A new member of Bermuda’s own shipping registry was christened yesterday.It was a major media event with the Duchess of Cambridge christening the Bermuda-registered Royal Princess, breaking a bottle of Champagne on its bow in the traditional manner before bowing out of public life ahead of the birth of her baby, which is expected in mid-July.Media reports said the duchess was under scrutiny for any hints about the baby during her last solo public engagement yesterday when she launched Princess Cruises' new 3,600-passenger vessel Royal Princess in Southampton on England's south coast.Wearing a black hat and Dalmatian print coat, the duchess was careful to give nothing away after a slip in March when she accepted a teddy saying: "Thank you, I'll take this for my d.."Rupert Adams from bookmaker William Hill said this dropped "d" led to such wide speculation that the baby was a girl that it suspended all bets on gender just weeks later while rival bookmaker Paddy Power paid out on bets that it was girl.