How Meghan Markle hid her blooming baby bump in her most recent video appearance

The Duchess of Sussex used careful camera framing to keep her pregnancy private in a video appearance carried out just days before the news was made public.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who live in California, announced yesterday they are expecting their second child together, with a spokesperson saying: ‘We can confirm that Archie is going to be a big brother.’ 

The sex of the couple’s second baby, as well as the due date, are unknown.

The photo shared to mark the exciting news shows the Meghan, 39, lying in Prince Harry’s lap with a hand resting on her blooming baby bump.  

Meghan was able to keep her changing figure private until the announcement by ensuring she was only seen from the chest up in her most recent video appearance, which took place on Saturday 6 February. 

Meghan was able to keep her changing figure private until yesterday’s announcement by ensuring she was only seen from the chest up in her most recent video appearance, which took place on Saturday 6 February (pictured). Her baby bump was hidden from view 

The last time Meghan was seen prior to the call was on 13 December, when she shared a pre-recorded message on CNN Heroes series. The Duchess was filmed from the waist up and her midriff was in full view of the camera (pictured)

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who live in California, announced yesterday they are expecting their second child together, with a spokesperson saying: ‘We can confirm that Archie is going to be a big brother.’ The photo shared to mark the exciting news shows the Meghan, 39, lying in Prince Harry’s lap with a hand resting on her blooming baby bump, above

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex joined a digital event organized by poetry group Get Lit in honor of Black History Month, but only their head and shoulders were visible on the call, keeping any hint of their exciting news under wraps. 

The last time Meghan was seen prior to the call was on 13 December, when she shared a pre-recorded message on CNN Heroes series, which praises those making a difference in communities.

The Duchess was filmed from the waist up and her midriff was in full view of the camera.   

The news of her pregnancy comes just months after Meghan, 39, revealed that she lost her second child to a miscarriage in an article for the New York Times.  

It also comes on the 37th anniversary of when Harry’s mother, Princess Diana, announced that she was pregnant with him on Valentine’s Day in 1984.

The baby boy or girl will enter the line of succession behind older brother Archie (pictured with Harry and Meghan in 2019) who will turn two in May

A spokesperson for Meghan and Harry said: ‘We can confirm that Archie is going to be a big brother. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are overjoyed to be expecting their second child.’

The couple shared their announcement – aptly on Valentine’s Day – by posting a black and white image of Harry resting his hand on Meghan’s head as she lay in his lap underneath a tree.

‘The photograph of the Duke and Duchess was was taken by the couple’s longtime friend Misan Harriman. What wonderful news for the Sussexes!!’ their spokesperson added.

If born in the U.S., the baby will be entitled to U.S. citizenship as an automatic right.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have announced that they are expecting their second child – who will become eighth in line to the throne (order of succession pictured)

Harry and Meghan shocked the world last year when they stepped down as senior royals and announced they were moving to North America with baby Archie, who will turn two in May.

The couple have been hunkering down at a sprawling nine-bedroom mansion in Montecito that they purchased for $14.65 million last June.  

Their baby announcement came just days after Harry’s cousin Princess Eugenie welcomed a baby boy on February 9.

Meghan and Harry were said to have sent their congratulations to Eugenie privately, while keeping their own growing family under wraps.