Did you say daughter? Watch the moment Kate nearly gave the game away: TV footage shows Duchess's curious slip of the tongue (and her blushes)

Footage has emerged of the moment the Duchess of Cambridge appeared to let slip the sex of her unborn baby – and it has done little to dampen speculation that she is expecting a girl.
Despite official denials that the duchess had given the game away, the video of the blushing mother-to-be seems to validate claims that she began to say the word ‘daughter’.
The Mail told yesterday how the duchess made her intriguing remark during a walkabout in Grimsby on Tuesday, when she was handed a teddy bear by wellwisher Diana Burton.
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Hint: The Duchess of Cambridge said 'Is this for our d...' as she was handed a teddy bear by a well-wisher

 

Smile through it: Kate seems to try to gloss over her first sentence by continuing to thank the woman

 

 

Out of the bag? Kate is questioned by members of the crowd as she continues to walk along the line of well-wishers. Sandra Cook asks her: 'Did you say my daughter?'

She was overheard by members of the 2,000-strong crowd saying: ‘Is this for our d . . . ’ before stopping abruptly. Bookmaker William Hill said it was forced to suspend betting on the baby’s sex at 10pm on Tuesday as the story got out and punters rushed to put their money on the arrival of a princess.
Rival Ladbrokes is still open for business – although odds on a girl have plummeted from 4/5 to 1/2, while odds of 6/4 are being offered to those who think the baby will be a boy.
Now footage of the incident discovered by Sky News appears to validate the witness reports.

 

As she is handed the toy, Kate can be heard saying: ‘Oh, is this for our d . . . ? Thank you so much. It’s very, very sweet of you.’
Grimsby resident Sandra Cook, 67, then asks: ‘Did you say my daughter?’ A slightly flustered Kate initially looks confused but when she realises what Mrs Cook means, she smiles, raises an eyebrow and wags her finger saying: ‘No my, oh my? No, no, no . . . !’
At this point Mrs Cook says cheekily: ‘I think you do’, to which Kate replies, ‘I’m sure, I’m sure!’ Blushing, she stares at the ground and adds: ‘We don’t know, so . . .’, before tailing off.

 

No no no I didn't say daughter. Duchess's conversation and...

 

Slip up? Kate appeared slightly flustered when she was questioned but immediately regained her composure

 

Secret's out? Kate wagged her finger and appeared to blush as she denied she was about to say 'daughter'

 

 

Blushes: Kate said she and Prince William do not know the sex of the baby before looking at the ground

St James’s Palace has declined to comment, although well-placed sources insist Kate and her husband William have not yet found out their baby’s sex.
Diana Burton, 41, who gave Kate the teddy, was too shell-shocked to recall the conversation. But Mrs Cook, who works in a local charity shop and lives in Grimsby, was adamant about what she heard.
‘I only hope that she doesn’t now give birth to a boy or I’m going to look pretty stupid,’ she said.

THE WORDS THAT HAVE CAUSED A STIR AROUND THE WORLD

Duchess of Cambridge, as she is handed a teddy bear: 'Oh is this for our d.... [brief pause]
'Thank you so much. It is very, very sweet of you.'
[Continues to walk along the line of well-wishers]
Sandra Cook: 'Did you say "my daughter"?'
Duchess of Cambridge: 'No, my. Oh, my? [Wags finger] Oh, no, no, no. I'm sure, I'm sure. We don't know, so...[looks at the ground]'

‘But she definitely said “d------”.’
There was more baby talk and plenty of gifts for Kate as she went on a ten-minute walkabout outside the National Fishing Heritage Centre.
One admirer, Bobbie Brown, 42, asked Kate whether she had felt the baby kicking yet.
Miss Brown recalled: ‘She said: “Yes it is, very much so”.’

Although it is still one of the largest centres for fish processing in Britain, Grimsby has been in decline since the 1950s and youth unemployment is among the highest in the country.

At a later visit to the Humberside Fire and Rescue Service, Kate was shown the fleet of fire engines.
At the end of the visit, Kate was given a bouquet by 11-year-old Evie Oxley, whose fireman father is being treated for cancer and whose mother was recently given the all-clear from breast cancer.
'She said I had been very brave, with my dad being poorly,' said Evie. 'It's tough at times but you have to get over it sometimes and just be brave. If you're not brave then the person that's ill is not going to be brave either.'
Dressed in a Hobbs coat and a Great Plains dress, the Duchess made an unplanned stop to speak to ten adults and children who are patients at the nearby St Andrew's Hospice.

You shouldn't have! Five months pregnant Kate is delighted to accept the adorable gift for her baby

 

A teddy for Kate: Diana Burton, 41, pictured waiting patiently with the crowd for the arrival of the Duchess
Patient Claire Moss-Smith, 86, told the Duchess: ‘I’m waiting for you to be Queen.’
Kate replied with a smile: ‘You might be waiting for a long time.’

 

 

 

 

Kate was on what the palace call a 'royal away day' in north east Lincolnshire - a chance to cram in as many engagements as possible in a particular area of the country.
As well as visiting the fishing museum, which commemorated the town's trawling industry, and the fire station, the Duchess also unveiled a plaque at the Havelock Academy.

Two princesses: Earlier on Kate was given gifts of flowers by children at the Peaks Lane Fire Station

 

Patriotic: Schoolchildren held up Union Flags as the Duchess of Cambridge arrived at the Havelock Academy