After watching the lean and thin Duchess of Cambridge play around with Prince George last week clad in her trademark skinny jeans, merely six weeks after delivering her second child, people shuddered in sympathy when they spotted Zara Phillips at Royal Ascot this week, with her hand kept protectively over her bulging belly. (Getty Images)
Is Zara pregnant again, whispered those who spied her. Or is it the curse of the mummy tummy, screamed a newspaper headline in the UK, forcing Zara to clarify that she is indeed not pregnant. (Getty Images)
Whatever it might be, some women's baby weight just don't budge and those who are able to regain their earlier shape can only shudder and offer their sympathies. (Getty Images)
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Zara Phillips with daughter Mia Tindall greets Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. (Getty Images)
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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince George of Cambridge. (Getty Images)
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince George of Cambridge. (Getty Images)