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Royal baby latest: Bookies suspend bets amid rumours Meghan Markle has already given birth
With the Duchess of Sussex due to give birth to the royal baby any day, excitement is brewing across the nation.
Many royal fans have been keeping a close eye on any possible updates on social media, following the recent launch of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's official Instagram account, keen to find out anything and everything about the birth of the royal couple's first child.
There are many details we already know, including approximately when the duchess will give birth and the fact that the royal baby will unlikely be granted a royal title.
However, much information about the royal birth is being kept under wraps.
Baby Sussex may become the first royal to own more passports than either of its parents.
The royal baby will be able to obtain two passports, as he or she will have a claim for dual nationality.
Meanwhile, Prince Harry does not qualify for American citizenship, and Meghan will need to have lived in the UK for five years before applying to become British, despite being married into the royal family.
While many are placing bets on what the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will name the royal baby, less attention is being placed on what the couple have been calling Meghan's baby bump.
According to a recent study of 1,500 mothers and fathers conducted by online parenting community ChannelMum.com, during pregnancy nine out of 10 parents give the mother's baby bump a nickname.
Popular baby bump names include "button", "sprout" and "pebble".
The survey claimed that adapting to sleepless nights, battling with fatigue and struggling with nighttime feeds has led many new parents to believing they're "not good enough".
The worldwide poll of 13,064 adults was commissioned by baby product company WaterWipes.
Tennis star Serena Williams, a close friend of the Duchess of Sussex, has no doubt that her pal will make a wonderful parent.
"She'll be the best mum, for sure," Williams told E! News.
The pair first met in 2010, during a party celebrating the Super Bowl, before crossing paths again while taking part in a flag football match in 2014.
Williams attended Prince Harry and Meghan's royal wedding last year with her husband, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian.
Serena Williams and Meghan Markle taking part in a flag football game during the 2014 Super Bowl (Getty Images)
Earlier this week, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's official Instagram account followed 16 other accounts of individuals and organisations who promote mental health wellbeing and awareness.
The royal couple followed these specific accounts in order to honour Mental Health Awareness Month in the US for the month of May, and Mental Health Awareness Week in the UK, which is taking place from Monday 13 May until Sunday 19 May.
One of the accounts followed by @sussexroyal was the account for Jameela Jamil's "I Weigh" movement, which combats body shaming.
Jamil described being followed by the royals as an "honour".
Bookmaker Coral has suspended bets on when the Duchess of Sussex is due to give birth amid speculation that the royal baby has already been born.
"The announcement of the birth of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's first child is expected any day now and if some speculation is correct, it may have already arrived. Therefore, we have pulled the plug on our birth date betting," said Coral's John Hill.
"We continue to see thousands of bets daily on the name of the child though, with Grace proving the most popular with punters and is the favourite ahead of Diana and Arthur," Hill added.
Baby Sussex will be the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh's eighth great-grandchild, and Prince Charles' fourth grandchild.
The Duchess of Sussex was joined by the monarch during her first official engagement without Prince Harry in June last year, when the pair travelled to Chester together to open the Mersey Gateway Bridge and the new Storyhouse theatre.
The Duchess of Sussex and the Queen in Chester in June 2018 (Getty Images)
According to bookies, Allegra is a possible contender as one of the names Prince Harry and Meghan may choose for the royal baby, if it's a girl.
Allegra, a name of Italian origin, means "joyful" or "lively", while in music the term allegro means "quick, lively tempo".
If Baby Sussex is named Allegra, then they will share their name with Allegra Versace, the daughter of fashion designer Donatella Versace; Allegra Byron, the daughter of Romantic poet Lord Byron; and Allegra Kent, a former New York City Ballet prima ballerina.
On Friday, an onlooker in Windsor believed they may have spotted a clue that Baby Sussex had been born when they saw a car driving towards Frogmore Cottage with a police escort, and what appeared to be pink blankets in the back window.
However, a Buckingham Palace spokesperson has stated the car was not linked to the arrival of the royal baby.(Getty Images)
Baby Sussex could have playdates with some very famous friends when it grows up.
As well as the Duchess of Sussex, actors Blake Lively and Keira Knightley both recently revealed that they're also pregnant.
Lively is expecting her third child with her husband, actor Ryan Reynolds, while Knightley is expecting her second with her husband, musician James Righton.
If the royal baby is born today, then it will share its birthday with a very special day in the Star Wars fandom.
Every year, fans of the globally renowned franchise celebrate Star Wars Day on 4 May, using the phrase: "May the Fourth be with you", in reference to the famous catchphrase: "May the Force be with you".
As such, several Star Wars fans believe the Baby Sussex should take its name after another treasured royal: Princess Leia.
"Only one possible name for the #RoyalBaby if it's born today," one person tweeted, alongside a picture of Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia. "Happy Star Wars Day everyone."
Longtime royal fan John Loughery has prepared for the prospect of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex having a baby boy or a baby girl.
Loughery has created posters celebrating either outcome, stereotypically colouring the baby boy poster blue and the baby girl poster pink.
Both posters feature two pictures of the royal couple, one of which was taken on the day of their wedding in May last year and the second on Commonwealth Day in March.
Royal super fan John Loughery poses as he sits in Windsor (BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images)
"We have no new ranges to announce," a spokesperson for the Royal Collection Trust told The Independent.
Nonetheless, with excitement building over the upcoming birth, those wishing to celebrate Baby Sussex can do so by buying an unofficial royal baby-inspired babygrow, on display here in a shop window in Windsor.
