The moment the Duchess of Cambridge appeared to give the game away about the sex of her unborn baby has been caught on camera.
The famous discreet royal briefly dropped her guard when she was given a teddy bear by a well-wisher during a walkabout in Grimsby yesterday.
As she was handed the toy, the Duchess, who is five months pregnant, was caught on camera by Sky News saying: ‘Oh is this for our d…’ before stopping herself mid-sentence.
She then immediately regains her composure and continues to thank the woman for the gift.
However, her comment did not go unnoticed by other members of the 2,000-strong crowd who had gathered to catch a glimpse of the duchess.
As Kate continued up the line, Sandra Cook, 67, is heard to ask: ‘Did you say my daughter?’
The Duchess initially looks confused but when she realises what Ms Cook meant she smiles and raises an eyebrow before wagging her finger and saying ‘no, no, no’.
The royal then looks at the ground and appears to blush as she laughs off the comment.
She then told Ms Cook ‘we don’t know, so…’ before her sentence tails off and she changes the subject.
Ms Cook then recounted the brief discussion. She told the Mail: ‘The lady next to me gave her a teddy bear and I distinctly heard her say “Thank you, I will take that for my d….”.
‘Then she stopped herself. I leant over and said to her: “You were going to say daughter, weren’t you?”
Diana Burton, 41, who gave Kate the teddy, was too shell-shocked to recall the conversation. But Mrs Cook, who works in a local charity shop and lives in Grimsby, was adamant about what she heard.
‘I only hope that she doesn’t now give birth to a boy or I’m going to look pretty stupid,’ she said.
‘But she definitely said “d——”.’
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