Diana? Alice? Elizabeth? Britons bet on next royal baby’s name
LONDON: Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, may be keeping plans about their impending baby under wraps, but that hasn’t stopped everyone in Britain from trying to guess the gender and the name of their first child.
If Britain’s bookmakers are to be believed, it’s definitely a girl — and Diana may well be one of her many names.
The William Hill agency closed the betting on the baby’s gender a few days ago after an “avalanche” of bets poured in from people convinced the royal couple is having a girl.
“The secret’s out, as far as we’re concerned,” firm spokesman Rupert Adams said. “It could be because someone somewhere has seen the scan, or someone has heard something.”
While Adams acknowledged there’s always a chance the surge was based on nothing, he said average betting patterns over the years suggest there’s usually some truth in rumors.
So far, Diana is topping the bookmakers’ list as a frontrunning name.