The future king of England and his beautiful bride are having a little prince — or princess.
The royal palace announced Monday that Prince William and wife Kate, the duke and duchess of Cambridge, are having a baby.
“The queen, the duke of Edinburgh, the prince of Wales, the duchess of Cornwall and Prince Harry and members of both families are delighted with the news,” the palace said in a statement.
The royals spilled the beans after lovely Kate was admitted to King Edward VII Hospital in London suffering from Hyperemesis Gravidarum, more commonly known as morning sickness.
Now I am not really much of a "royal watcher" so I have not been keeping up on the doings across the pond with this lovely couple, but I did happen to hear a rumor earlier that the Duchess might be expecting, but then there was never any follow up. Until today of course.
I'm glad that THEY got to announce this news instead of one of Rupert Murdoch's sleazy tabloid phone hackers. It just seems so much more dignified this way.
Now like I said I am certainly not a royal watcher, but if I were I think that this couple would be my favorite. I have always had a great admiration for how Prince William has conducted himself, and dealt with his mother's tragic death and incredible scrutiny he has been under since his birth, and Kate Middleton is incredibly classy and reminds me very much of the late Princess Diana in that she is still seemingly unaffected by her new station in life and does not act spoiled or entitled.
WHO CARES??
ReplyDeleteIsn't Kate the Duchess of Cambridge? Isn't Sarah Fergusan the Duchess of York, what you wrote in the title?
ReplyDeleteHey, you fooled me anyway, G. I just look at the pictures on the front of tabloids when I go through the grocery store. But unlike all-around expert Sarah Palin, I do not devour them or even pick them up.
DeleteOkay, here's my marketing idea for the day (Best of all, it's FREE!)
If you want to increase clicks from cinder-block-head guys like me, put a photo of Pippa on your blog every day. She's mighty perty, and Kate ain't bad either.
In America...we don't need no stinkin' titles.
DeleteUnlike the Heaths and Palins, the princess got married first.
ReplyDeleteNot that there couldn't have been. These two have been an item for a decade and they lived together (shared a flat) for some time. Guess Kate is better at remembering to take her cramp pills.
DeleteThis news actually brought a tear to my eye.
ReplyDeleteWay back in the day I like so many others watched the wedding of Charles and Diana. Again like so many others, I developed a fascination with Diana, and bought many magazines with her (and later, her and William) on the cover, including British magazines dedicated to royalty coverage.
The interest gradually waned as we all aged, but it did renew a bit when Kate Middleton entered the picture. I no longer believe in fairy tales and happy endings, but if there are any two I might wish that for, it's these two. And the reason is the same as what you stated, Gryphen. They are class acts under the most relentless and merciless pressure.
I do hope they have a little girl.
(She's the Duchess of Cambridge, not York.)
ReplyDeleteOops sorry!
DeleteFor some reason I had York stuck in my head and did not even consider that it was something different.
My apologies to the Duchess.
Do like Tom and Lorenzo - think of them as Bill and Cathy Cambridge. :)
DeleteThe Royal Baby @UnbornRoyal
ReplyDeleteHire more interns, @Buzzfeed. Do you realize how many lists I will necessitate?
The Royal Baby @UnbornRoyal
I am Kate, but cuter. I am Will, but innocent. I am a nexus of celebrity that owes nothing and can never err, because I am a baby #royalbaby
The Royal Baby @UnbornRoyal
Are you prepared, @gawker, to write about me and only about me? You will have no choice. For I am the perfect royal fortold by the ancients.
https://twitter.com/UnbornRoyal
I sure hope the paparazzo treats her better than Diana. If they don’t, they’ll be up against William and even Harry; those guys won’t dick around like Charles.
ReplyDeleteRoyal-watching is one of my guilty pleasures.
My husband mocks it but he watched The Queen (loved it!) and The King’s Speech (loved it!). I think he generally likes the people, it’s the monarchy as an institution he deems useless and predatory.
The Brits got it slightly wrong: hyperemesis gravidarum is not just "morning sickness," but such severe nausea/vomiting that ginger ale and saltines don't do the trick. The pregnant woman needs to be hospitalized for intravenous rehydration and monitoring.
ReplyDeleteAsk the mom who's had it!
I had it, too, with my second son and was hospitalised for a week! Of course, that was 31 years ago; I'd assumed they'd made strides in treating it.
DeleteShe has my sympathy. I had "morning sickness" my entire pregnancy, sometimes to the point of not keeping anything down for days. Never was hospitalized (couldn't afford it), but I'm glad she is getting help.
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It's called extreme morning sickness in the USA when doctors explain it to patients.
DeleteSee I'm not the only one not using Cramp Pills.
ReplyDelete-BP
NO one had a problem with you using them, BP. It was the forgetting and then the screwing and then the telling others that abstinence was not realistic (so true) and then making $$ off telling other vulnerable girls that they should be abstinent. You should be sued by every pregnant teen who attended your silly speeches.
DeleteIs there a Mars Mission scheduled anytime soon..?
ReplyDeleteI think this is sweet. And yes, this will be over the news today.
ReplyDeleteHey, it might even make John Boehner take him a drink..or two..Like he needs an excuse..
Good for the Wales'. I think that's their official last name.
Poor Harry! This moves him further on down the line..(conga line in Harry's case!)
I truly believe Harry is happier in the military.
DeleteElizabeth 44
Britain's royal family changed their titular name to House of Windsor after WWI and also adopted Windsor as their official surname. See below for more info:
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Obama Extends Congratulations To Prince William, Kate Middleton Amid News Of Royal Baby
ReplyDeletePresident Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama offered congratulations to Prince William and his wife, Kate Middleton, on Monday, following news that the royal couple is expecting a baby.
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney delivered the Obamas' statement during his daily briefing, hours after news of the pregnancy broke.
“We extend our congratulations to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the welcome news out of London that they are having their first child,” Carney read.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/03/obama-royal-baby_n_2232601.html?utm_hp_ref=politics
Don't tell me, Creepy Chuckie Heath Sr, Todd or Track went to England? Those Palins and Heaths sure don't like condoms or birth control.
ReplyDeleteWhat is it with Americans that they want a queen so badly and they are all gaga about royalty. Frankly, most Canadians don't give a fuck.
ReplyDeleteluv from Canada.
Frankly, most Canadians don't give a fuck.
DeleteCitation, please, if you're going to speak for more than your circle of acquaintances.
No, toots, we don't want a queen. We shot down that horrible prospect last month. Queen marieAnntoinette Romney will not reign upon us!
DeleteSorry there grumpy, but the USA dumped the queen a long, long time ago.
DeleteTed Powell , you are absolutely correct.
DeleteReally?
DeleteWhy is Queen Elizabeth's face on Canadian money?
Diana was beautiful, but seemed kind of neurotic and depressed - not as mentally healthy as Kate.
ReplyDeleteThere's also the fact that Charles always loved Camilla where, as far as we know, William only loves Kate.
Both of these things make Kate much more fun to watch than Diana was.
Is Princess Willow or Princess Bristol pregnant?
ReplyDeleteWhen isn't a Palin or Heath pregnant?
DeleteWhen they're married.
Kate is much more stable of a personality than Diana ever was. Also, Diana was "thrown to the wolves" pretty much and didn't have a clue as to what Royal Life was really going to entail. And it doesn't help when you are in love with your husband who is in love with someone else.
ReplyDeleteKate is smart, educated, well-grounded and has the love and support of her husband who WILL NOT let happen to Kate what happened to his Mum.
Congrats to the Duke and Duchess and I hope Kate gets over this part of her pregnancy quickly and then can enjoy the fun parts of growing a baby.
Part of it is Kate is 30. Diana was what? 18?
DeletePoor Diana, 18, naive, not very worldly, got run over by everyone.
DeleteLove the sourpusses leaving their nasty droppings! Obviously you DO CARE "Wicket" otherwise you wouldn't have posted a comment! LOL!
ReplyDeleteAnd as far as "luv from Canada"...where you been troll? Did you see Rmoney lost...remember all that shit you were talking...what happened? LOL!!
Congrats to Will and Kate...two classy folks who deserve all the happiness in the world for them and their baby!
O/T: But GinaM, you've go to read some of the comments posted on the HuffPo about Baldy weighing in on Susan Rice's competency! A hoot!
Deletehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/01/sarah-palin-susan-rice_n_2224326.html?utm_hp_ref=politics
Anonymous11:12 AM
DeleteThanks alot! I just lost an hour of my life laughing so hard...now my stomach hurts!
Baldy better not even THINK of reading any of those comments and her bots better stay far away...although there were a few dumb asses on there mewling and whining about the bald fella...poor old Baldy received a mighty nice beat down...just the way it should be! LOL!!
And we should listen to Sarah and appreciate Ms Palin's opinion because she ALWAYS KNOWS what is racist and is not. Remember when she tweeted Dr Laura who was dropped from Talk radio for saying the word *nigger* 11 times within just a few minutes to a female African-American caller during her show... Sarah told Dr Laura to "Don't retreat...RELOAD".
DeleteBecause Sarah KNEW Dr Laura wasn't being racist.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/18/sarah-palin-supports-dr-laura_n_687148.html
And just for funsies, I'll paraphrase Dr Laura's opinion of Sarah: "Sarah Palin is an idiot."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/19/dr-laura-criticized-sarah_n_687872.html
My absolute best to this lovely and loving couple!
ReplyDeleteGetting married before having a child ... a concept that is totally foreign to any Palin or Heath
ReplyDeleteI hope that the pregnancy will go well. And I hope that the media just leaves the couple alone.
ReplyDeleteBeaglemom
The woman's name hasn't been Kate Middleton since April of 2011. Isn't about time the American media accepted that?
ReplyDelete"Probably right after we start calling our Hillary by her new married name---'Hillary Clinton', instead of Hillary Rodham, as our esteemed leader Rush Limbaugh calls her.
DeleteSee, you gotta understand, America is a conservative (and [small-c] christian) nation, so we don't like to change our ways just cuz somebody got married last year or even 30 years ago. I guess you wanna take away our guns, also, too. Hell NO! The South will rise again and we ain't gonna use no goddam condoms either, and you can't make us! Naw, we ain't racist or sexist. We're Mericuns."
Boney, during a drunken rant
Nope, we kind of stopped doing that well over 200 yrs ago. While we loved Diana and we are cheering for Kate, we don't observe kingdoms and such in the good Ol' USA.
DeleteAnd none of my Canadian relatives do either, must be a new world thing,
Little Rabbit
...and to Pope is now on Twitter. We can all breathe now!
ReplyDeleteSnark aside, congratulations to them!
Obviously gina doesn't know what she's talking about. http://www.canada.com/news/Canadians+want+Queen+even+done+great/3158692/story.html
ReplyDeleteluv from Canada.
Anonymous1:21 PM
DeleteObviously you can't read "troll from Canada"...I made no mention of the Queen in my comment dummy...pay attention troll! LOL!!
PS...Get em' Ted Powell! LMAO!!!
Most Canadians ( and I know since I live in Canada part of the time and have dual citizenship) don't give a rats ass about the royalty in Britain.
DeleteLittle Rabbit
PS to GINAM
what can we expect from trolls, they can't think for themselves
ALERT ALERT
ReplyDeleteBE ON THE WATCH OUT FOR AN UPSET SARAH PALIN
David Letterman, Led Zeppelin and others celebrated at Kennedy Center Honors ceremony
David Letterman's "stupid human tricks" and Top 10 lists vaulted into the ranks of cultural acclaim Sunday night as the late-night comedian received this year's Kennedy Center Honors with rock band Led Zeppelin, an actor, a ballerina and a bluesman.
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/kennedy-center-honors-awarded-letterman-article-1.1212220
YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!
DeleteSARAH PALIN'S ALASKA AND BRISTOL PALIN'S LIFE'S A TRIPP DIDN'T GET ANY AWARDS AT THE KENNEDY CENTER!
WHAT ABOUT STARS EARN STRIPES STARRING TODD PALIN?
WHAT ABOUT ALL THOSE BOOKS THOSE DIMWIT PALINS INCLUDING THOSE FUCKWADS HEATHS WROTE?
NADA?
BULLSHIT!
When will they honor Wasilla's DWTS dancing gorilla? That took a lot of work and practice to prepare that dance.
DeleteA whole 5 minutes of practice deserves some type of Kennedy Center Award for Bristol.
The Late Show with Dav... : David Letterman - Steve Martin Reacts to Dave's Honor
Deletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1XAl52t7v4
OUCH, you know that's going to leave a skid mark! She'll probably stuff a trinkie in Ram's mouth and make her do a "pedophile gets Kennedy Award Honor from Obama" post.
DeleteYes, she's that unhinged.
How come Sarah Palin wasn't honored
ReplyDeleteThe Late Show with Dav... : David Letterman - The Kennedy Center Honors
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_CSTMZwkW8
2012 Kennedy Center Honors: Obama Jokes With David Letterman And Others
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQfy30hveIE
TODD!!!!
DeleteI WANT SOME LETTERMAN PAYBACK!
I'M GONNA SHOW DAVID WHAT AN OVERAGE MEAN SCHOOL GIRL CAN DO
WARM UP MY FOX CAMERA...
TIME FOR ANOTHER BLOOD LIBEL VIDEO...
Can you believe that? Even the Anchorage Daily News is covering David Letterman's prestigious Kennedy Honors Award.
ReplyDeleteWhat happened to the ADN's love for its home girl Sarah Palin?
http://www.adn.com/2012/12/02/2710701/letterman-up-for-jabs-with-kennedy.html
Talk about the Sarah Palin Curse.
ReplyDeleteThe people Sarah Palin endorses loses and the people Sarah Palin hates with a passion wins.
David Letterman wins Kennedy Award.
President Obama first African American to win presidency.
President Obama wins Nobel Prize.
President Obama wins second term as president.
Sunny Johnston has a nice peach shaped butt while Sarah's daughter has to wear spanxs under her brown dress.
Life is good!
AS everyone loved Diana, I think everyone sees bits of Diana in Kate. Though I am glad she is not quite as young,naive, and innocent as Diana, poor Diana was runover by the other royals. And, I truly think William loves Kate, unlike with Charles and Diana.
ReplyDeletehyperemesis grsvidarum is not regular morning sickness. It can be dangerous in that the woman gets dehydrated, has electrolye imbalances and poor nutrition. Hopefully is will be controlled with meds.
ReplyDeletethat bouquet is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI wish them all well. I'm sure it's not going to be an easy pregnancy, but hopefully they're treating it early enough and she'll do just fine.
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine having to deal with the frenzy of the paparazzo.
Princess Diana produced an "heir and spare" for the Windsors. Kate will be 31 when this baby is born. Getting the second one out by age 35 shouldn't be too hard. Especially because she doesn't have to produce boys.
ReplyDeleteThe Windsors have run a fairly successful breeding program since the disaster of Victoria's hemophilia genetic mutation. But Prince Harry is a wildcard. To keep him out of the line up, they'll probably push Kate for a couple extras. AND get her offspring into the breeding program as soon as possible.
Kate was not born into the "aristocracy", i.e. she was a "commoner". Presumably that will introduce some genetic variety into the "royal" strain.
And it doesn't hurt that Kate is photogenic. The offspring have a good chance of keeping the creaking monarchy nonsense going for another century.
The Brits are good at breed management. They do well with horses too.
Palin apologizes for calling some Republicans 'wusses'
ReplyDelete"The point is that we are a bankrupt country," she added. "There isn't enough money in the world to pay back the future generations that we have stolen from and foreign countries that we have borrowed from and, through quantitative easing, the money that has been printed out of thin air."
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/12/04/palin-apologizes-for-calling-some-republicans-wusses/
Oh Sarah you scammed so much money from your followers for your fake presidential run, why don't you give back to America?