'Huge year' for the royals in 2020

Bookmakers in the UK have slashed their odds on both Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton giving birth in 2020.

According to reports, bookmakers are hedging their bets on the Duchesses both falling pregnant with their next children and giving birth as soon as next year.

Ladbrokes has slashed the odds for both Duchesses to give birth in 2020 to 3 to 1 with Bookmakers.tv dropping their odds to 7 to 2.

The Duchess of Cambridge is already mother to three children – Charlotte, four, George, six, and Louis, one – with the future King, Prince William, and despite having tumultuous pregnancies, where she suffered  hyperemesis gravidarum – an illness much worse than the normal morning sickness – it's rumoured that the couple still want more children in their tight knit clan.

"It wouldn't surprise me if they had a fourth child," Royal commentator Phil Dampier told The Sun.

"Not only does she love family life in Norfolk, to be honest it gives her an excuse to not be at the forefront of royal duties for a bit longer, which I don't think she enjoys.

"I think Kate's been interacting with the public and doing very well recently, but from what I'm told she'd rather be at home with the children."

As for her sister-in-law, the Duchess of Sussex, it is rumoured that even though she has only recently given birth to her first born son with Prince Harry, she is looking to add a second bub in the mix sooner rather than later.

Speaking to Vogue magazine in September, Prince Harry stated that he was only going to bring two children into the world, in a bid to do his bit to save the planet.

"We're anticipating a huge year for the royals in 2020," Alex Apati of Ladbrokes told The Sun.

"With not one but TWO new additions seemingly on their way."