Is Kate’s coat a hint she’s having a girl? The bookies certainly seem to think so …
SHE wore the same vivid pink coat twice while pregnant with her daughter, Princess Charlotte.
So could the Duchess of Cambridge’s £1,900 Mulberry outfit yesterday be a clue to the sex of her next baby?
Those with a fondness for a flutter certainly thought so, with bookies seeing a flurry of bets that the royal, who is due in April, will be a girl.
Ladbrokes is offering even money that the duchess’s third child will be female, with Alice currently the most popular name for a young princess – at odds of 6/1 – followed by Victoria.
Kate, 36, who is around six months pregnant, was in Coventry with Prince William yesterday for the city’s first major event since it was named the UK’s City of Culture for 2021.
The couple started their afternoon at Coventry Cathedral, where the duchess showed her maternal instincts by coming to the rescue of a young schoolboy who was feeling poorly after waiting three hours in the cold to see her.
Spotting that ten-year-old Craig Skipper was unwell, she turned to one of her police protection officers to ask for a brown paper sick bag – which luckily turned out not to be needed.
Carole Flynn, a learning mentor at Corpus Christi Primary School, said: ‘She came over to speak to him, and noticed he was not very well ... It was lovely of her. She really took time with him. You can tell she is a mum, and has got that caring side.’