When meghan really broke baby news - and it wasn't eugenie's wedding

The big news was announced by Kensington Palace on Monday as the couple touched down in Australia for their first major royal tour, where they'll also visit New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga.

  The statement said the couple were "delighted to be able to share this happy news with the public.” But as the rumour-mill went into overdrive, another apparent statement did the

rounds, claiming the couple broke the baby news at Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank’s wedding on October 12. Royal commentators and social media users branded the couple

"insensitive" and an attempt to "steal Eugenie's thunder." Etiquette expert William Hanson said: “Whether they are royal or not, they committed a faux pas. They did

slightly upstage the bride and that is a complete no-no.” But no, the couple did not actually tell their family during Eugenie's wedding - it seems this was just a case of the royal

rumour mill in overdrive. BAZAAR.com has been told by a source close to the family that most of the family actually knew about the pregnancy before the wedding. The Duke and Duchess are said

to have shared the news before Princess Eugenie's big day as they were set to jet off on their royal tour shortly after. The source told BAZAAR.com the Queen and Prince Philip, Prince

Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall, and Eugenie and Jack all knew about Meghan's pregnancy before the wedding. They hadn’t seen them in person yet so were only able to congratulate

them on the wedding day, but they were already aware of the happy news. Whether the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge knew about the royal baby hasn’t been made clear, but with Harry’s extremely

close relationship with his brother, it is likely. A representative for Kensington Palace said Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall, and Prince 

William and the Duchess of Cambridge “are delighted for the couple." Princess Eugenie is yet to make a statement but is said to be close to her cousin Harry. There were a few rumblings

of the Sussex’s having stolen Eugenie’s thunder, however. Just 40 minutes after the baby news broke, Eugenie’s mum Sarah Ferguson posted a tweet of the wedding with the caption: “So proud of

Eugenie and Jack.” Some speculated this was an attempt to get the attention back on her daughter after her moment in the limelight over the weekend. Eugenie’s father, Prince Andrew also

retweeted one of Fergie’s tweets featuring Eugenie and Jack, also making no mention of Harry and Meghan. But it’s hard to see what Harry and Meghan’s other options were. They waited until

after the wedding, but knew they would be photographed on a daily basis during their tour and Meghan’s bump is beginning to show. The couple had already sparked pregnancy rumours during

Eugenie’s wedding after Meghan arrived in a loose-fitting buttoned-up coat.