GWYNETH PALTROW - GWYNETH AND CHRIS GO PUBLIC WITH THEIR BABY JOY

LATEST: Expectant couple GWYNETH PALTROW and CHRIS MARTIN are so delighted at the prospect of becoming first-time parents that they made a public display of their joy in New York yesterday (04DEC03).

The pair were snapped as they left a private Manhattan clinic clutching a scan of their unborn child and could not hide their happiness as they embraced on the sidewalk.

One onlooker remarks, "They were smiling and kissing - and Gwyneth cracked up when Chris put his face next to her stomach. They looked at the scan together and Chris patted her belly and listened for ages for the heartbeat."

And friends close to the SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE beauty, 31, say that she intends spend much of her pregnancy in Martin's native Britain.

The pal says, "She's planning to spend a lot of time in the UK over the next few months because she loves everything British.

"She's fascinated by the English theatre. And she has always talked about her children being educated in England."