4:49am UK, Tuesday September 23, 2003

Sir Paul McCartney and his pregnant wife Heather Mills know the sex of their baby and have chosen a name - but the couple are not telling.

Speaking on the US Larry King chat show, Macca's wife refused to give any clues but admitted she doesn't want to keep calling her bump "it".

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Sir Paul and Heather

But the world will have to wait and see whether the new baby Beatle is a girl or a boy.

She said: "It's our one little secret. We both know and we know the name and everything, but we ain't going to tell you Larry."

And the couple, who wed in 2002, are yet to decide whether a picture of their first child together is released. The baby is due on November 14.

During her hour-long appearance on CNN's Larry King show, Mrs Mills- McCartney, who lost a leg in a collision with a police motorcycle in 1993, described the tearful moment when she told Sir Paul she was pregnant.

She thought that after two ectopic pregnancies, it would be impossible for her to conceive.