Babies for Bey: Beyonce confirms she’s pregnant with twins

"We are incredibly grateful that our family will be growing by 2, " Bey says

By Jessica Lipsky

Published February 1, 2017 7:21PM (EST)

FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2016 file photo, Beyonce performs at a Get Out the Vote concert for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in Cleveland. The pop star is the leader of the 2017 Grammys with nine nominations, including bids for album of the year with “Lemonade,” and song and record of the year with “Formation,” announced Tuesday, Dec. 6. The singer, who already has 20 Grammys, is also the first artist to earn nominations in the pop, rock, R&B and rap categories in the same year. () (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2016 file photo, Beyonce performs at a Get Out the Vote concert for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in Cleveland. The pop star is the leader of the 2017 Grammys with nine nominations, including bids for album of the year with “Lemonade,” and song and record of the year with “Formation,” announced Tuesday, Dec. 6. The singer, who already has 20 Grammys, is also the first artist to earn nominations in the pop, rock, R&B and rap categories in the same year. () (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

The royal family  — well, America’s unofficial royal family of culture and cool – just announced two additions to its court.

On her Instagram account, actress-singer-queen Beyonce announced that she and husband Jay Z are expecting twins.

Queen Bey has not said how far along she is in her pregnancy, but did show off a sizable belly and an appropriately fierce look for a mama-to-be. The birth of Bey and Jay’s twins will bring the Carter clan to a total of five; daughter Blue Ivy is 5 years old.


By Jessica Lipsky

Jessica Lipsky is a cover editor at Salon.

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