The celebrity couple can expect a warm welcome on their tour, even if polls show half of Australians would like to ditch British monarchs as their countrys head of state. Shortly after the appearance, Gees website was down, apparently due to the volume of traffic RED COPPER LETTER it was receiving. As TV stations in the English-speaking world broke into their regular coverage, Google saw a spike in searches for "when is spring?" -- the answer in Britain is from March until May or June -- and newspapers mused over what the baby, who will become either an earl or lady, will be called. Looking forward to sharing in the joy during your stay down under. It is all but mandatory for a major royal to have a charity project, and Meghans choice addressed the biggest tragedy to befall Britain in the past years."The queen was said to be "delighted", British Prime Minister Theresa May tweeted her "warmest congratulations", and Meghans mother Doria Ragland said she was "very happy about this lovely news".

Her first steps as a British royal have been cautious, immaculately scripted and well received. Britons also swooned after seeing Meghan nonchalantly closing her own car door at her first solo engagement last month in London.SYDNEY: British royals Harry and Meghan received baby gifts, met a koala couple and posed in front of Sydneys dazzling Opera House Tuesday, on their first public outing since announcing they are to become parents. The bookies instant pick was Diana -- the name of the late princess who was mother to both Prince Harry and his older brother Prince William -- along with Arthur and Alice. "What fantastic news!" tweeted Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Meghan wrote the foreword to the recipe collection entitled "Together: Our Community Cookbook", produced by women who suffered in the blaze.Meghan made her name in acting as savvy paralegal Rachel Zane in the US television legal drama "Suits", a world far removed from Buckingham Palace.American princessKensington palace said they did not expect any changes to the trip schedule, although Meghan is not expected to join Harry in scaling the Sydney Harbour Bridge to mark the start of the Invictus Games later in the week. The June 2017, the Grenfell Tower fire in London killed 71 people and raised uncomfortable questions about the governments approach to low income families who lived there. "Ive been following them since the wedding," 90-year-old retiree Edward Atkinson told AFP, adding that he would be looking out for any signs of Meghans pregnancy.

The BBCs royal correspondent said scrutiny will only intensify with the announcement Meghan is expecting. "This is now the duchesss pregnancy tour -- every step of the way she will be greeted with a new level of excitement and with some degree of concern," the BBCs Jonny Dymond wrote. The decision came after consultations with doctors, Kensington Palace said. This royal couple are on a 16-day tour of Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga that had already been keenly watched but is now set to be a media frenzy that will test Australias large contingent of royal-sceptic republicans. "I want to see how she interacts with the crowd," added Atkinson, who saw Harrys mother Princess Diana when she visited Australia for the countrys bicentenary celebrations in January 1988. They are still expected to visit Fiji and Tonga despite a notice advising pregnant women to stay away because of the Zika virus.. "Australia is thrilled for you both. Meghan, wearing a tight white dress by Australian designer Karen Gee, showed few signs of having a baby bump, but smiled broadly as she stepped back into the limelight -- posing against the backdrop of the Opera House sails, which gleamed in the spring sunshine. The happy prince and his US-born wife laughed as they were given a pair of Australian baby Ugg boots from the countrys governor general, watched eucalyptus-munching koalas at the zoo and took a boat ride across Sydney Harbour as they began a lengthy tour of the Pacific. At the foot of the Opera House a crowd of hundreds pressed against security fences for a royal outdoor meet-and-greet, waving Australian flags, assorted pictures and carrying human-size koala toys, all under the gaze of police snipers and close protection officers. Shortly after the pair stepped off the plane on Monday, Kensington Palace announced that Queen Elizabeth IIs 34-year-old grandson and the 37-year-old actress are "expecting a baby in the spring of 2019", triggering a chorus of coos and rampant tabloid speculation about baby names