Duchess says baby kicking 'very much'

The Duchess of Cambridge has reportedly told well-wishers she can feel her baby moving.

Huge crowds queued for hours in Grimsby to catch a glimpse of the pregnant Royal who is touring the area.

She toured a fishing centre, met Humberside Fire and Rescue Service crews and unemployed people taking part in a personal development course run by The Prince's Trust. The Duchess also officially opened Havelock Academy secondary school in front of hundreds of pupils.

Flag-waving crowds chanted "We want Kate" as she arrived.

Bobbie Brown, a 42-year-old sales assitant, waited in chilly temperatures for more than three hours to see the Duchess, and said: "I asked her if the baby had been moving or kicking and she said 'Yes it is, very much so.'"

Another well-wisher claims the Duchess hinted that she might be having a girl.

Sandra Cook, 67, told London's Daily Mail: "The lady next to me gave her a teddy bear and I distinctly heard her say “Thank you, I will take that for my d....."

"Then she stopped herself. I leaned over and said to her: 'You were going to say daughter, weren’t you?' She said: 'No, we don’t know!' I said: 'Oh, I think you do' to which she replied: 'We’re not telling'."

Diana Burton, 41, who gave Kate the teddy, was too shell-shocked to recall the conversation.

Mrs Cook she only hoped the Duchess didn't give birth to a boy "or I’m going to look pretty stupid".

"But she definitely said “d------”."

Six-year-old Zara Williams, from Goxhill, present the royal visitor with a bunch of pink roses.

"She was really pretty. She was really nice to me and I liked her clothes," she said.

Her helicopter was delayed for more than an hour by the weather.

A glowing pregnant Duchess of Cambridge arrives in Grimbsby. Picture: Chris Jackson/Getty Images

The Duchess of Cambridge receives flowers from three-year old Isobelle Laursen in Grimsby. Picture: Owen Humphreys/AP