Royal fans in pink as Duchess hints it’s a baby girl

Kate reportedly stopped herself from saying the word “daughter” as she accepted a teddy bear from a well-wisher during a trip to Grimsby yesterday.

But her uncharacteristic slip was repeated again during her visit – but the second time she suggested her unborn baby was a boy. When the Duchess, who is five months pregnant, was asked by another well-wisher if her baby had been kicking, she replied “he” had.

Royal fans still believe William and Kate’s first child will be a girl and bookmaker Ladbrokes has slashed its odds from 4/5 to 1/2.

For those who think the future monarch will be a boy, the firm is offering odds of 6/4.

William Hill has suspended its betting on the gender of the royal baby following a flood of bets from punters putting their money on a girl. Rupert Adams, a spokesman for company, said: “Although the story is by no means conclusive, our customers came piling in and we were forced to suspend the market at 10pm on Tuesday evening.”

Kate, 31, first let her guard down after being handed a soft toy by a member of the public.

Sandra Cook, who was standing next to the woman who gave the Duchess the present, said she overheard her say: “Thank you, I will take that for my d...” before stopping herself. Ms Cook, 67, told the Times: “I said to her ‘You were going to say daughter, weren’t you?’ and she said ‘No, we don’t know’. I said ‘Oh I think you do’, to which she said ‘We’re not telling’.”