Will newborn be Prince Jerry of Cambridge?

HE has kept the world waiting for the name of his new son for three days now. And to add insult to injury, yesterday Prince William teasingly offered a few tonguein-cheek suggestions.

At the Anzac Day memorial service at Westminster Abbey, Australian High Commissioner Alexander Downer asked William: ‘Have you thought of the name Alexander for him?’ The prince whipped back: ‘Well it’s funny you should say that. It’s a good name.’

The comment saw the odds on the little prince being named Alexander falling from 14/1 to even money within the space of an hour, leading William Hill to suspend all betting.

But William was most likely referring to Prince George, whose middle name is Alexander. The Dean of Westminster Abbey also threw in a suggestion – Jerry – as the duke met Sir Jerry Mateparae, New Zealand’s High Commissioner to the UK. ‘Jerry’s a strong name, absolutely,’ William replied politely – although it seems somewhat unlikely the fifth in line to the throne will be Prince Jerry of Cambridge.