PRINCE William and his wife Catherine made the decision to go public with news of a royal pregnancy and scrambled to tell family and friends before the story broke on social media, say reports in London.
Even the Queen, 86, who receives daily briefings on international affairs of the upmost secrecy, was kept in the dark until Monday when the whole world also learnt the Cambridges are expecting their first child.
Officials were forced to go public because of fears Catherine's hospitalisation would fuel concerns over her health, The Guardian newspaper reported.
However British broadsheet The Daily Telegraph told a different story: "royal aides said the decision to go public 'was very much driven by the Duke and Duchess'.
"It's a very hard thing to go public at such an early stage, but they wanted to be open with people as much as possible."
So read the first of more than five pages in Tuesday's edition dedicated to the baby, its possible name, its path to the throne, the effect he or she will have on British tourism, and of course, details of the morning sickness which has landed Catherine in hospital.
Although pregnant for less than 12 weeks, the common point at which expectant mothers share their news, Catherine and William feared the information would leak and be repeated on social networking sites such as Twitter.
There would have been no way of avoiding suspicion once the Duchess was forced to cancel upcoming official engagements, as she did on Monday.
After spending the weekend with Catherine's parents Michael and Carole Middleton at their country estate where the Duchess was reportedly ill, William drove his wife to hospital in London on Monday.
But before the palace released news of the royal pregnancy to the world late in the afternoon, the couple had to word-up family.
The Queen and Prince Philip, along with Prince Charles - who was visiting flood-affected areas of Wales on Monday - learnt the happy news before press officers went to work.
Prince Harry, 28, on duty in Afghanistan as an army Apache helicopter pilot, was told the news and is apparently overjoyed despite the being pushed down the royal ladder to fourth-in-line to the throne by his new niece or nephew.
For the Queen, already twice a great-grandmother to the children of Princess Anne's son Peter Phillips, the Cambridge birth will be an historic event.
For the first time in almost 120 years, a serving monarch will experience the birth of a great-grandchild in direct succession to the throne, The Guardian reported.
In 1894, Queen Victoria, who reigned until 1901, became great-grandmother to Edward VIII, who later abdicated the throne, making way for the current Queen's father, George VI.
Catherine is expected to remain in hospital for several days as she is treated for hyperemesis gravidarum, an acute form of morning sickness.
William was seen arriving at the hospital mid-morning on Tuesday.
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