bones and partying, he doesn’t have time for kids either. why do the royals and people expect these two usual idiots to procreate anyway, god help those children being raised by two impotent airheads, and this isn’t the middle ages, it’s not like the heir to the throne will rule the kingdom so bitch please.

  15. Angel says:

    The wax figure had thicker legs then Kate!

  16. Just Wondering says:

    Although I read articles (mostly for the comments/blogs) I am perplexed at what a couple of blog-words mean: what does IMO and meh mean? Can someone kindly tell me? I read Celebitchy whenever there is a story listed on We Smirch. I recognize many of you (by name) that comment and agree with your comments. Thanks for the amusement it brings me….

    • jano1981 says:

      Imo = in my opinion.
      Meh = a sound u make when not impressed.

    • IWantToQuitMyJob says:

      Hi There!
      IMO means In My Opinion…and ‘meh’ doesn’t stand for anything it’s just like shrugging your shoulders and going, ‘oh I don’t know’ or ‘whatever’ (I guess). It’s “meh.”

      Hope that helps!

  17. ANGELIC 20 says:

    she is so thin and i just don’y get it she had a perfect figure at her engagement announcement and god knows how told her to lose weight . did anyone notice that before she lost so much weight her smile was actually nice and not creepy? if she had any friends they probably would have told her to gain some weight and media also is not saying any thing who knows if they do , the pr team will let them know and then we will read another story that oh see how normal she is because she was seen eating big mac at McDonald just the way they decide to fly cheaply from their vacation.thank god they did not say that they flew economy because if they didn’t they would not be able to feed their dog and have to start collecting coupons for food see so normal.

  18. Michelle says:

    I’d be guessing that she’s gone off birth control and that while they aren’t trying to get pregnant, they are making preparations to try fairly soon. Most of the women I knew who were on birth control for 5+ years took several months to a year for their systems to go back to normal and to get pregnant, so if they are hoping for a fall baby, then she’d probably have gone off bc (which could be where the People story is coming from), but I agree that she needs to gain weight before she gets pregnant.

  19. Just Wondering says:

    Thanks 1,000,000 Jano and Quit My Job. I am a faithful “lurker” and usually just read comments, not write – I cannot think of anything that has not already been said. I do love this website (along with DListed – I like all the “mean” ones, ha ha). I feel like I now belong to the many bloggers – for what that is worth. I especially love when there is a Kartrashian article – reading all the less than loving comments. Again, ha ha!

  20. kristiner says:

    The William wax figure got the receding hairline down to a T.

    I don’t understand how the palace isn’t concerned about Kate. When Diana was thin like this it was back when eating disorders weren’t out in the open. Now people recognize them and get people help. She’s a naturally thin girl yes, but her frame really is wasting away now. She’s so naturally thin losing weight is almost not an option. Ever.

    Look at the see through fashion show dress picture. Naturally REALLY thin and no curves and that was 10 years ago.

  21. Sunny says:

    I think you’ll find they are no longer on vacation, all you have to do is google it. No baby until after the tour in September.

    It was never definite that they were going to Africa in June just speculation. She probably was pregnant in November and miscarried but is that anyone’s business? I love the comment about what she has to be stressed about, um gee let’s see every single step of hers is reported, commented on and critiqued that would be enough for me to not want to eat too.

    • fairy godmother says:

      She certainly was not “stressed” when she was courting photographers & tipping them off to where she was clubbing for several years before marriage. While the majority of comments were very negative. Not to mention exposing her cr_tch multiple times.

  22. blonde on the dock says:

    She is thin but I can think of actresses who are much thinner than Dutchess Kate.
    Why are people voting for Rick Santorum? He is just plain scary!!!

    • Aotearovian says:

      Nice non-sequitur! 🙂

    • bettyrose says:

      @ blonde: I just can’t pass up your question. I don’t think anyone with a current sex life or active reproductive system is voting for him. I’ll also include anyone with a happy memory of days in which they once had a vibrant sex life. But some . . .well, there’s a lot of bitterness in the world.

  23. apsutter says:

    I wish people would stop staring at her abdomen and wondering what’s going on in her uterus. If the Palace really did give them 2 years before they get serious and start with their royal duties then Kate is not going to get pregnant before then. It’s perfect timing because it’ll be after the Olympics and the Jubilee. I’d bet any amount of money that once they move into the palace she’ll be knocked up ASAP.

    • LAK says:

      She’s already in the palace. Nottingham cottage is Kensington Palace. They are simply renovating another part of the palace for them.

      I agree that her uterus shouldn’t be our business, except that THIS is possibly the only known job description of her role/job/marriage.

      That is what PH was trying to explain. Marriage to this particular royal family is a public matter. The status of the royal uterus is a public matter. In exchange for which you are given lots and lots of privilege.

      She’s lucky we have progressed from the rule that barred Charles from Marrying Camilla in the first place ie future POW must be a virgin. Too bad Diana had to suffer for that rule.

      The charity patronaging and ambassadorial roles are so we can keep up the fiction that they still rule and again we give them lots of privileges as a result.

      If PW and Waity can’t or won’t understand that, then viva le republic!

  24. I think Duchess kate is pretty girl has good friendship.

    • fairy godmother says:

      I do not quite follow- good friendship with who?
      She does not have any real friends of her own. She claims PW’s friends as her own. She only has her mother & sister as evident by reports/photos.

  25. Alix says:

    Why is her wax figure half a head shorter than his — in heels?

  26. Luise says:

    Willy’s wax figure looks more like Peter Philips than Willy. I can’t imagine what kind of spawn that these 2 would produce.

  27. annieanne says:

    Along with the PR imperatives of not overshawdowing either the Jubilee or the Olympics, they’ve a dynastic reason to wait.
    The Commonwealth is in the middle of deciding whether or not to change the constitution to allow the first born child — male or female — to inherit the throne. There’s no retroactivity to the change. If they were to have a daughter before the change is made, she’d have to forfeit the right to inherit to a younger brother.

  28. Lorrie says:

    They gave Prince William too much hair. He is way thinner on top. And why does she have a purse?

  29. MyCatLoves TV says:

    Wondering…history has shown that women who are married to Kings of England and future Kings of England have one responsibility and one responsibility only: Produce an heir and a spare. The ability to breed well in captivity is essential to a queen or future queen’s survival. Granted, we have come a long way from Henry VIII but it is still super important for heirs to be produced. I’m glad William married for love but they need to quit duncing around cuz they ain’t getting any younger. I wonder what would happen if, sadly, Kate can’t get pregnant? This couple isn’t just any old couple. They are the future of the monarchy. Just wondering…..

    • Michelle says:

      I’d imagine that Kate would have had to undergo fertility testing before the wedding, just to make sure there are no known problems.

    • LAK says:

      Harry becomes king, which is how victoria became queen even though her father was the youngest brother and never ruled. She inherited throne from her uncle who was childless.

      The list is harry and his children, andrew and his children, edward and his children, anne and her children; boys ahead of girls

      They are currently in consultation with commonwealth countries to change so that it goes in order of birth rather than gender so that if first born happens to be female, then that’s the heir

  30. flowerpot says:

    Forget about boring Waity and Wills, did you miss the news that George Percy and Pippa were together on the holiday with them Kaiser (there are pictures somewhere). Uptrady is still working on her own title.

    • Alexa says:

      Here are the skiing pics (135 of them) and yes Pippa and George are there and quite happy and smiling away:

      http://www.popsugar.com/Kate-Middleton-Prince-William-Ski-Vacation-Pictures-2012-22520365?

    • molly says:

      have you noticed, Wills and Waity never go on holiday without the in-laws.

      • ANGELIC 20 says:

        i have ,even before their wedding every vacation they took it was either with his parents or her parents or his friends even when he took her to Africa to propose he went their with his friends.the only holiday i think that they took where it was just William and Kate was the honeymoon

      • fairy godmother says:

        Very true about vacationing with Mids or friends. The two of them rarely alone.
        In fact, even in Africa when Willie proposed they had traveled with a group of friends.
        Certainly odd “romance” if they cannot tolerate being alone as a couple.

  31. iseepinkelefant says:

    Babies are work and Waity doesn’t do work. Just like she put off having a career she’ll forgo the baby duty as long as possible.

    Plus a baby would make Waity fat and she can’t have her adoring public see her like that. I’m sure she’ll a pull a Posh when it actually happens.

  32. Tazina says:

    Isn’t that her main job, to produce a couple of heirs? I’m really starting to wonder what her purpose is if not that, to just show up for PR purposes? Someone that thin might have trouble getting pregnant anyway and “if” she smokes, even less likely.