As news outlets from the U.S. to Australia continue to think of clever ways to cover the impending birth of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's first born - tourists are enjoying the build up.

At Buckingham Palace, visitors gathered in hopes that they might be there when the baby finally arrives.

SOUNDBITE: Tourist, saying (English):

"I just think it's really cool that there's still so much hype around them. Obviously the fact that we're Australian means that they're still our royal family as well. There's not a lot of monarchs still reigning other than in Europe, so that's cool."

SOUNDBITE: Tourist, saying (English):

"We came down because we thought the baby might be born today and hopefully it'll be born on my birthday and hopefully they'll call it Richard."

Those taking a punt on baby names are heavily backing the male names George and James.

And if it's a girl, Alexandra is the top pick with Victoria ranking second.

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