Duchess is in Labour
 

Dunno what Cameron thinks, I always had her as a true blue tory.

Show's you what I know

BBC

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and all other news will cease to exist

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Bad timing for the cricket team, Froome etc... Their brief moment of glory will now disappear from the news.

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yep, another sponger on us taxpayers is about to be born...

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It's non stop on Sky News - time to switch the channel.

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But great time for polititians to get their bad news out in the open....;)

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I for one are happy for them both, she is probably terrified beyond belief, I know I was, but it will all be worth it :fingerscrossed:

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I wish any woman having a baby well, but the wall to wall, 24/7 news coverage is utterly riduiculous. I really don't care and I totally fail to understand why so many people are so interested in the antics of publically funded strangers.

The 'tug the forelock' mentality to that family from so many beggars belief.

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It's all to do with Britain being very British these days, I just hope it all goes well for her and every woman in the world delivering babies today :fingerscrossed:

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The Mrs is hoping its a long labour so the prince/princess will be born on her birthday tomorrow.

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It's not a 'tug the forelock' mentality - they are famous people, that's all. Think of them as the 'Posh & Becks' of the Royal Family.............

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Qatar Airways has stolen a march on the opposition... LOL

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:p

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As we are now officially in baby mode, it's time to remind ourselves of this old chestnut......... :thumbsup:


Three couples, one English, one Scottish and one Pakistani, were anxiously awaiting the birth of their first babies. As luck would have it, all three ladies went into labour at the same time, and all were rushed to the maternity ward at the local hospital.

There was total confusion – and the babies got mixed up so that none of the nurses knew which baby belonged to which mother.

As the three fathers waited outside the ward to see their new babies, a senior nurse told them the problem, and suggested that the only way to sort out the matter was for each of them to simply go into the ward and choose the baby they wanted.

The Englishman went in first, and a few moments later came out carrying a dark-skinned baby.

The nurse said: “I don’t wish to interfere, Sir, but judging by the appearance of that baby, I am pretty sure it belongs to the Pakistani gentleman.”

‘Listen” replied the Englishman “one of the other two babies is Scottish, and I’m not taking any chances………..”

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I get it- this is the birth of our future King/Queen. Fair play it's a headliner. I'm not sure we need a second by second account of who is going in and out of the hospital etc.

Now I wonder when he/she will actually get to sit on the throne...William is 31 and could well live to be in his 90's so its 60 years before the newborn may even get a sniff of it.

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Just amazing the epic fuss being made of this; quite surreal.

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Nicely done The Guardian...

(and yes this is real)

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STOP PRESS:

The obligatory 'Consultant Gynaecologist' that Sky News have wheeled out just said the word 'vaginal' live on Sky News.............. this is what we want.......

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Brilliant............ Simon McCoy of the BBC puts it all into perspective..........

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I despise Kay Burley...

Hoping for a safe arrival :fingerscrossed:



..as you were....

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LabourWatch: live update of Kate's labour timing...........

She has just gone ten minutes past Australia's first innings........... :huh:

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I will only be interested when the BBC roll out Lord Robert Winston.

He is the only consultant gynecologist / midwife/ fertility expert that I can respect (he brought me into this world - although he was just Dr. Robert Winston at the time).

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Keyhole surgery?

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nah, the expected complications didn't arise and I shot out of Mother Millhouse like a Thai bar girl firing a ping pong ball. :thumbsup:

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I wish terrible things on Kay burley and her mad swings between false jubilation and fear mongering
She is a prime candidate to be first against the wall when I start my revolution

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It's a boy.

I can go to sleep now and rest easy. Bit disappointed that they didn't go with the name Earl - King Earl is apparently what she screamed during the birth.

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So the Royal baby has arrives, and he came into the world just like his grandmother went out.

Speeding through a tunnel, shooting forward, covered in blood with the paparazzi outside the windows

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:rofl::rofl::rofl:

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General US impression with the Royal British financial system is that the Monarch is an image which holds its' own wealth like what "fort knox" used to be... something on that level.

British citizens spoil the blue bloods? Your taxes support the Queen?
It seems so illegal... They are spoiled directly on your back and they are proud of it? They seriously collect everyday? :rofl: That would never fly here.
On this side of the pond, anyone in power is an incumbent (a high end slave, if you will whose income is part transparent and part creative) and has an obligation to serve those who voted their position. I guess it's that western badass mentality.

But no way is money willingly cushioning anyone in power around here. If they dare, heads spin to bananaville, sans zipcode.
If a politician has an expensive toilet on taxpayers dollars, a picture is more of a risk that driving drunk with the illegitimate child and a shovel in the trunk. I kid you not.

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Master of Strathearn has arrived...

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I hope he was thoroughly slapped for that !

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I think you may be a little delusional or hopelessly naive

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Thank you - very sweet of you to pop in to tell us how the completely non-corrupt US system works, but the comparisons are not really like-for-like. Our Queen (pbuh) doesn't actually rule - she sort of oversees things, lets it be known if she has a strong view about something, and chats informally to an elected Prime Minister from time to time........... but that's all.

She also has to bite her tongue when her Ministers now take oaths swearing loyalty etc to the European Union - something our constitution expressly forbids them from doing...........

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After this thread (Doha Skype), I though you gotta be a troll.

Now I'm thinking more of a character from Viz - Milli Tent?

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It's a....."boy"


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Quite the opposite. I think they made him a Lord off the back of it.

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Loved that Tweet today............

"In a ground-breaking sponsorship deal, the royal baby is to be named Qatar Airways"

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Hello sweetie..I would like you to look at this youtube clip..strangely enough posted by a fellow countryman of yours ..also you need to research your facts darling before you knock our monarchy.....the Queen is mostly symbolic..therefore we (other than Meow) :D... can love her and her family, safe in the knowledge that she is just happy being...Queen :D