Speculation emerged after the 30-year-old royal was photographed at an event holding her handbag over her stomach.

Nonetheless, there is a fresh round of speculation that Kate Middleton might be expecting a baby after Conservative MP Claire Perry told a group of 250 schoolchildren that she thought the Duchess was pregnant.

Perry made the comments in front of 250 people at Marlborough College - Kate Middleton's former school in Wiltshire.

“I think Kate Middleton is pregnant and that would be good for the economy,” Perry had
commented.

Meanwhile, Sue Buxton, secretary of the Labour Party group for Devizes, said, “I think it’s
totally inappropriate. It’s a total invasion of their privacy.”

Royal historian Hugo Vickers told the media that Perry might be “trying to make a bit of a
name for herself” by making controversial comments, adding, “Unless she has visited the same
gynaecologist it strikes me as extremely unlikely she might know.”

“The remarks are slightly out of turn and rather crass. If she is pregnant no one is going
to know about it. She won't want to take the glory away from the Queen's Jubilee year,”
Royal observer Ingrid Seward said.

She said it was unlikely the Duchess is expecting ahead of the couple's visit to Singapore
in September.

William and Kate will be visiting Malaysia, including Kuala Lumpur and Sabah, Borneo, as
well as the Solomon Islands and Tuvalu as part of the Jubilee celebrations.

Clarence House has declined to comment on the matter and said it won’t comment on a rumour
like this.

"We never comment on personal Palace rumours," a spokesperson for the Palace said to the
media.