Did the official Royal website just give away the baby name?

The name of the third royal baby still hasn’t been announced, but some fans reckon the monarchy’s official website has let the cat out of the bag.

According to ‘evidence’ unearthed by internet sleuths overnight, Kate Middleton and Prince William’s newborn son has been named Prince Albert.

The website has dedicated pages for each member of the family, with the hyperlink ending in their respective name or title - for instance, royal.uk/prince-harry brings up a profile of Prince Harry.

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With this in mind, fans started experimenting with the names predicted to be among the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s picks - including current frontrunner Arthur, and Albert.

They’ve noticed a curious outcome: while adding prince-arthur to the URL brings up a ‘Page not found’ screen, prince-albert results in an ‘Access Denied: You are not authorised to access this page’ message. 

Well, don’t get too excited - it appears these canny online detectives have jumped the gun a wee bit.

The same ‘Access Denied’ screen appears when you type prince-george or princess-charlotte - our new royal baby’s siblings - into the royal website URL. 

When you apply this same URL format to Albert, the website takes you to a biography not about the new royal baby, but of Queen Victoria’s husband, Prince Albert.

According to The Sun, there’s a simple explanation: because names like George and Albert already belong to members of the Royal Family, living or dead, the website has to add a number to the URLs to distinguish between them.

Website sleuthing aside, Albert has been a popular choice among bookies since Duchess Catherine’s pregnancy was announced.

Following the prince’s birth on Monday, the name emerged as the third most popular choice for Ladbrokes, with a spokesman telling 9Honey it was taking 4-1 odds.