27-05-2025
Prince William & Kate Middleton Welcome New Addition to Their Family After Reports of a ‘4th Child'
It's hard to tell where Prince William and Kate Middleton stand these days, because it seems like every day brings a new report that sometimes differs wildly from the previous one. First, there were divorce rumors, and the news that William had hired the same lawyers who represented Prince Diana in her divorce. Then they seemed to dispel those by going away on a romantic trip to Scotland for their anniversary. And later, there were reports Kate was trying to bring about a reconciliation between her husband and Prince Harry, something he wasn't all that thrilled about.
Suffice it to say, the British Royal family continues to give people something to talk about and speculate about every day. King Charles has cancer and is reportedly not doing well. Prince Harry is giving interviews about how he wants a reconciliation with his father. Prince William and Prince Harry's relationship is also strained. Succession plans are reportedly already underway.
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However, the rumors about Prince William and Kate Middleton, as persistent as they are, all appear to be nothing more than that: rumors. The couple is apparently doing well enough to welcome new additions to their family, in the form of new dogs they've adopted.
Yes and no. According to The Sun, the couple's black cocker spaniel Orla gave birth to several healthy puppies a few weeks ago, with a source telling the publication that both the family's dog and her pups are 'doing well,' and Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis are hoping to keep the puppies. So the couple didn't adopt new dogs, but they do have new dogs. 'Everyone loves a new royal baby news and so new royal puppies run very close,' the source added.
Orla was a gift to Middleton from her brother, James, back in 2020. The dog has made a few cameos on the couple's social media account, including with Princess Charlotte in her seventh birthday portrait and with Middleton in the video where she announced she had completed chemotherapy.
The couple had previously sparked speculation they'd gotten a new dog last month, when fans spotted two dogs in the couple's video for Mother's Day in the UK. However, back then, The Daily Mail confirmed that the brown dog was one of James's. So false alarm then turns into reality now.
Does this mean the couple would be open to continuing to add to the family, in the form of a fourth child? Unlikely. Tom Quinn, the author of Yes Ma'am: Upstairs Downstairs in the British Royal Family , joked in an interview with Fox News in March 2025 that the two weren't planning on having another baby soon because the Princess of Wales views her husband as her 'fourth' child.
'And so, there's a joke among the staff that Kate treats William as the fourth because he occasionally behaves like one,' Quinn said then. The claim was confirmed by an anonymous royal staff member.
'She hasn't had everything done for her throughout her life, so she calms him down when he gets a bit fractious,' the report said, with the employee adding that they 'don't know' where William would be without his wife. 'She says he sometimes has to be treated as her fourth child!'
So, it looks like now the Prince and Princess of Wales are happy with the new canine additions to the family. As for the future, one never knows.
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