Kate Pregnant? 
 
 Kate makes toasts with water, not wine 
 
 Kate Middleton has sparked a renewed bout of speculation that she may be pregnant when, during toasts at a state banquet in Singapore today, the future queen TWICE made toasts to the Queen by drinking water instead of wine. 
 
 It is highly unusual to make a royal toasts with anything but a full glass of wine, but mums-to-be are advised against drinking all alcohol. 
 
 Perhaps not co-incidentally, the Royalist has been hearing unconfirmed rumors of late from the Royal circle that Kate is pregnant, with one source saying that Kate was pregnant, but that William and Kate were planning to hold off announcing a pregnancy for 'as long as possible.' 
 
 Chris Jackson, Pool / Getty Images Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge toasts President of Singapore's wife Mary Tan at dinner as she visits the Istana on day 1 of their Diamond Jubilee tour on September 11, 2012 in Singapore. 
 
 At tonight's dinner, Kate pointedly ignored a glass of white wine - burgundy Faiveley Puligny Montracht ler Cru Garennes (2008) wine snobs may be interested to know - placed at her setting, but her husband William glugged down on the red Bordeaux offered during a seven course Chinese meal in the Banquet Hall at the official residence of the Singaporean president, which included smoked duck with sliced mango, chicken consommé with herbs, spices and wolfberries and steamed fillet of marble Goby with crispy bean crumbs in soya sauce. 
 
 Desert was chilled jelly served with mango, sago and pomelo and sliced baked mooncakes. 
 
 Friends of the Young Royals say that there is no secret about the fact that William and Kate would dearly like to get pregnant, and are actively trying for a baby. 
 
 Although one can well understand why Kate finds the constant attention on her body and pregnancy status unsettling, she does, friends say, accept that it goes with the territory when you marry a future King. 
 
 William and Kate have also, perhaps unwisely, allowed themselves to be drawn into commenting on the issue themselves. 
 
 In their enagagement interview with ITN, Kate said, “I hope we will be able to have a happy family ourselves,” which prompted the interviewer to ask, “People are bound to ask, do you want lots of children?” 
 
 William replied, “I think we’ll take it one step at a time. We’ll sort of get over the marriage first and then maybe look at the kids. But obviously we want a family so we’ll have to start thinking about that.” 
 
 Of course, while there are many old-schoolers in the palace who think a boy would be more than nice, one silver lining is that Kate is not under the pressure that many wives of aristocratic men are to produce a male heir. A recent change in the laws of succession means that should Kate’s first-born child be a girl, she will inherit the throne, not lose out to a younger male child. ||||| Kate Middleton pregnant? Duchess of Cambridge fuels baby rumors after turning down glass of wine Is there an heir in the air? Besides quaffing pure water, the ever-stylish Duchess may also have hidden a slight baby bump beneath her floral shift. 
 
 An heir to the British throne may be on the way. 
 
 Speculation is growing that Kate Middleton and Prince William are expecting a little one after the Duchess of Cambridge reportedly turned down wine at a state banquet in Singapore Tuesday. 
 
 The 30-year-old made not one — but two — toasts to the Queen with water, a strange choice for royals, who usually make toasts with a glass filled to the brim with wine, The Daily Beast reported. 
 
 Middleton reportedly deliberately snubbed a glass of white wine placed in front of her, while her husband got his fill with a glass of Bordeaux. 
 
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 The possible mom-to-be also showed what may be a hint of a baby bump in a floral shift designed by the Singapore-born designer, Prabal Gurung, during a seven-course meal at the Singaporean president's official residence. 
 
 It's no secret that the royal family has set its sights on expanding. It's mainly a question of when. 
 
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 "I hope we will be able to have a happy family ourselves," Middleton said during an interview with ITN at the time of her engagement. 
 
 Prince William added that the couple would be taking it "one step at a time." 
 
 "We'll sort of get over the marriage first and then maybe look at the kids," the 30-year-old told ITN. "But obviously we want a family so we'll have to start thinking about that." 
 
 This is not the first time baby-buzz has surrounded the royal couple. 
 
 Middleton and her husband sparked speculation after they were caught cooing over an infant at a London party in April. 
 
 The Duchess also fueled rumors in 2011 when she refused to taste peanut paste during a royal appearance in Denmark. 
 
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 Doctors frequently recommend that those expecting avoid peanuts and peanut byproducts during pregnancy to prevent babies for developing allergies. 
 
 Williams and his wife are in Singapore as part of a nine-day tour of southeast Asia and the South Pacific. 
 
 croberts@nydailynews.com 
 
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– Stop the presses, because Prince William has actually discussed the babies he will one day have with wife Kate. Specifically, he would like two of them, Wills said today while the couple was touring Singapore as part of Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee. "Someone asked him how many children he would like to have, and he said he was thinking about having two," a student tells the AP. William has never before specifically numbered his future children, although an heir and a spare isn't unheard of in royal circles. And the heir might already be on the way, because Kate—gasp—ignored her glass of wine at a banquet in Singapore yesterday, the Daily Beast reports. Even more suspicious, she—not once, but twice—toasted the queen with the water she drank instead. Such a thing is just not done in royal toasts, the Beast notes, adding that rumors of a royal pregnancy have been coming in recently even before the wine incident. The New York Daily News also claims the duchess "showed what may be a hint of a baby bump" in Singapore, and Star magazine recently ran a photo of one of her dresses that had been let out an inch as proof that she must be with child. Judge for yourself in our photo gallery.