Royals

Prince Albert emerges as new favourite for royal baby’s name

The previous favourite for the baby's name was Arthur...

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have yet to announce the name of their baby son, five days after the little lad arrived in the world.

And now a new favourite name has emerged: Albert!

Albert has knocked the previous favourite, Arthur, off the top spot when it comes to just what the fifth in line to the throne will be named.

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But some fans have urged William & Kate to reconsider, given Prince Albert is also slang for a genital piercing.

Shame, because we love the name Albert!

William and Kate leaving hospital with their son on Monday (Credit: Fameflynet)

Why? Well, it seems to be mostly because eagle-eyed royal fans have discovered a page on the Royals’ official website which, when you type in a URL using the name Albert, brings up an access denied page.

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It’s been suggested that means a page for Prince Albert is currently under construction, rather than just not existing, which would bring up an error message when the URL was entered.

This ‘access denied’ page comes up if you type www.royal.uk/prince-albert into the URL (Credit: www.royal.uk)

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Nancy Brown
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