Is Kate having a daughter? Time will tell
By Associated Press
Mar 6, 2013 3:17 AM CST
Britain's Duchess of Cambridge Kate waves to members of the public gathered outside the National Fishing Heritage Centre, Grimsby, England, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Anna Gowthorpe, Pool)   (Associated Press)

It's a royal secret, but the Duchess of Cambridge may have inadvertently dropped a hint about the gender of the baby she and Prince William are expecting.

When a wellwisher gave the former Kate Middleton a teddy bear during a rare public appearance Tuesday, one woman in the crowd said she heard Kate respond: "Thank you, I will take that for my d..." before she broke off her comments.

That reported exchange was enough for Britain's tabloids to trumpet "It's a girl" in Wednesday's papers.

Sandra Cook, who was standing near Kate, told reporters that she asked Kate if she had been about to say, `daughter' and was told at first that the royal couple did not know and then that the couple would not reveal the child's gender.

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