The British royal family had announced that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expecting their second child. The Clarence House had confirmed the announcement for the second royal baby on Monday.

The British royal couple, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton and Prince William was very thrilled to announce that they are expecting their second child. Kensington Palace said that the Queen and the members of both families were overjoyed with the news.

The Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton is expecting her second royal baby with husband Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge. As per the royal officials, Kate was being treated for severe morning sickness. She was hospitalized before for hyperemesis gravid arum but was now treated behind palace walls, the same condition during her first pregnancy with Prince George, who was born in July 2013. The 32-year old Duchess of Cambridge may need extra hydration, medication and nutrients due to her current condition.

The second royal baby will become fourth in line to the throne, pushing Prince Harry further down the line of British succession, making him the fifth. The British royal family was very pleased and delighted by the good news. Kate Middleton is not so far twelve weeks pregnant according to the Palace officials.  

The Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton was not able to join Prince William on a prearranged engagement in Oxford today due to her condition. For the second time, the British royal family had been forced to announce a pregnancy before Kate passed the significant 12-week milestone.  

Stories had been circulating that the second royal baby might not too far off surface during the British royal family's trip abroad to New Zealand and Australia. British Prime Minister David Cameron had offered his congratulations to the couple today via the social media site, Twitter.

The pregnancy once again caused international excitement and will continue to do so however this forthcoming birth will lack statutory importance equally to Prince George's arrival. As things stand in the British royal family, the unborn royal isn't destined to be a monarch. The second-born royal children are often tagged the "spare to the heir" or "the back-up" as the late Princess Diana frequently refer his son, Prince Harry. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's second child will not be anticipated to be crowned sovereign.

The royal couple's second baby will be a great-grandchild to the Queen and a great-great-great-great-great grandchild of Queen Victoria and if the baby is a girl, it will be the first time a great granddaughter of a still serving sovereign has been born in direct succession on the male line since 1897.

Meanwhile, Kate Middleton was due to visit Malta in less than two weeks, her first solo royal engagement overseas. But given her current condition, Kensington Palace will determine the Duchess' attendance at future events.

The British royal family's second baby will be a younger sibling to 1-year old Prince George, who will likely be Britain's monarch one day. The baby is expected to be born in spring.    

The announcement about the British royal family's second baby on Monday had been beneficial for the Windsors. The widespread coverage of a future royal birth will replaced the headlines about Queen's view of the Scottish Independence.

The baby announcement came two months after Prince George's first birthday, the royal couple's first child. Now, the world is once again waiting for another momentous event - the future birth of another majestic successor of the British royal family.