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Kate Middleton had 'heart set' on totally different names for her first child - including one she never used

Catherine, Princess Of Wales visits Castle Hill Academy in New Addington, Croydon to mark Children's Mental Health Week.

What’s in a name? Well, when you're a member of the Royal Family a lot of pressure is on parents to pick the perfect moniker and ahead of Prince George's birth there was huge amounts of speculation over what he'd be called. A lot of time and laughter reportedly went into choosing his name.

However, it's now been suggested that Kate was enamoured with two different, but connected, names at first. Writing in his upcoming book, William & Catherine, royal author and editor Russell Myers has claimed, "Catherine had her heart set on" Alexander for a boy or Alexandra for a girl.

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