The new Royal baby’s name is just one thing British punters have been putting huge money on in the lead up to it’s much anticipated arrival this month.
Everything from the gender of Kate and William’s second child, to the baby’s weight, its date of birth and even to the colour of the dress Kate will wear when she shows off her new darling to the world have been worth a bet at the bookies.
Ladbrokes odds-on favourites for the Royal baby’s name:
GIRL:
Alice — 5/4
Elizabeth — 6/1
Charlotte — 6/1
Victoria — 14/1
Diana — 14/1
Alexandra — 16/1
Catherine — 25/1
Mary — 25/1
Eleanor — 25/1
Margaret — 25/1
BOY:
Arthur — 6/1
James — 20/1
Henry — 25/1
Philip — 25/1
William — 25/1
Frances — 25/1
Albert — 25/1
Alexander — 25/1
Spencer — 25/1
Michael — 25/1
Confident punters say that the baby would be:
- Born on 24 or 25 April
- Born in the morning
- Weigh 8 pounds
- Have brown hair
And the smart money’s on
- Kate holding the baby in the first photo
- Kate wearing a pink dress in the first photo
According to betting house Ladbrokes, over 20,000 bets were placed on the royal baby being a girl.
Royal baby obsession
But the bookies are not the only ones obsessed with the Royal birth. Royalists have been camping outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary’s Hospital in London for days now to catch a glimpse of the proud new parents and maybe even a debut Royal wave.
Margaret Tyler IMAGE: Ben A. Pruchnie/Getty Image
TOP IMAGE: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge pose for a photograph with their son, Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge in the garden of the Middleton family home in August 2013 in Bucklebury, Berkshire. Photo by Michael Middleton/Kensington Palace via Getty Images
