Everything We Know About Meghan Markle’s Baby So Far

Yes, Kensington Palace had previously kept things a bit vague, announcing “Spring 2019” as Meghan’s official due date. However, while in Birkenhead, England, for a royal visit with hubby Harry, Meghan let it slip to a crowd of well-wishers that she’s due between the end of April and beginning of May.

Unlike her royal sis-in-law Kate Middleton, Meghan—who will soon move from Kensington Palace to Frogmore House in Berkshire, England, with Harry—is hoping to give birth at a hospital that’s a bit closer to home. (We definitely don’t blame her for not wanting to trek all the way to London.) However, new reports (taken with a grain of salt, with all of these "unnamed sources") have surfaced, claiming the hospital staff of the $8,000-per-night Lindo Wing have been asked NOT to go on vacation during April. (Dun-dun-dun.)

In an exclusive interview with PureWow, Robert Lacey, historian to The Crown, said: “There’s a lot of excitement [in the UK] because [he or she] will be the first-ever mixed race baby.” He added, “We’ve had mixed nationality babies before, obviously, but this will be a new generation of mixed race children.”

Yep, Prince Charles, Prince William, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis and Prince Harry will all be up for the position of king or queen before Baby Sussex is on deck.

Dual citizenship, FTW. Of course, there’s a chance that Meghan could denounce her American citizenship in the future, but she also may keep it, which would mean her baby-to-be can keep his or her political options open. Kind of cool.

While on royal tour in Fiji, Prince Harry revealed that most people are predicting that Meghan is having a girl. And when a royal well-wisher at the Invictus Games in Sydney, Australia, shouted out, “I hope it’s a girl!” to Harry and Meghan as they passed by, he was quick to reply, “So do I!” Aw.

During her Australian tour with Harry, she said, “We’ve been given a long list of names from everyone. We’re going to sit down and have a look at them.” (Rumor has it the pair will opt for a moniker rich in royal tradition—like Alexander…or Alice.)

It’s a genealogy thing, but since red hair is a recessive gene called MC1R, both parents have to have it for it to passed down to their baby-to-be. So if Meghan has any red hair in her family tree, we could have a royal carrot-top on our hands.

He already has a nickname for Baby Sussex (“our little bump”), and just like his mom Princess Diana, he's a pro at crouching down to eye level to interact—and better communicate—with kids. He’s also already getting snap-happy, documenting Meghan’s growing belly and proving he’s got impressive photography skills. (Just imagine how full his camera roll will be when his son or daughter arrives.)