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Royal pair expecting second child Royal pair expecting second child
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The Countess of Wessex and Prince Edward are expecting a baby in December, Buckingham Palace has said.The Countess of Wessex and Prince Edward are expecting a baby in December, Buckingham Palace has said.
A spokesman for Sophie, 42, and the Earl of Wessex, 43, said the couple were "thrilled and excited".A spokesman for Sophie, 42, and the Earl of Wessex, 43, said the couple were "thrilled and excited".
The couple have one daughter, three-year-old Lady Louise Windsor, who was born prematurely in 2003. The couple, who live in Bagshot, Surrey, have one daughter, three-year-old Lady Louise Windsor, who was born four weeks premature in 2003.
Sophie Rhys-Jones married Prince Edward at St George's Chapel in Windsor in June 1999. The couple met at a tennis event in the summer of 1993. Sophie had suffered a life-threatening ectopic pregnancy before becoming pregnant with Lady Louise.
The baby will be the eighth grandchild for the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh, who are said to be "delighted at the news". Normal engagements
Lady Louise weighed just 4lb 9oz at birth and was cared for at a neo-natal unit at another hospital from her mother.
The new baby will be the eighth grandchild for the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh, who are said to be "delighted at the news".
A Palace spokeswoman said: "The earl and the countess are both thrilled and excited. The countess will continue with engagements as normal and take doctors' advice."A Palace spokeswoman said: "The earl and the countess are both thrilled and excited. The countess will continue with engagements as normal and take doctors' advice."
On the day of the announcement, the countess was carrying out royal engagements at the Royal Agricultural Society of England's Royal Show in Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire.
Sophie Rhys-Jones married Prince Edward at St George's Chapel in Windsor in June 1999. They had met at a tennis event in the summer of 1993.