Royal baby JOKE: Did William and Kate PRANK us all with fake Prince Albert website?
KENSINGTON Palace "tricked" Britons into thinking the royal baby would be named Prince Albert after creating a dummy webpage with that name, before officially unveiling him as Prince Louis Arthur Charles.
Prince William says he's 'working' on the royal baby name
When searching the URL https://www.royal.uk/prince-albert, users are greeted with a page that reads "ACCESS DENIED - You are not authorised to access this page".
Users are directed to the exact same page when they replace the name with, "Charlotte" or "George" in the url link.
When net surfers keyed in other options, such as Arthur or Alexander, they were presented with a page that read "PAGE NOT FOUND - the requested page could not be found".
Joining the pieces of the puzzle, millions of Brits assumed Prince William was "dropping hints" that the royal baby would be named Albert.
Yesterday, bookies called the name in favour for Albert with odds dropping to 1/3.
Arthur was also pushed back to 11/4 and Alexander was called 8/1 in shot.
After the Kensington Palace announcement, the website set-up left many on Twitter speculating it was a trick by the Royal Family.
Sam Horowitz wrote: “So was the Prince Albert section on the Royal website a clever head fake?”
Guy Lodge wrote: “Bit disappointed we're being denied a lifetime of Prince Albert jokes. The Royal Family really is no fun at all.”
Kensington Palace used the website, https://www.royal.uk/baby, to keep Britons updated with the newborn's details.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge kept Royal fans guessing as the baby's name remained a secret.
With the name Louis Arthur Charles revealed has put an end to a week of curious speculation.
Prince Harry's name was declared by Prince Charles and Princess Diana much more quickly, with the palace confirming his name the day he left hospital in 1984.
However, the nation waited a week to hear Prince William's name when he was born in 1982, as it seemed the Prince and Princess of Wales were torn between the names Sebastian, Oliver and Albert.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's third born was delivered at the Lindo Wing of St. Mary's hospital in London, weighing 8lb 7oz.
The new prince is fifth in line to the throne - with the first being Prince of Wales, followed by the Duke of Cambridge, Princess George and Princess Charlotte.
Yesterday, Prince Williams told reporters the couple were "still deciding on a name" for the baby.
When asked what they would name the newborn, he replied: "I'm working on that."