The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expecting their second child, Britain's royal family said Monday in a brief statement.
No delivery date was given for the new baby — brother or sister to Prince George, who was born in July 2013.
British Prime Minister David Cameron also offered his congratulations to the royal pair.
Earlier Monday, the duchess, 32, broke off an official engagement to receive treatment for hyperemesis gravidarum, a severe form of morning sickness.
She also suffered from that condition when she was pregnant with George.
The latest royal arrival will be fourth in line to the throne, pushing William's brother, Harry, further down the pecking order.
However, the new child's arrival is not likely to be as significant or gain as much international attention as George's birth because from a constitutional perspective it is not likely that the child would ever assume the throne.
"Whether it's a boy or a girl, (that child) will be next in line to the throne after Prince George, until Prince George has children of his own," said Clarissa Campbell Orr, a historian of the monarchy at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge.
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