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We know it won't be named Thomas or Samantha.
Of all the posts on this thread, this is the most insightful ?
We know it won't be named Thomas or Samantha.
Will the baby even be christened?
I can't see them coming back to the UK so potential this will be the first descendant of the royals not to use the family christening robe - even the grandkids of the Gloucesters and Freddie Windsor's kids were christened in it
The first child of a British Royal prince and the only descendant of QEII never to be christened? I cannot imagine that. How sad.
Hopefully they will bring the baby back to Britain for a private christening and to introduce him/her to his paternal family...particularly his grandfather.
Why are ppl thinking this baby wont be baptized/christened? We have Churches in Ca. too!
LaRae
Meghan wasn't especially religious before she joined the COE.
Not everyone is religious, and as they aren’t working royals anymore they shouldn’t feel the need to conform to the rules.
But she did it.
She made a vow to Harry in Anglican rite, baptized her firstborn in Anglican rite, why shouldn't she do it with her second?
The equivalent of Anglican is Episcopalian church in the US, I suppose.
I think it will be baptized just not have godparents. And I wouldn't be surprised if they left the COE - Meghan only joined because she was marrying into the royal family.
Most denominations including the Anglican/Episcopal one, require godparents/sponsors.
The choice to not have them is not Harry's or Meghan's to make.
And I hope Meghan did not convert simply to bag Harry. She wouldn't be the first. But a person who receives Baptism and makes the serious, solemn vows it requires for such a shallow reason has serious character flaws...to put it mildly.
Simple...so that at least Charles and other family members can be part of it and meet the child.
Meghan is not exactly surrounded by family in the US other than her mother.
Children should be raised with a sense of family and belonging.
It will be interesting to see when Charles gets to meet his new grand child!
Each of us places a different level of importance of the role of family in our lives. I just do not get the sense that family has much of a role in Meghan's life (evidenced by having one relative at her wedding!). So it will be interesting to see if she allows her children to have any meaningful relationship with their father's family.
Whatever happens, I can guarantee it will be much more on a private level than Archie's birth was. We may never know the godparents at all and it will be up to them to even announce the new baby's name to the public and when.
Off the wall, I'm going to state that whatever name they do choose, the baby will have no living or dead namesake in a familial manner and it will be a name that they both just happen to like. That leave the entire list of names known and unknown open to choose.
I'm going to wait until they announce it themselves and be surprised.
do you think if they have a girl, they wont use Diana or Doria?Whatever happens, I can guarantee it will be much more on a private level than Archie's birth was. We may never know the godparents at all and it will be up to them to even announce the new baby's name to the public and when.
Off the wall, I'm going to state that whatever name they do choose, the baby will have no living or dead namesake in a familial manner and it will be a name that they both just happen to like. That leave the entire list of names known and unknown open to choose.
I'm going to wait until they announce it themselves and be surprised.
do you think if they have a girl, they wont use Diana or Doria?
I would bet my last BBQ'ed rib on that one.
Some families do not feel the need to "honor" someone by choosing the name for their child. Archie's name doesn't "honor" anyone familial at all. I think they'll follow the same route with their second child.
yeah it does. It means "harry's son". I suppose they thought just calling him Archie Henry would be too conventional...