It's a boy!

Prince William and Kate have just had a boy.

Here is the announcement: 

Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge was safely delivered of a son at 4.24pm. 

The baby weighs 8lbs 6oz. 

The Duke of Cambridge was present for the birth. 

The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Harry and members of both families have been informed and are delighted with the news. 

Her Royal Highness and her child are both doing well and will remain in hospital overnight. 

I am not much of a royal watcher myself but I know that this will top the news for the rest of the day.

I send them my warm thoughts and best wishes.

After all I am a big fan of babies myself you know.

Not usually a royal watcher but Prince Harry has DEFINITELY earned my respect.

Courtesy of the Daily Mail:  

A gay soldier told last night how Prince Harry bravely rescued him from a terrifying homophobic attack by squaddies from a rival regiment. 

The Prince stepped in to save Trooper James Wharton after he was confronted by six soldiers threatening to ‘batter’ him. 

Trooper Wharton fled to find Harry – who was his tank commander – and tearfully told the Prince what had happened. 

‘I told him, “I think I’m going to be murdered by the infantry.” I climbed into the turret and talked Harry through exactly what had happened. He had a complete look of bewilderment on his face. 

‘I couldn’t stop the tears from welling up in my eyes. He said, “Right I’m going to sort this s*** out once and for all.” 

'He climbed out of the tank and I poked my head out of the turret a few moments later to see him having a go,’ Wharton said.

Harry, a Troop Commander in the Blues and Royals, confronted the tormentors, warning them they would face severe discipline if they continued their violent threats. 

‘I could see he wasn’t holding back,’ said Wharton, who was 21 at the time. 

After taking on the gang, Harry briefed a senior officer before returning to assure Wharton the situation had been ‘sorted’. 

Battling homophobes in the military. Now THAT is the kind of thing that would make even a common soldier a prince among men.

Just so happens this is an actual prince.

I have kind of been a Prince Harry fan for awhile now. Especially after I watched him abruptly end an interview while in Afghanistan in response to an alarm.

There is a lot of news to report, but let's face it, this is all ANYBODY will be talking about today. The Duchess of Cambridge is pregnant.

Courtesy of the New York Daily News:  

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.