Kate Middleton's royal baby news: the funniest twitter reactions

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are adding to their royal brood – currently comprised of Prince George, four, and Princess Charlotte, two – with a third baby on the way. And the Twittersphere couldn’t be happier:

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One can confirm that the Duchess of Cambridge is expecting her third child. Prince William needs all the heir he can get. #RoyalBaby
— King Charles III (parody) (@Charles_HRH) September 4, 2017

Third royal baby, yay! #RoyalBaby pic.twitter.com/sZUw6eiUw7
— Lucy Sempey (@LucySempey) September 4, 2017

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Baby name suggestions are already helpfully rolling in:

It's upsetting that throughout any of her pregnancies no-one went with my suggestion of KIDdleton for casual headline nicknaming #royalbaby
— Pip (@philippawarr) September 4, 2017

If its a boy I bet they go for Jaxon, girl, the smart money is on Shania #royalbaby
— Just Distracted (@sorry_pardon) September 4, 2017

While others are already considering the broader implications of royal baby news:

#royalbaby can we please have a day off for this one? pic.twitter.com/49jBTGWcto
— ♡ (@_hawtsauce) September 4, 2017

Hey Princess Kate, since you're about to be in maternity wear again, send me all your hand me down dresses? #royalbaby
— Angelica Spanos (@AngelicaSpanos) September 4, 2017