With love... Hilary Duff is pregnant!

It's really happened. She's up the Duff.

Come on, it had to be done. This is the tabloid headline writer's dream story.

Making the big announcement on her wedding anniversary with hubby Mike Comrie, revealing to the world that, yes, she was indeed pregnant!

I can't believe it has already been a year, time really flies when you're having fun!" she said. "We also want to share the exciting news that... Baby Makes Three!!! We are extremely happy and ready to start this new chapter of our lives."

Congrats Hilary!

It's news to make you stop and pause for a moment - think back, Hilary was the original in the new wave of Disney stars - a forerunner to the mega-successes of Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez etc. She well and truly paved the way. Who hasn't seen the seminal Lizzie McGuire movie? It's a teen classic.

My fondest memories of Hilary will be her standout Dignity album though. When it came out in 2007, I fell in love - it was a crystalline example of just what pop music could do when it wanted to be truly amazing. It was like another Chemistry or Angels With Dirty Faces - packed full of brilliant synth-pop tunes.

And while commercially it certainly didn't set the charts alight, I'll never forget the smug sense of satisfaction I got from seeing the Guardian award the record 4/5 in its review.

That's right - the Guardian giving a Hilary Duff album 4/5. Amazing.

The only downer to the whole album campaign was that Hilary never got to tour the record over here in the UK - that would have just been the icing on the cake.