Bookies slashed odds on the next royal baby being called Alice, mirror.co.uk reports.
Online bookies Betfair Sportsbook cut their odds on the name from 8/1 to 3/1 following a rush of bets in the last 24 hours. Alice is a traditional royal name and is the middle name of Princess Anne and Prince Edward’s daughter Lady Louise.
But a senior British royal has not been given it as a first name since Queen Victoria chose it for her second daughter Princess Alice.
Other girls names still in the running are Elizabeth at 5/1, Charlotte at 11/2 and Victoria at 12/1.
Betting has been hotting up on the topic with the birth at the Lindo Wing of St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington expected to be just one month away. The bookmaker said that backing for a boy and girl had been fairly evenly split but a huge 85% of people think the baby will be blonde.
Prince George, now 20 months, has golden locks just like his dad did at that age, despite Kate being a brunette.
Novelties and Politics Trader for Betfair, Cormac Dowling, said, “The public love a Royal announcement and we’re expecting the arrival to be the novelty betting heat of the year. We’re confident it may rival even the EastEnders Lucy Beale’s killer market, which saw over £10 million of bets across the industry. Elizabeth had been the clear favourite until an unexpected rush of support for Alice over the last 24 hours and we’ve been forced to slash the price from 8/1 to 3/1.” Kate has had a busy schedule of engagements in the run-up to the birth including visiting the set of hit drama ‘Downton Abbey’. She will carry out her last official engagement this Friday before going on maternity leave.
She and William will spend the day in south London visiting the Stephen Lawrence Centre in Deptford and another charity in Gypsy Hill.
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