She may be head of state but the Queen, it seems, is as impatient as any excited great-grandmother-to-be. Speaking for the entire nation yesterday, she urged the Duchess of Cambridge’s baby to ‘hurry up’. And she revealed she was keen for a quick arrival because ‘I’m going on holiday soon’. Watch video of the comments below... Thrilled: Fay Batey is the bold schoolgirl who asked the Queen the frank question: 'Would you like the baby to be a boy or a girl?' To which the Queen, pictured smiling in Cumbria today, admitted she would like the royal baby to 'hurry up' before she goes off on holiday to Balmoral
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Her Majesty also admitted on trip to Lake District today that she didn't mind what sex the baby will be
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Queen's frank conversation on royal birth was with Cumbria schoolgirl Fay Batey outside her school
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Brave 10-year-old had asked the Queen: 'Would you like it to be a boy or a girl?'
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'I don’t really mind but I’m going on holiday soon so I would like the baby to hurry up and arrive soon,’ she replied
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