Claudia Schiffer is pregnant with her third child.

Claudia and her husband, Matthew Vaughn are already parents to son Caspar, 6, and daughter Clementine, 5.

"We are thrilled about the good news and can hardly wait to have a bigger family," she said.

The baby was due in May.

Schiffer and Vaughn, who have been married for eight years, live in London and Suffolk, eastern England with their six-year-old son Casper and five-year-old daughter Clementine.

Schiffer, who will turn 40 in August, was discovered in 1987 in a Duesseldorf disco and became one of fashion's most-recognised catwalk models as well as the face of the Guess brand and French couture house Chanel.