With the news that Harry and Meghan are expecting their first child, the Queen will soon be welcoming her eighth great-grandchild.
Royal pregnancies have attracted attention across the years as the mothers to be continued in their public duties until their maternity leave started.
The tiniest hint of a bump? Meghan wore a fitted leather skirt on an engagement in Brighton earlier this month (Steve Parsons/PA)
Kate attended the Commonwealth Observance at Westminster Abbey two months before the birth of Princess Charlotte (John Stillwell/PA)
Mike and Zara Tindall became parents to daughter Lena a month after attending Harry and Meghan’s wedding earlier this year (Gareth Fuller/PA)
A maternity smock gave Diana, Princess of Wales, plenty of room when she was expecting Prince Harry in 1984 (PA)
It was the same fashion choice she’d made when pregnant with Prince William two years earlier (PA)
A pregnant Countess of Wessex before the birth of the Queen’s eighth grandchild, Viscount Severn (Barry Batchelor/PA)
Princess Anne’s choice of coat camouflaged the baby bump in 1977 when she was expecting her son Peter 40 years ago (PA)
The Queen when she was expecting Prince Edward in 1963 (PA)
