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Never knew Sophie had a second child,where have I been?
We all grouse about the DM and how biased it is, but it's also wonderful at things like this. That's a great baby photo and you can see so much detail on the gown.Now that we can discuss in this thread....
Excerpt: James became the first Royal baby to wear a hand-made christening gown commissioned by the Queen.
The gown, made by the Queen's dresser Angela Kelly and Buckingham Palace's team of dressmakers, is a replica of one of Queen Victoria's daughters' christening gowns...
Read more: Christening at the castle for Sophie Wessex's sweet baby James | Mail Online
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I would like Will and Kate to consider my home near Atlanta, Georgia, as the place to give birth to The Child. Here is my reasoning:
1) I am their biggest fan
2) The house is spacious and air-conditioned. I will redo the master bedroom with portraits of the past Kings and Queens of Britain in order to welcome the baby and give it some idea of the decor at Gran's house(s).
3) I live on land chartered by King George II, lost by King George III, and in fact named in honor of those Germanic Georges. If the birth takes place here, you can almost bet this baby will be a little "George." Some sort of symbiotic full circle thing will occur we royal watchers in the U.S. so desperately want.
4) It would throw the press of the scent and allow Will and Kate the privacy they deserve. Who knew that a future British monarch would be born amongst giraffes in Georgia?
5) Does the prime minister have to witness the birth, or something? Why, no problemo. Mr. and Mrs. Cameron and Mr. Giraffe and I could have a few drinks out at the neighborhood pool, the kids could all swim and we could grill out (these things take time). When we come up to verify the birth we'd be sure to bring the new parents a plate of hotdogs, baked beans and coleslaw - because this mother's comfort is our only priority!
Never knew Sophie had a second child,where have I been?
GracieGiraffe said:Fantastic! A Fourth of July baby at my house. I am talking to my congressman now about the details.
George I was born in Germany.....
I could imagine someone who started celebrating the 4th of July with a 5th of something might shout that out loud. Apart from that I'd only expect to hear "Down with the British" at a reenactment battle site.I find that hard to believe, even though I believe you. The vast majority of Americans would find that embarrassing, as Bensgal said.
And don't worry, we giraffes are very protective of the young. We can kick the heads of strong predators with our long legs.
Besides, the press would never think of looking here....
Can anyone find me prints of corgis playing poker? I really want them to feel at home here.
I'd love to join in. I am just a little up north from you in the Carolinas. I will bring my hubby, four kids, something for the grill, and the makings of champagne cocktails!
andWe learned that Princess Diana had been taken to St. Mary's Hospital in labor early that morning.
As news spread that Diana was at the hospital in the Paddington District of London, a crowd began gathering outside.
Where did anyone say that? I simply stated that the press will know when Catherine is there, I'm not sure how they're going to know before it seems unlikely they'll announce it for obvious security reasons.
Of course sections of the press will know which hospital Kate will use beforehand, the royals won't need to announce it for the press to find out. As we saw at the KEVII hospital, there are ways for the media to find this stuff out without needing to rely on an official announcement.
There's bound to be an entire specially-selected team ready to go at a moment's notice at the hospital Will and Kate will use, security checks will have to be carried out in the days and weeks beforehand, their staff as well as the staff of the Queen and PoW are bound to know in the run up to the labour where it's going to happen. A brown envelope with a few notes in it slipped to the right person and the press will get plenty of info, confidentiality agreements or no.
If that's true, i find it quite silly to tell people information they don't need to know for obvious reasons. Pick their team, and when Catherine goes into labour tell them then. Makes better sense to me so the info doesn't leak.
I never mentioned The Queen or POW or Catherine and William's staff not knowing so I'm sure why you mentioned them.
There is no possible way for royals to prevent leaks.
Lumetqueen said:...I simply stated that the press will know when Catherine is there, I'm not sure how they're going to know before it seems unlikely they'll announce it for obvious security reasons.
That's my point, it doesn't matter if someone "leaks" that they've seen Kate in the hospital because by that time (historically) it's been announced by the palace to everyone anyway. The link I provided appears to back my recollection (that the palace announces it as soon as Kate goes to/gets to the hospital) as this baby is likely to be on the throne one day, so it's a very historic, celebrated occasion....That being said, I don't think they will hide it. The palace will announce it when she's in labor
That's not true. You tell people you trust, I somehow doubt they're going to leak the information to forgo your trust. It's quite simple really.
That's not true. You tell people you trust, I somehow doubt they're going to leak the information to forgo your trust. It's quite simple really.
That's not true. You tell people you trust, I somehow doubt they're going to leak the information to forgo your trust. It's quite simple really.
*snort* You put enough zeroes at the end of a figure and some people will happily sell you out. Yes, even people you thought you could trust. Pretty much the only people William and Kate can implicitly trust are their immediate family and maybe a few security people. Everyone else can be, unfortunately, suspect. That's just the way things are.
I do think the Middletons will visit Catherine and the baby in the hospital. Possibly Charles & Camilla and Harry will too.
Generally speaking royals dont visit royals in hospital. Only time I remember is Prince PHilip and (I think) Princess Margaret.
i believe The Queen visited Sophie in hospital after the birth of Lady Louise.