Royal baby news: how press predictions got it wrong - in pictures

The UK's Daily Mirror reports in March that the Duchess of Cambridge had 'let slip a heavy hint' that she was having a girl Photograph: Daily Mirror

US supermarket tabloid Globe confidently claims 'it's official' that the Duchess is having a baby girl: 'Prince William and his beautiful bride Kate are hiding bombshell baby news, and Globe has the world exclusive. She’s having a girl – to the fury of other royals! Read the bizarre way Kate learned about her little princess and why not everyone in the palace is overjoyed – all in this issue of Globe.' It adds that Prince William is building a $1m pink nursery Photograph: Globe

Australian magazine Woman's Day's souvenir 'royal baby issue', printed before the birth, claims Kate is having twins - and the 'baby bump' is named George Photograph: Woman's Day

US celebrity magazine Star also claims in October that the couple are having twins – and features a Photoshopped image of the Duchess with 'bump' Photograph: Star

The Daily Telegraph more tentatively suggests in December that the Duchess could be having twins Photograph: Daily Telegraph

Finally, the Daily Star's take on the royal baby, from December, is typically idiosyncratic – although surely no dafter than the Mirror website's claim that 'Royal baby 'tweets' from inside Kate's womb' Photograph: Daily Star