When she is not in the public eye, the Duchess of Cambridge is one of the most private of people, not revealing the slightest detail of her personal life unless she absolutely has to.
It does, therefore, make the question all the more intriguing: did she, on a visit to Grimsby yesterday, accidentally reveal to a total stranger the sex of her unborn child? (It’s a girl, by the way. Probably).
The slip — in itself a rare occurrence for a royal who is normally the most meticulous of professionals — came as the Duchess, on a trip without Prince William, visited the town’s National Fishing Heritage Centre. It was a place where she could learn not just about Grimsby’s fishing heritage, but smell it,