UK royal Meghan reveals she's six months pregnant: media

Britain's Meghan, Duchess of Sussex arrives for a visit to Hamilton Square in Birkenhead, Britain January 14, 2019. REUTERS/Carl Recine

BIRKENHEAD, England (Reuters) - Meghan Markle, wife of Britain's Prince Harry, told royal well-wishers on Monday she was six months pregnant but the royal couple do not know the gender of their first baby, British media reported.

Former U.S. actress Meghan and Harry married last May and announced in October that they were expecting their first child in the Spring of 2019 but gave no specific details.

Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex receive a teddy bear as they visit the Hamilton Square in Birkenhead, Britain January 14, 2019. REUTERS/Carl Recine

During a chat with some of the large crowd that turned out for their visit to Birkenhead in northern England on Monday, Meghan, 37, revealed she was six months pregnant, suggesting the latest addition to the British royal family would be due sometime in April.

However, Meghan and Harry, Queen Elizabeth's grandson, do not know whether the future seventh-in-line to the throne will be a boy or a girl and it would be a "surprise", media reported.

During their trip to Birkenhead, the couple's first joint engagement of the year, they viewed a new statue erected to mark the centenary of the death of World War One poet Wilfred Owen before visiting a number of local community organizations.

Britain's Meghan, Duchess of Sussex accompanied by Britain's Prince Harry receives bouquet of flowers as she meets with residents at Hamilton Square in Birkenhead, Britain January 14, 2019. REUTERS/Carl Recine

Local resident Helen O'Toole, a mother of seven, said Meghan had asked her for some advice.

"I said ‘breathe and take anything that they offer you’ and she just clutched her little baby bump and laughed. It was really lovely," she told Reuters.

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex presents Angela Midgley with a Moses basket at "Number 7", a "Feeding Birkenhead" citizens supermarket and community cafe, in Birkenhead, Britain January 14, 2019. Anthony Devlin/Pool via REUTERS

(Writing by Michael Holden; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)

Britain's Meghan, Duchess of Sussex smiles as she meets residents at Hamilton Square in Birkenhead, Britain January 14, 2019. REUTERS/Carl Recine

Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex react during their visit in Birkenhead, Britain January 14, 2019. REUTERS/Carl Recine

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex arrives to officially open "Number 7", a "Feeding Birkenhead" citizens supermarket and community cafe, in Birkenhead, Britain January 14, 2019. Anthony Devlin/Pool via REUTERS

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex arrives to officially open to officially open "Number 7", a "Feeding Birkenhead" citizens supermarket and community cafe, in Birkenhead, Britain January 14, 2019. Anthony Devlin/Pool via REUTERS

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex visits Birkenhead, Britain January 14, 2019. Charlotte Graham/Pool via REUTERS

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex reacts as she visits Birkenhead, Britain January 14, 2019. Charlotte Graham/Pool via REUTERS