THRILLED TO REVEAL THEIR HAPPY BABY NEWS NATALIE AND ZAFAR RUSHDIE ARE FULL OF THE JOYS OF SPRING AS THEY TELL OF THEIR EXCITEMENT AT EXPECTING A DAUGHTER

‘We’ve been wanting to be parents for quite a long time, so it’s been wonderful’ Natalie

Spring is in full bloom – and so is jazz singer Natalie Rushdie, as can exclusively reveal the happy news that she and her husband Zafar are expecting their first child together, a daughter. The baby girl will be the first grandchild for Zafar’s famous father Sir Salman Rushdie, the esteemed novelist and Booker Prize winner who is now based in New York. “He’s really over the moon and couldn’t be happier for us. So are we. It’s super exciting,” smiles Zafar, sharing these beautiful images, captured by the pair themselves. Zafar and Natalie have kept their pregnancy news in their closest circle until now. “Well, we haven’t seen anyone to tell them face to face!” says the dad-to-be, speaking from