Kate Middleton expecting a girl?

Famously discreet Kate Middleton may have dropped her guard a little on a walkabout yesterday.

According to one member of the crowd, Kate Middleton, who is five months pregnant, appeared to hint she might be having a baby girl.

Sandra Cook, 67, was among the 2,000 wellwishers who greeted Kate Middleton on her visit to Grimsby.

She said: “The lady next to me gave her a teddy bear and I distinctly heard her say <<Thank you, I will take that for my d….>>.

“Then she stopped herself. I leant over and said to her: <<You were going to say daughter, weren’t you?>> She said: <<No, we don’t know!>> I said: <<Oh, I think you do>> to which she replied: <<We’re not telling!>>

“I have been here since 10 a.m. and it was worth every cold minute of the wait to see her. She is just beautiful and so lovely and friendly.”

Diana Burton, 41, who gave the Duchess a teddy, was too shell-shocked to recall the conversation. But Sandra 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.

“But she definitely said <<d——>>.”

St James’s Palace did not comment on the matter, although royal sources insisted Kate Middleton and Prince William had not yet found out the sex of the baby, which is due in July.