A Royal has given birth

The Prince's wife has been delivered of a son, and the Brit media has lost its sh!t.

Watching the UK media, a Martian would be forgiven for believing that Christ has just been born to the world's richest welfare beneficiaries.

Is this bizarre carnival of Royal procreation proof-positive that we were right to object to 800 years of colonisation by such a strange nation?

Do you care about this story? Do you think it's all just celeb-mag trash? Or are you one of the people waving union flags and speculating on baby names (my money is on calling him Brexit)

Guy:Incognito

Is it yesterday again already?

Guy:Incognito

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Is it yesterday again already?

I missed the news yesterday. Didn't even get a text from Meghan, selfish b*tch.

Seth Brundle

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

The Prince's wife has been delivered of a son, and the Brit media has lost its sh!t.

Watching the UK media, a Martian would be forgiven for believing that Christ has just been born to the world's richest welfare beneficiaries.

Is this bizarre carnival of Royal procreation proof-positive that we were right to object to 800 years of colonisation by such a strange nation?

Do you care about this story? Do you think it's all just celeb-mag trash? Or are you one of the people waving union flags and speculating on baby names (my money is on calling him Brexit)

...and you felt it was important enough to start a discussion?
"Woman gives birth" - who cares! :rolleyes:

McMurphy

Good morning sweet Prince.

Fr_Dougal

5/10

Tell me how

Yesterday, the UN announced that a million species are at risk because of human intrusion on their natural habitat.
This morning, the Daily Mail has published a 23 page special supplement on the birth of the Harry and Meghan's baby with no photos of the baby, no name announced, or no photo of Meghan.

We. are. f*cked.

jimgoose

I'd like to think there might be some sort of happy medium between Union Jack body-paint and spitting on the Sassenach Divil-Babby. Nice to see the young royals up the road doing well, more luck to them.

Mickeroo

Tell me how wrote: »

Yesterday, the UN announced that a million species are at risk because of human intrusion on their natural habitat.
This morning, the Daily Mail has published a 23 page special supplement on the birth of the Harry and Meghan's baby with no photos of the baby, no name announced, or no photo of Meghan.

We. are. f*cked.

You're missing the big picture, the prince who was promised will save us all. Rejoice!

Tell me how

Mickeroo wrote: »

You're missing the big picture, the prince who was promised will save us all. Rejoice!

He's running around Westeros trying not to bang his aunt.

Peatys

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Do you care about this story?

Not enough to start a thread anyway.

corner of hells

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

The Prince's wife has been delivered of a son, and the Brit media has lost its sh!t.

Watching the UK media, a Martian would be forgiven for believing that Christ has just been born to the world's richest welfare beneficiaries.

Is this bizarre carnival of Royal procreation proof-positive that we were right to object to 800 years of colonisation by such a strange nation?

Do you care about this story? Do you think it's all just celeb-mag trash? Or are you one of the people waving union flags and speculating on baby names (my money is on calling him Brexit)

Wait , did a Martian land yesterday in the UK?

Seth Brundle

Seth Brundle wrote: »

...and you felt it was important enough to start a discussion?
"Woman gives birth" - who cares! :rolleyes:

I could just as easily reply "and you felt it was important enough to reply to this thread?", but you and I both know that the real spectacle here is the exaggerated media reaction. Vanessa Feltz has just been on TV pledging her love to the royal baba.

Its the reaction to the birth that astounds me, as for the couple themselves I would wish them the same luck as any other young parents.

But the hysteria is something to behold.

corks finest

FFS

corner of hells

Mickeroo wrote: »

You're missing the big picture, the prince who was promised will save us all. Rejoice!

Party like it's 1999.

KikiLaRue

A British public that has been absolutely beleaguered by Brexit for two years finally gets some good news. Can we not just let them celebrate?

Captain Barnacles

Great another little dole scrounger ...

Seth Brundle

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I could just as easily reply "and you felt it was important enough to reply to this thread?", but you and I both know that the real spectacle here is the exaggerated media reaction. Vanessa Feltz has just been on TV pledging her love to the royal baba.

Its the reaction to the birth that astounds me, as for the couple themselves I would wish them the same luck as any other young parents.

But the hysteria is something to behold.

...says the one watching that fat feckin eejit on the telly shíte on about a new baby.

the_pen_turner

The whole royal thing is a farce and a joke . Why would we care beyond a 30 second flash on the news.
Our media has lost the run of itself with this stuff for that last few years.

Seth Brundle

KikiLaRue wrote: »

A British public that has been absolutely beleaguered by Brexit for two years finally gets some good news. Can we not just let them celebrate?

Nope!

CrankyHaus

British people fawning over the Royals is embarrassing enough, Irish people doing it is unspeakably cringey.

That said, the popularity of celebrity culture proves a common human impulse to obsess over perceived social superiors. As a national symbol of celebrity obsession for the morons of their society to rally around the British Royal Family do a good job. I'm glad to live in a Republic but I'll give credit to the Windsors for their enduring success in their field; rebranding successfully from Saxe Coburg and Gotha, shaking off Nazi sympathiser scandals, maintaining relevance into the modern celebrity age. Many of them approach their role with a respectable sense of duty too, it's difficult to imagine a Kardashian piloting hazardous air sea rescue missions as Prince William does for example.

Seth Brundle

Seth Brundle wrote: »

...says the one watching that fat feckin eejit on the telly shíte on about a new baby.

Vanessa Feltz isn't fat. Mental, perhaps. Shameless royalist, certainly. But not fat. We've all done worse.

Seth Brundle

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Vanessa Feltz isn't fat. Mental, perhaps. Shameless royalist, certainly. But not fat. We've all done worse.

She used to be but as I don't pay her any attention I wasn't aware that she may have since lost some weight.

jimgoose

Seth Brundle wrote: »

She used to be but as I don't pay her any attention I wasn't aware that she may have since lost some weight.

I hear she bought a house near Ballycotton. Nice woman, by all accounts.

ILoveYourVibes

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Vanessa Feltz isn't fat. Mental, perhaps. Shameless royalist, certainly. But not fat. We've all done worse.

She's fat.

ILoveYourVibes

jimgoose wrote: »

I hear she bought a house near Ballycotton. Nice woman, by all accounts.

I feel bad for calling her fat now ..:(

ILoveYourVibes

Congrats to whats her name!

corner of hells

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

Congrats to whats her name!

And her baby son , Ahmed.

ILoveYourVibes

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

I feel bad for calling her fat now ..:(

It's 2am, the music has stopped. All the hotties are queuing in Supermacs, and suddenly a surly blonde approaches you... "Hi, I'm Vanessa"...

Would you turn her down? You would in my arse.

ILoveYourVibes

corner of hells wrote: »

And her baby son , Ahmed.

Him too Im sure he's a cutie!

OldMrBrennan83

Thia could go in with the 'why do Irish people support English teams' thread.

ILoveYourVibes

Deleted User wrote: »

Another genius in the production line.

Lol!

whisky_galore

Woman on benefits pops out sprog.

ILoveYourVibes

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

I feel bad for calling her fat now ..:(

I love that sorry about that liked this post ! :P

ILoveYourVibes

whisky_galore wrote: »

Woman on benefits pops out sprog.

She's a stay at home mom. He's an ex soldier.

ILoveYourVibes

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

She's fat.

look who's back on the telly, being decidedly not fat.

Don't you shame my Vanessa

jimgoose

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

She's a stay at home mom. He's an ex soldier.

Squadron Leader HRH Prince Henry Charles Albert David Mountbatten-Windsor (Prince Henry of Wales), KCVO ADC(P), Duke of Sussex.

ILoveYourVibes

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

look who's back on the telly, being decidedly not fat.

Don't you shame my Vanessa

Im sorry!

I guess its perception.

Everyone says i am too skinny anyway!

Ok she's not fat she is bootilcious

jimgoose

jimgoose wrote: »

Squadron Leader HRH Prince Henry Charles Albert David Mountbatten-Windsor (Prince Henry of Wales), KCVO ADC(P), Duke of Sussex.

And he earned all of that. Had he been born on a council estate in Sheffield, he'd have risen to the same professional rank.

Such is the level of myopia required in a 21st century monarchy.

ILoveYourVibes

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

And he earned all of that. Had he been born on a council estate in Sheffield, he'd have risen to the same professional rank.

Such is the level of myopia required in a 21st century monarchy.

That biography would make a great novel!

Samuel Vimes

Wonder will they call the brat James after Harrys dad James Hewitt?

jimgoose

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

And he earned all of that. Had he been born on a council estate in Sheffield, he'd have risen to the same professional rank.

Such is the level of myopia required in a 21st century monarchy.

The only thing he would have earned is the rank of Squadron Leader, but it is debatable whether some ASBO-in-the-making from Oop North would have attained similar, certainly. :pac:

ILoveYourVibes

Samuel Vimes wrote: »

Wonder will they call the brat James after Harrys dad James Hewitt?

I seriously think he is his dad too, the hair the temperament etc.:pac:

p1akuw47h5r3it

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

The Prince's wife has been delivered of a son, and the Brit media has lost its sh!t.

Watching the UK media, a Martian would be forgiven for believing that Christ has just been born to the world's richest welfare beneficiaries.

Is this bizarre carnival of Royal procreation proof-positive that we were right to object to 800 years of colonisation by such a strange nation?

Do you care about this story? Do you think it's all just celeb-mag trash? Or are you one of the people waving union flags and speculating on baby names (my money is on calling him Brexit)

I live in Britain and virtually noone I know gives a ****e. SOme didn't even know she was pregnant in the first place.

valoren

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

I seriously think he is his dad too, the hair the temperament etc.:pac:

A nice idea but Harry is the spit of his granddad.

jimgoose

jimgoose wrote: »

The only thing he would have earned is the rank of Squadron Leader, but it is debatable whether some ASBO-in-the-making from Oop North would have attained similar, certainly. :pac:

I wonder how many Squadron leaders were born on council estates, or any other men in senior officer ranks.

Despite having started this thread, I actually take no real interest in the royals, but I seem to remember that the Dad of this new baby is no great academic bright-light, but maybe he's a gifted military strategist whose rank is merely incidental to his social standing.

ILoveYourVibes

valoren wrote: »

A nice idea but Harry is the spit of his granddad.

Wow he is.

ILoveYourVibes

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I wonder how many Squadron leaders were born on council estates, or any other men in senior officer ranks.

Despite having started this thread, I actually take no real interest in the royals, but I seem to remember that the Dad of this new baby is no great academic bright-light, but maybe he's a gifted military strategist whose rank is merely incidental to his social standing.

I think we know the answer to this.

He seems like a nice enough guy though.

riffmongous

corner of hells wrote: »

Wait , did a Martian land yesterday in the UK?

Don't be facetious, the reptilian blood drinkers come from Alpha Draconis not Mars

ILoveYourVibes

riffmongous wrote: »

Don't be facetious, the reptilian blood drinkers come from Alpha Draconis not Mars

Wait for it

I FOR ONE WELCOME OUR REPTILIAN OVERLORDS !

Excuse me i have some scaly ass to lick! :pac:

Anteayer

DanDan6592 wrote: »

I live in Britain and virtually noone I know gives a ****e. SOme didn't even know she was pregnant in the first place.

There's a big difference between the media and the general public. There's definitely a hardcore of "royal watchers" though who are something like a cross between diehard fans and train spotters.

Most people I know in England are fairly cynical about the royals. It's far from absolute unwaivering respect. However the institution seems to keep stumbling on with largely totally unquestioned huge public funding.

They also probably know it's in their career interests to keep providing a soap opera to the tabloids. If the get too boring they might end up being reduced to the figure head level of the Belgian royals.

It's a bizarre institution when you think about it though in the context of what's simultaneously a modern democracy (as long as you don't look too hard at the House of Lords)