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Duchess of Cambridge: my hope for children

The Duchess of Cambridge has spoken publicly for the first time about her hopes of starting a family.

The Duchess spoke off-the-cuff after she was presented with a bouquet by two-year-old Raffaela Cheater while on walkabout in Quebec City.

The little girl’s father, British ex-pat David Cheater, wished the Duchess well with her efforts to start a family.

“Yes, I hope to,” she replied.

Prince William said when the couple got engaged last year that they would like to have children, but the simple admission was the first time that the Duchess has confirmed that she is looking to start a family.

Babies in the early years of marriage have become something of a royal tradition. The Duke was born 11 months after his parents,