Pregnant Kate 'feeling better' after second day in hospital

LONDON (AFP) - Prince William's pregnant wife Kate was feeling better on Tuesday after a second day of hospital treatment for acute morning sickness, palace officials said.

William spent most of the day at his wife's bedside as congratulations poured in from around the world after Monday's announcement that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, both 30, are expecting their first child - a new royal heir.

"The Duchess of Cambridge is continuing to feel better," a spokesman for the couple's office at St James' Palace said.

"She and the Duke are immensely grateful for the good wishes they have received." He added that Kate would remain at the private King Edward VII Hospital in central London and continue with treatment for hyperemesis gravidarum, a severe form of morning sickness that affects about one in 200 pregnant women.