Kate Middleton, 42, has openly talked about the pressure she felt when she named her three children: Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, 8, and Prince Louis, 5. And when it came time to specifically name her firstborn child (and the future king of England), George wasn’t the first moniker the Princess of Wales had in mind.
Royal expert Katie Nichol, who spoke to The Mirror back in July 2022, explained that Catherine and her husband, Prince William, 41, initially wanted to keep their first child’s gender a secret. “Courtiers insisted the pair had not found out the sex of their unborn baby, and friends close to the couple claim William wanted a surprise,” she told the publication.
