Prince William teased his wife, Kate Middleton, about not wanting more children during a visit to Clitheroe Community Hospital in Lancashire, England, on Thursday.
“Don’t give my wife any more ideas!” William, 39, joked with staffers as they swooned over Middleton, 40, cradling an onlooker’s baby in her arms.
As Kate returned the little girl to her parents, her hubby added, “Don’t take her with you.”
The royal couple wed in April 2011 and share children Prince George, 8, Princess Charlotte, 6, and Prince Louis, 3.
Middleton has previously opened up about the Duke of Cambridge not wanting more children, telling royal fan Josh Macpalce back in 2020, “I don’t think William wants any more.”
That’s not to say the heir to the throne doesn’t enjoy fatherhood, previously expounding on his personal growth since becoming a dad.
“I’m a lot more emotional than I used to be,” William said in British TV documentary “When Ant and Dec Met The Prince: 40 Years of the Prince’s Trust.”
“I never used to get too wound up or worried about things. But now the smallest little things, you well up a little more, you get affected by the sort of things that happen around the world or whatever a lot more, I think, as a father.”
“Just because you realize how precious life is and it puts it all in perspective. The idea of not being around to see your children grow up [is horrible],” he added, having lost his own mother, Princess Diana, at the age of 15.
Middleton has also waxed poetic over her children, acknowledging the complexities of parenthood since becoming a mother.
“Personally, becoming a mother has been such a rewarding and wonderful experience. However, at times it has also been a huge challenge, even for me who has support at home that most mothers do not,” she confessed in 2017. “Nothing can really prepare you for the sheer overwhelming experience of what it means to become a mother.”
She continued, “It is full of complex emotions of joy, exhaustion, love and worry all mixed together. Your fundamental identity changes overnight. You go from thinking of yourself as primarily an individual, to suddenly being a mother, first and foremost. And yet, there is no rule book, no right or wrong — you just have to make it up and do the very best you can to care for your family.”