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On Monday (for those who wasn't keeping both eyes on the Higgins-Trump snooker final), you will know that the Meghan, Duchess of Sussex had gone into labour and had given birth to a lovely baby boy. Even the side of Nottingham's Victoria Centre building on Tuesday, Intu had congratulated the Royal couple on their birth, and so do I for that matter.
I quite like the choice of name - Archie Harrison. Archie is short for Archibald (hence lots of newborn babies have yet to have hair on their heads), and Harrison - Harry's son, do you see? I cottoned onto that one straight away, and it made me think that that sort of name would not have worked for son of, Magnus Magnusson, let's say. Baby Archie shares his birthday with Tony Blair which is obviously just a coincidence of course.
It was such a joy when William and Kate's firstborn Prince George was born in 2013, not only because he was called George (natch), but also I thought that for the first time, I realised that if the tradition of sending greetings to centenarians is still going in 2078 which is the year that I turn 100 if I ever live that long, I am almost certain that he will be king by then, (unless some Green Party-supporting Republicans end up getting their own way and doing a anti-Royal "Brexit" in a referendum between now and then). An ancestor of mine who was born in 1891 was in his mid 30s when Elizabeth, later Queen was born, a similar age as I was when Prince George was born, and he would have had greetings from Queen Elizabeth II if he had lived to be 100 as well.
OK, I like the Royal Family and I think that it is a reason to be positive as a British person. I know that it doesn't mean too much to people, but I thought that the news was nice - a lot nicer than some of the stuff that is happening at the moment.
I quite like the choice of name - Archie Harrison. Archie is short for Archibald (hence lots of newborn babies have yet to have hair on their heads), and Harrison - Harry's son, do you see? I cottoned onto that one straight away, and it made me think that that sort of name would not have worked for son of, Magnus Magnusson, let's say. Baby Archie shares his birthday with Tony Blair which is obviously just a coincidence of course.
It was such a joy when William and Kate's firstborn Prince George was born in 2013, not only because he was called George (natch), but also I thought that for the first time, I realised that if the tradition of sending greetings to centenarians is still going in 2078 which is the year that I turn 100 if I ever live that long, I am almost certain that he will be king by then, (unless some Green Party-supporting Republicans end up getting their own way and doing a anti-Royal "Brexit" in a referendum between now and then). An ancestor of mine who was born in 1891 was in his mid 30s when Elizabeth, later Queen was born, a similar age as I was when Prince George was born, and he would have had greetings from Queen Elizabeth II if he had lived to be 100 as well.
OK, I like the Royal Family and I think that it is a reason to be positive as a British person. I know that it doesn't mean too much to people, but I thought that the news was nice - a lot nicer than some of the stuff that is happening at the moment.
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