Beyonce pregnant with twins: The best reactions - BBC News

Summary

Beyonce announced she was pregnant with twins on Wednesday night
The children will be her second and third offspring, joining 5-year-old Blue Ivy
Her announcement broke records on Instagram

Live Reporting

Mark Savage

Postpublished at 10:53 Greenwich Mean Time 2 February 2017
In less than 24 hours, Beyonce's pregnancy picture has become the most liked photograph in the history of Instagram.
The announcement that she was expecting twins with Jay-Z also generated half a million tweets in just 45 minutes.
Here are some of the best reactions on social media.
Beyonce's mum was relieved the cat was out of the bag
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WOWI don't have to keep the secret anymore! I am soooo happy ❤️❤️ God is so good❤️ twin blessings. Thank you for all your well wishing beautiful messages . I appreciate them soo much❤️
Tina Knowles
Others were thankful to get some good news, at last
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While Ellen DeGeneres had an announcement of her own
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Soon, the puns started flowing in
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Then... POLITICS
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Inevitably, there were Destiny's Child jokes
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Everyone had fun guessing what the babies would be called
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Finally, everyone remembered Beyonce was supposed to be headlining Coachella in April...
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A Beyonce fansite discovered further pictures from the photoshoot
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And celebrities couldn't wait to congratulate the happy couple
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so excited about this news!!!! Congratulations to you @Beyonce and my big brother Jay!!!
Rihanna
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