Mary, Alice and Victoria are bookies' favorites for UK royal baby name
The names and betting odds for the third royal baby of Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, can be seen written on a board outside the Lindo Wing St Mary's Hospital in west London, Britain, April 13, 2018. REUTERS/Peter Summers
LONDON (Reuters) - Mary, Alice and Victoria are the favorites for the name of Britain's Prince William and wife Kate's next baby according to bookmaker William Hill, as the birth of Britain's fifth in line to the throne nears.
The baby will take his or her place in the line of succession after grandfather Prince Charles, father William and elder siblings George and Charlotte.
Kate is widely expected to go into labor this month, just a few weeks before the marriage of William's brother Prince Harry and actress Meghan Markle on May 19.
Joe Crilly, a spokesperson from the bookmaker William Hill, is interviewed by a televsion crew as he writes the names and betting odds for the third royal baby of Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, on a board outside the Lindo Wing St Mary's Hospital in west London, Britain, April 13, 2018. REUTERS/Peter Summers
The most popular name is Mary at 3/1, followed by Alice on 6/1 and Victoria on 8/1, William Hill said. For a boy, the leading bets are Albert, Arthur and Fred or Frederick, all on 12/1.
(Reporting by Costas Pitas; editing by Stephen Addison)
Joe Crilly, a spokesperson from the bookmaker William Hill, writes the names and betting odds for the third royal baby of Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, on a board outside the Lindo Wing St Mary's Hospital in west London, Britain, April 13, 2018. REUTERS/Peter SummersA man dressed in a Union Jack suit looks at the names and betting odds for the third royal baby of Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, on a board outside the Lindo Wing St Mary's Hospital in west London, Britain, April 13, 2018. REUTERS/Peter SummersJoe Crilly, a spokesperson from the bookmaker William Hill, writes the names and betting odds for the third royal baby of Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, on a board outside the Lindo Wing St Mary's Hospital in west London, Britain, April 13, 2018. REUTERS/Peter SummersJoe Crilly, a spokesperson from the bookmaker William Hill, writes the names and betting odds for the third royal baby of Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, on a board outside the Lindo Wing St Mary's Hospital in west London, Britain, April 13, 2018. REUTERS/Peter SummersJoe Crilly, a spokesperson from the bookmaker William Hill, writes the names and betting odds for the third royal baby of Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, on a board outside the Lindo Wing St Mary's Hospital in west London, Britain, April 13, 2018. REUTERS/Peter SummersJoe Crilly, a spokesperson from the bookmaker William Hill, writes the names and betting odds for the third royal baby of Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, on a board outside the Lindo Wing St Mary's Hospital in west London, Britain, April 13, 2018. REUTERS/Peter Summers
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