The Tiniest Royal

[Pixilated]

For those who haven't already heard this from a dozen various sources ...

William and Kate have had a boy. No name(s) announced yet.

[Aethian]

Was he furry and a little toothy?

[Tama]

Hooray! Sweet little baby!

[SongsOfDragons]

A bunch of my friends have had little'uns recently. A lot of them who had daughters have all posted something along the lines of "Well that's X's husband born!" XD

Surprised that the republicans haven't come out in force, quite pleasantly so.

NAAAAAAAME please Kensington P

[wolfie]

The new baby will be the first monarch after Elizabeth the 2nd for whom the post of Queen Mother will be filled. It's a largely ceremonial role (cf. "First Lady" for Yanks) occupied by the mother of the reigning monarch. Since Charles won't ascend to the throne in his mother's lifetime, and William's mother rode with a drunk driver, there won't be a Queen Mother for either of them.

I was sort of hoping that Will and Kate's first kid would be a girl.

[Tama]

Me too. I think everyone wanted a Diana lookalike, it would have been nice.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Me too. I think everyone wanted a Diana lookalike, it would have been nice.

Indeed.

But thankfully everything went well and mother and child are doing fine.

Now for the next big question: what will be the name given to His Royal Highness the Prince?

I guess in the meantime we'll stay tuned . . .

[Jay 2K Winger]

As a red-blooded American citizen, however, I have to ask: "Why is this cluttering up all my by gawd 'Murrican news channels?"

Straight up-- good for them and the British people, seriously.

[BookstoreEscapee]

As a red-blooded American citizen, however, I have to ask: "Why is this cluttering up all my by gawd 'Murrican news channels?"

At lunch today I got to watch it on CNN en Español, too.

[Tama]

I figure, we'll be seeing a lot of him, and he's a celebrity who might not clutter up the news with DUI arrests and such, so...

[Pixilated]

*snip*

I was sort of hoping that Will and Kate's first kid would be a girl.

So was I, actually, now they've done away with (or are in the process of doing away with) that antediluvian insistence that only guys get to inherit the throne, regardless of how many girls were already waiting in line.

[Chromatix]

Of course, there are also reactions to the entirely predictable wave of obsession:

[Tama]

Of course, there are also reactions to the entirely predictable wave of obsession:

That is all kinds of awesome!

[TheSHAD0W]

The new baby prince

[Tama]

I told my fiance the baby's name and all he said was, "That is a very British name"...

It sounds like a royal name, so...hooray!