Has Kate Middleton been changing her hair to hide her pregnancy?

The Duchess of Cambridge has gone for a new look prior to announcing her pregnancy before
Is the Duchess of Cambridge's hair a pregnancy giveaway?
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Kensington Palace just confirmed that Kate Middleton is pregnant with her third child.

The news comes little more than a month after Middleton appeared at Wimbledon with a new haircut — and it got one journalist thinking.

Kate Proctor, a political reporter, noticed that the Duchess of Cambridge has gone for a new look prior to announcing her pregnancy before.

Proctor speculated that this could be a ploy to keep the press focused on her head, rather than her midriff. She tweeted:

So, Business Insider put Proctor's theory to the test. This is what we found:

First up, Middleton's most recent pregnancy.

Here she is at a V&A museum exhibition on 29 June.

The Duchess of Cambridge at the V&A on June 29, 2017
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Four days later, Middleton's hair was noticeably shorter.

She swapped her trademark long, glossy, coiffed tresses for a trendy "lob," which was styled with some relaxed beach waves.

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Kensington Palace announced Middleton was expecting her third child on Monday.

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Something similar happened before it was announced that she was pregnant with her first child, Prince George.

On November 8, the Duchess of Cambridge attended a dinner with her trademark coiffed tresses.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in 2012
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Later in the month, on November 27, she arrived at the opening of The Natural History Museum's Treasures Gallery with a 70s-style long fringe.

Plenty of reports noted this at the time, including this one in BuzzFeed.​

The Duchess attends an opening at the Natural History Museum in November, 2012
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Three days later, on December 3, 2012, St James's Palace announced Middleton was pregnant for the first time.

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With her second pregnancy, there was arguably less of a dramatic new look, but she did appear to experiment on various occasions with different hair styles and hats.

Before it was announced she was expecting Princess Charlotte, she visited a school sporting a half-up-half-down style on July 1, 2014.

The Duchess of Cambridge sits with John Bishop at a London school in 2014
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And the following month, she wore her hair half up again, this time with the addition of a hat.​

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge speak with Francois Hollande in 2014
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Her pregnancy with Charlotte was announced on September 8, 2014.

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This all, of course, could be pure coincidence. But the next time the Duchess opts for a dramatic new look, she could set tongues wagging.

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