Britain's bookmakers are
passionately betting on the soon-to-be royal child's name
In Britain, there is
nothing more exciting than royal gossips. Recently, the attention has focused
on Prince William and his wife Kate's baby, due in this month of July, which is
to be a girl according to bookmakers. There is also a big fuss around her name,
some betting it will be Alexandra.
William and Kate,
officially known as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge since their marriage in
April 2011, are waiting their first child. Even though the baby's sex had not
been yet revealed officially, the royal couple has dropped some hints in spite
of themselves. Indeed, the duchess told a well-wisher who had given her a gift
last month: "Thank you, I'll take this for my d..." before swiftly
stopping herself.
But now the attention
has drifted onto the baby's name. A spokeswoman from Coral bookmakers, who have
cut the odds on Alexandra to 12-1 from 25-1, said that "it's the second
biggest surge of bets we have witnessed since we were forced to suspend betting
on the couple having a girl after Kate dropped a hint". It is indeed not
the first time national bet made on the royal couple, and something tells us
that it will not be the last.
How they are going to
name their baby is a debate that has gone down to four names overall: Elizabeth
still remains the punters' favourite with odds of 5-1, Diana being a close
second with odds of 6-1, and the third position going to Victoria, at 7-1. Though,
if some bookmakers have sharply cut the odds on Alexandra, it may be because a
76-year-old cousin of Queen Elizabeth is named so, and Queen Victoria's son
Edward VII and his wife Alexandra were crowned in 1902. Therefore, the name
does have a good pedigree, even though it seems less closely connected with
British royalty as the former three names.
As always, the royal
family seems to be a lightening feature of Britain's actuality, and has always
triggered a singular love from British people. Whatever the baby's name may be,
in the end, we are pretty sure the whole of Britain will love it as their own
child.
This article was written for a university assignment.
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