A dramatic decision about Meghan Markle’s upcoming court case has given a huge indication that Meghan and Harry are expecting baby number three.

Where will you be in October 2021? If the mind boggling, history-making madness of the last ten months is anything to go by, we will have all been eaten by giant wasps or killed in an asteroid shower or Kanye West will be sitting in the Oval Office.

However, here’s one thing we do know: 12 months (or thereabouts) from now, Meghan Duchess of Sussex may very well be back in the UK and sitting in the high court after a judge in London ruled that the royal’s lawsuit against the Mail on Sunday’s parent company could be deferred for mysterious reasons until then. (The case had been set to be heard in January 2021 at the Old Bailey.)

Here’s what happened.

In the early hours of Friday morning, Sydney-time, Mr Justice Warby granted an application made by the duchess’ lawyers in a private hearing for the case to be adjourned until “much later next year” with the delay being sought on “a confidential ground”.

In making the ruling, Mr Justice Warby said: “I’m confident that we’ll be able to find a time in the autumn in October or November in which the trial can be conducted.”

So, just to get my trusty calculator out here, with the case originally set down for January and with it now being heard in the autumn of next year, carry the one, divide by three, and you get … about nine months.