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Gala Coral Group Royal Baby

Fake Queen visits the hospital and places bet on Royal Baby with Coral

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By Ishbel Macleod, PR and social media consultant

July 16, 2013 | 1 min read

Coral, the bookmakers, surprised members of the press and those eagerly awaiting the royal baby when the ‘Queen’ pulled up in a limo outside Lindo’s ward of St Mary’s Hospital today.

The spoof Queen, played by lookalike actress Elizabeth Richard, also popped into a Central London betting shop for a cheeky flutter on the royal baby.

With over £1m being gambled nationwide on the baby, which Coral describes as ‘one of the biggest novelty betting events in British history’, the suggestion from the bookmakers is that the child will a girl, weighing 7lbs and named Alexandra.

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