Prince Harry is hoping his firstborn baby will be a girl, according to video footage from Sydney where he seems to spill his preference for a daughter.
Harry was filmed during a cycling event at the Invictus Games on Sunday, during the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s royal tour to Australia.
A video posted online showed a well-wisher calling out: “Congratulations, I hope it’s a girl!” – to which he replied “so do I!”
And it seems royal fans on Twitter are already in agreement with Harry, with many suggesting the baby girl should be named after her late grandmother.
Initial royal baby naming odds after Meghan Markle’s pregnancy announcement put top at 8-1, Victoria – the name of the royal baby’s great-great-great-great-great grandmother.
However, Harry had previously remained tight-lipped on whether he’s hoping for a son or daughter. When announcing their pregnancy in Australia, the prince said: “This is my wife’s first visit here so I’m very excited to show her this wonderful country of yours. And we also genuinely couldn’t think of a better place to announce the upcoming baby, whether it’s a boy or a girl, so thank you very, very much.”
Earlier in the tour, during a walkabout in Melbourne, the Duke and Duchess stopped to play with five-and-a-half-month-old Harriet Bonaddido and chatted with her mother Jessica. The 28-year-old said: “As soon as I introduced my daughter to Harry, he said ‘that’s a great name’. Maybe they will choose it for their own child, which would be fun.
“Meghan was right behind him and was playfully tickling her toes and said how sweet it was that I’d brought her out today.”
Some may link Harry’s wish for a daughter to the empowering feminist speech he gave about education at a visit to the Girls Summit in Kathmandu last year.
During the speech, he said: “While the unique challenges faced by girls is not a topic I have spoken much about in the past, I think it’s important to acknowledge something that has become obvious to me and is already known to everyone in this room: there are way too many obstacles between girls and the opportunities they deserve.” You can read the rest of his speech here.