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A Royal has given birth

[Deleted User]

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)

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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.

[Deleted User]

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

[Deleted User]

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.

[Deleted User]

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.

[Deleted User]

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)

p1akuw47h5r3it

Anteayer wrote: »

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)

It is a bit bizarre but is really just a historical hangover. I'd imagine though if there was a referendum on becoming a republic it would lose. The impression I get is most people don't care too much about the Royals but wouldn't want to see the end of them at the same time. Might be different when this Queen dies though.

Qupamyav

Really, as I have heard they did not want to say these news at once, how did you know about it?

Atoms for Peace

What royal? That women's a dirty commoner and an American to boot.;)

DavyD_83

It was an interesting move to Broadcast the last season of suits live via Skype news with simultaneous web and print advertising.
I'm betting in the last episode there's a big reveal that Daniel Hardman was the baby daddy all along.

Anteayer

DanDan6592 wrote: »

It is a bit bizarre but is really just a historical hangover. I'd imagine though if there was a referendum on becoming a republic it would lose. The impression I get is most people don't care too much about the Royals but wouldn't want to see the end of them at the same time. Might be different when this Queen dies though.

I wouldn't think there's much likelihood of the UK (certianly not England anyway) replacing the monarchy with a president anytime soon. There's a lot of royalism and the monarchy and aristocracy still retains a lot of role in their political structures. I mean if you were going to scrap the monarchy, you'd need to scrap the hereditary Lords and radically reform Westminster and loads of other institutions with aristocratic hangovers. It would really take a huge shift in attitudes for that to change.

I could see it happening in an independent Scotland though, but the Scots aren't necessarily as wedded to the idea of republican values as they are independence from England. So you could still see a situation with an independent Scotland retaining the monarchy as a compromise.

There are in some ways almost two parallel Britains that coexist. An old fashioned quasi aristocracy and a modern, liberal and social democratic society.

However, I'd say there's a fairly strong possibility of some of the other countries where she's head of state moving on. I know in New Zealand for example, while there's a lot of nostalgic respect for the Queen, I don't think the same would apply to Charles and Camilla. There's also a concern that having an English head of state is a big loss of diplomatic representative opportunity. When you think about it, the Queen is supposed to representative of NZ, Canada, Australia and quite a few other countries that are entirely independent of the UK and for the most part her visits are pretty much like her visits to any other country where she's no connection.

The current Queen has carried out her role basically flawlessly (other than that glitch where she was very cold and aloof after Dianna's death). However, she's got this kind of iconic status and has been around in the role for pretty much the entire post war modern era.

I'd suspect that the "magic" will die with her as I can't really see the next generation being able to maintain that level of iconic poise. It's probably not even possible in this era of social media and rolling news.

[Deleted User]

DanDan6592 wrote: »

It is a bit bizarre but is really just a historical hangover. I'd imagine though if there was a referendum on becoming a republic it would lose. The impression I get is most people don't care too much about the Royals but wouldn't want to see the end of them at the same time. Might be different when this Queen dies though.

I think the common opinion is more along the lines of, if you were starting from scratch, then it isn't the right thing to do, but why go through all the hassle of changing it?

kneemos

https://youtu.be/mW0LwUIrg3o

Anteayer

kneemos wrote: »

https://youtu.be/mW0LwUIrg3o

Monarchy and paddy whackery in tabloids. The two great English traditions rolled into one!

markodaly

The only thing worse than Daily Mail fawning over the Royals are Irish people telling the whole world what they really think about the Royals.

Who really cares? There are 12 European Royal families you know, do you waste time on the rest of them? No, why? Because you really just an insecure Brit-hating Irishman.

[Deleted User]

markodaly wrote: »

Who really cares? There are 12 European Royal families you know, do you waste time on the rest of them? No, why? Because you really just an insecure Brit-hating Irishman.

Well, I'm not insecure as much as relieved, but the rest is dead-on, in fairness.

In all seriousness, I don't care about the royals, such as they are. This thread is about the media overreaction. There was a woman on TV this morning pledging love and allegiance to this baby. That's hysterical, in my view.