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Schoolgirl Fay Batey, 10, asked Her Majesty: 'Would you like it to be a boy or a girl?', and the Queen told her she 'didn't mind' as long as it came before she heads to Balmoral in nine days time for her summer break. Today hundreds of well-wishers crammed a market square to catch a glimpse of the Queen on a visit to Cumbria (left). Later she went to a local school (centre) where she was asked about her future great-grandchild. The Duchess of Cambridge is already believed to be around five days overdue and the world's media are camped outside the west London hospital where she will give birth (right).