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May 04, 2020 at 12:59PM BY KAYLEIGH ROBERTS Pause Unmute Current Time 0:05 Loaded: 19.53% Remaining Time –3:30 Fullscreen WATCH: THE MEANING BEHIND EVERY ROYAL FAMILY MEMBER’S FIRST NAME Kate Middleton has never tried to hide her personal struggles with parenting and now, one of her earliest parenting dilemmas has come to light. It all had to do with choosing a name for her first child, Prince George, before his birth in 2013. While Kate and her husband, Prince William, eventually settled on George Alexander Louis for the name, Kate originally had “set her heart” on another first name, according to The Mirror. “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,” royal expert Katie Nicholl said of that time in the Cambridges’ lives, according to The Mirror. “Although Kate apparently suspected it was a boy and had set her heart on the name Alexander, they had not yet decided what to call their firstborn.” Although the couple opted to keep George’s sex a surprise, a friend said that Kate suspected he was a boy “because the baby kicked so much.” Eventually, Will and Kate settled on George as a first name, to honor the Queen’s father, King George VI and the Duchess’ favorite baby boy name was used as his middle name. From: Marie Claire US KAYLEIGH ROBERTS CONTRIBUTORKayleigh Roberts is the weekend editor at Marie Claire, covering celebrity and entertainment news, from actual royals like Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle to Hollywood royalty, like Katie Holmes and Chrissy Teigen. Author

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