Archie is one of the biggest surprises in royal betting history

Archie was not on top of the list for anyone betting on a name for the latest royal baby.

In fact, bookmakers were offering 100/1 on Meghan and Harry giving their first son the name.

Betting sites have even gone as far as to calling it one of the ‘biggest surprises in royal betting history’.

It was revealed today that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have named their son Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor.

And it was nothing but good new for the lucky handful who managed to guess the name and put a bet on it.

Just £100 was staked from 60 bets on Archie, according to Ladbrokes, while Coral said the name drew just a handful of punters.

Both considered Archie to be a huge outsider.

Alex Apati, from Ladbrokes, estimated that more than £1 million will be won on all royal baby markets, which also included gender and due date.

Before the big reveal, Alexander had been the 4/1 favourite with Coral, closely followed by Spencer, Arthur and James.

A spokesman from Coral said: ‘We only took a handful of bets on Archie so this has to go down as one of the biggest surprises in royal betting history, as it was a 100/1 outsider before the
name was revealed.

‘It would be no surprise if the royal couple revealed at some point next year that little Archie will be having a brother or sister.’

Harry and Meghan are odds-on at 4-5 to announce a second child in 2020.