Prince William's wife Catherine is normally careful to protect her
privacy, so Britain's newspapers on Wednesday seized on what appeared
to be a rare slip of the tongue suggesting that her unborn baby is a
girl.
The Duchess of Cambridge, 31, was overheard telling a
well-wisher offering a gift for the new royal heir that she would take
it "for my d...", before stopping herself, according to media reports.
Sandra
Cook, 67, said the exchange took place during Kate's visit to the
northeastern English port of Grimsby on Tuesday, when her five-month-old
pregnancy bump was clearly visible.
'We're not telling'
"The
lady next to me gave her (Kate) a Teddy bear and I distinctly heard her
say: 'Thank you, I will take that for my d...'. Then she stopped
herself," Cook said.
"I said to her: 'You were going to say
daughter, weren't you?' She said: 'No, we don't know.' I said: 'Oh, I
think you do', to which she said: 'We're not telling'."
The exchange made the front page of most of Britain's newspapers on Wednesday, amid growing excitement about the new royal baby.
"Has Kate given the game away?" asked the Times, while the Daily Mirror more confidently declared: "It's a girl!"
The baby will be third in line to the throne, behind William and his father Prince Charles.
William,
who married Kate in April 2011, is expected to reveal later this month
whether he will continue with his job as a military search-and-rescue
helicopter pilot or devote himself more fully to royal duties.
SOURCE - SAPA
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