After days of speculation, the Royal baby’s name was announced by Kensington Palace this afternoon as Charlotte Elizabeth Diana.
The new princess was born at 8.34am on Saturday (02.05.15) morning and while a pal of the royal couple had initially said they were unlikely to use the baby’s name to pay tribute to Prince William’s late mother, it seems as if the Duke and Duchess opted to honour his mother after all.
With the bookmakers, ‘Charlotte’ was the favourite name for the royal baby, who is fourth in line to the throne.
British bookmaker Paddy Power slashed the odds last night (02.05.15) to 3/1, whilst Alice is second favourite with odds of 4/1.
Elsewhere in the top 10 favourite names, it includes tributes to the little tot’s great grandmother, with Elizabeth (8/1) and Diana, which is at odds of 10/1.
Victoria (5/1), Olivia (5/1), Alexandra (14/1) and Mary (20/1) also made the top ten.
Prince William, Kate Middleton, their 21-month-old son Prince George and the newborn have been at Kensington Palace, London where they have received visits from the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall as well as the Middleton family – Kate’s parents Michael and Carole and sister Pippa.
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