Poppy Delevingne expecting first child: She really is all I’ve ever wanted
By Naomi Clarke, PA Senior Entertainment Reporter
Actress and model Poppy Delevingne has announced that she is expecting her first child with partner Archie Keswick.
The 38-year-old, who is the sister of Cara and Chloe Delevingne, said becoming a mother is “all I’ve ever wanted” as she shared the pregnancy news in an interview with Elle magazine.
Delevingne revealed she first discovered she was pregnant during London Fashion Week when her clothes began feeling tighter at a second fitting for a Burberry show.
“She really is all I’ve ever wanted,” Delevingne told the magazine.
She added: “The people that are closest to me know how much I have wanted this my whole life.
“I’ve watched a lot of my friends do it, I have nine godchildren, I am an auntie, and I think they’ve known that since I was a little girl, I dreamt of being a mumma.
“There were points during the last few years where I thought that maybe this wouldn’t happen for me. I’d made my peace with that. So I think when we told people the news they were very emotional and happy.”
Delevingne had been keeping “very tight-lipped” about the pregnancy, but felt there was no chance of hiding her bump anymore as she is due in May.
“I always imagined that if this moment had ever happened to me I would have told people,” she said.
“But it was quite extraordinary, I became very tight-lipped about it. I think I just wanted to protect it more than anything.
“I think I was really nervous, as well. It just feels like such an extraordinary privilege to be able to do this, to be able to have a baby at this age and at this time, and when it happened, I couldn’t really believe it. It still feels really surreal.”
The model revealed she has been in a “constant state of worry” about having a baby in her late 30s, but she is feeling “less anxiety and more excitement” as the weeks pass.
“I’ve got to the point where I’m just so excited to meet her. If I shut my eyes, I feel like I know her,” she added.
“She’s already making me laugh, I think she’s going to be a funny one.”
Delevingne’s sisters – 32-year-old model Cara and 39-year-old socialite Chloe – were “elated” when they found out there would be a new addition to the family, and spent Christmas getting excited together.
“We were all in New York, with each other and with the bump and there was a lot of talking to the bump, stroking the bump. They’re just elated,” she said.
Delevingne was previously married to businessman James Cook, having met him when she was 20 years old, and they split around 15 years later.
She previously suggested the “stigma” of becoming a divorcee was the reason her marriage did not end sooner.
The actress, who appeared in Kingsman: The Golden Circle and Riviera, also reportedly dated Prince Constantine Alexios of Greece and Denmark.
