{"id":3609,"date":"2018-04-10T09:50:22","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T08:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/?p=3609"},"modified":"2018-04-10T10:06:22","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T09:06:22","slug":"bookmakers-think-next-royal-baby-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/news-events\/bookmakers-think-next-royal-baby-girl\/","title":{"rendered":"Bookmakers think next Royal Baby is a girl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest addition to the Royal Family could arrive any time now with\u00a0William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, expecting their third child.<\/p>\n<p>William and Kate already have Prince George, aged 4, and Princess Charlotte, aged 2, and now a third child is due this month.<\/p>\n<p>And excitement is growing with barriers being installed at\u00a0the private wing\u00a0at of St Mary&#8217;s Hospital, Paddington &#8211; where the Duchess will give birth.<\/p>\n<p>Buckingham Palace has not confirmed if they are aware of the sex of the baby, but Bookmakers and public alike believe it will be another girl joining the family.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are expecting news quite soon but the markets believe it is a girl coming, with the first four names in the baby name market being female,&#8221; revealed OddsMonkey spokesman Peter Watton.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It should be remembered that both George and Charlotte were names fancied at the time and were amongst the favourite names.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now if we believe the Bookmakers and the public &#8211; Mary is the short-price favourite name for the next Royal baby, ahead of Alice at 6\/1 and Victoria at 8\/1 &#8211; the shortest boys names are Albert and Arthur at 14\/1.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you fancy Wills or Kate naming the child after them, you can get 20\/1 on Catherine and 33\/1 on William.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Selected odds on name of new Royal baby:<\/strong><br \/>\n3\/1 Mary<br \/>\n6\/1 Alice<br \/>\n8\/1 Victoria<br \/>\n12\/1 Elizabeth<br \/>\n14\/1 Albert<br \/>\n14\/1 Arthur<br \/>\n14\/1 Fred<br \/>\n16\/1 Alexandra<br \/>\n16\/1 Grace<br \/>\n16\/1 James<br \/>\n16\/1 Phillip<br \/>\n20\/1 Alexander<br \/>\n20\/1 Catherine<br \/>\n20\/1 Diana<br \/>\n20\/1 Henry<br \/>\n25\/1 Edward<br \/>\n33\/1 Amelia<br \/>\n33\/1 Anne<br \/>\n33\/1 Aurelia<br \/>\n33\/1 Caroline<br \/>\n33\/1 Charles<br \/>\n33\/1 Evelyn<br \/>\n33\/1 Frances<br \/>\n33\/1 Francis<br \/>\n33\/1 William<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2792\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/pressreleasebanner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"865\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/pressreleasebanner.jpg 865w, https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/pressreleasebanner-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/pressreleasebanner-768x306.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 865px) 100vw, 865px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest addition to the Royal Family could arrive any time now with\u00a0William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, expecting their third child. 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