Breast is best for jet-set father-to-be

Pop superstar Robbie Williams had a private jet on standby as he prepared to play last night’s sell-out concert in case his pregnant wife went into labour.

The Rock DJ singer hinted that the closely-guarded name of his first child, due any day, will be an old-fashioned one.

“I don’t think she’s going to come today, I think it’s going to be more likely next week,” said Williams yesterday.

“But there’s a plane on standby, and if I get that phone call I’ve got to go.”

However, despite new-found domesticity, the 38-year-old former Take That star showed he hadn’t lost way with women. Amid the showbiz media scrum, Williams singled out Spin 103.8 reporter Georgie Gavin for special attention, raising smiles and eyebrows alike by commenting on her breasts.

Williams performed to a packed O2 Arena in Dublin last night at a charity concert.

He had promised fans a free performance following what he said was a bad show in Croke Park in 2006 when his showpiece finale stalled amid technical faults. Instead, tickets were sold and he pledged to donate all the proceeds to Unicef.

Williams and American actress Ayda Field have already picked a name for the child, expected to be a girl, but they will not reveal it until she is born.

“There’s no mad celebrity baby name,” he said. “It’s a very steadfast old school name.”

The singer also said there was a hint of Irish in the name.

Williams was also in Dublin to launch his new clothing line in fashion store Brown Thomas.

The clothing range is named Farrell after his Irish grandfather Jack Farrell.

Williams said Jack, originally from Kilkenny, was a navvy and lived in Stoke-on-Trent.

“I’m returning home every time I come to Ireland,” he said.

He added that his grandfather, nicknamed Jack the Giant Killer, helped raise him after his dad left his mum when he was three.

He said he was inspired by his grandfather’s sharp dress sense, but admitted he has made a number of fashion faux pas.

He joked the video for Take That’s Do What You Like, in which he and his bandmates were clad in nothing but leather, was a particular low point.

“If you turn up enough times in the public arena you’re going to look awful for a percentage of it,” he said.