Royal Countdown

[Jordyboy9]

It’s nearly time for another royal baby who’s as excited as me?

[Kromovaracun]

Dire overpopulation.

[Kromovaracun]

I don't really care who does it (though children of wealthier countries do consume far more resources than children in poorer ones, so it would probably help if we took the lead). But there does need to be a change in cultural attitudes toward parenthood and childhood, and it needs to start somewhere... I'm not sure heaping praise and adulation on this couple for the achievement of procreating is all that desirable.

[Kromovaracun]

Royal Pet instead? I'd be all up for that! Let's have street parties and a national holiday with the animal's face plastered all over the realm, maybe something like this:

https://i.imgur.com/TFLLOks.jpg

[anneasquith]

Douglas, " you know this king of england stuff" ? It doesn't bother me in the least, in truth I doubt it appears " strange for many" long live the King of England.

[EDDIE51]

I'm dreaming of the day a Royal Sprog drops and it turns out to be as black as the ace of spades.
If that did happen what would they do?

[youngmafbog]

Pretty sure it will have happened at some time Eddie.

What would they do? If both parents are married and white then hide it, if one parent is non white then celebrate it I would guess.

[youngmafbog]

Actually agree with Krom here, we need to drastically reduce the worlds population, apart from all out war or plague birth control seems the obvious.

But whilst religion is there pushing for more of their own particular ilk to be pumped out it is sadly not going to happen so war or plague it most likely will be.

[anotheoldgit]

Kromovaracun

King Henry VIII was hardly a pussy cat.

[anotheoldgit]

This thread belongs in chatterbank, it will clutter the news site up soon enough when the birth is announced.

[Khandro]

'In his 1798 work, “An Essay on the Principles of Population,” Malthus proposes that populations are largely limited by the availability of resources, but also recognises that populations will grow as production of resources grows.
Further, populations can increase exponentially and can “out-pace” the increase of production of resources, and when this happens, the outcome is resource shortage. This can result in forced population decline (a“population crash”), or negative social outcomes, including famine, poverty, and even violent conflict. While this is a relatively simple idea, it is especially compelling, largely because it is so simple, and the results are rather obvious and predictable.'

[FoxLee2]

Charlotte has Diana as her third name and I really don't think if it's a girl they would give Diana as a first name - it would be too much to live up to and invite favourable or unfavourable comparisons with her late grandmother.

[ummmm]

A girl won't be called Diana, it's one of Charlotte's names.

[Jackdaw33]

//I'm dreaming of the day a Royal Sprog drops and it turns out to be as black as the ace of spades. \\

According to some Queen Charlotte was of African descent.

[Barmaid]

It's entirely possible. And why should anyone care as long as that child is healthy and happy?

(Although I cant wait for it to happen, mainly for the apoplectic fits that will be seen in certain areas)

[Old_Geezer]

Why would anyone, other than the involved family, be excited at all ?

[bodeker]

Err No , hope all is well and they have a lovely baby but not really interested. In fact my daughter said to me last night "I didn't even know she was having baby "

[steg]

//A future King of England how excited can we get...?//

I think the last king of England was some Scots dude, canae get more excitement than that