Best name suggestion I've seen for the newborn drain on the taxpayer...

[SolidGoldBrass]

I popped into a pub this afternoon for a wee and a pint and they had a Royal Baby Name sweepstake board behind the bar.

Someone had suggested 'Dodi.'

[kungfupannda]

Poor little bugger. He's got a lifetime of this coming. No-one chooses the circumstances they are born into.

It's going to be a long, long time before he's even close to becoming king. We may not even have a monarchy by then. He may abdicate. He may run away and join the circus.

Let's not label him before he's 2 days old.

[MultumInParvo]

TREASON!!!

[Icelollycraving]

Very poor taste. I am finding the coverage ott but at least it's celebratory,not the usual doom & gloom on the news.

[lastnightiwenttomanderleyagain]

kungfupannda I had a very morbid thought last night that, given his parents are a similar age to me and unless something awful happens, the chances of me seeing him become king are somewhat slim.

I do love it when the royal bashers come out. I can only assume that those people worked a normal day on the 29th August 2011 and 5th June 2012... yes I know some people work in the retail/service/emergency sectors, but you get my drift

[Wuxiapian]

Nasty, nasty thread title, solidgoldbrass.

[lastnightiwenttomanderleyagain]

Oops...29th April that is!

[Ledkr]

Why is everyone so defensive?
It's just a joke and neither the baby or his family will ever see it anymore than they will see all the cards and presents that we commoners send jeeze.
People are entitled to their opinions on the royals, we don't all feel the same about supporting an already rich monarchy while people sleep on streets or are refused medication which could prolong their lives.
You will never get everyone to agree.

[ButThereAgain]

Blimey. I'm amazed at the level of intolerance here for a casual bit of teeth-gritting cynicism about the royal baby. Looks from this thread like the average Mumsnetter is drinking up all the royal baby guff much more happily than a lot of people elsewhere online.

Mind you MNHQ has been making a big play on the birth as something to attract new readers, and I guess the MN demographic is pulling around to being much more up for this sort of stuff than it has been in the past.

[Wheresmycaffeinedrip]

I would say the same thing about any new baby being referred to as a drain on the tax payers. Or suggestions of names that drag up sad times In people's lives. It has nothing to do with who they are.

[BMW6]

So, can we also think up "amusing" names for all babies born to benefit claiming parents - there are thousands of them, so why single out just this one (if you even really believe that he will be a drain on the taxpayer......)

[ThreesyDoesIt]

Sad sad little people!!

[crashdoll]

It's a baby, a human being. YABU!!!

[kitty1976]

William works in the RAF you idiot!!!!! He is on paternity leave. Hope you don't treat other children with fathers in the forces in the same way!

[Ledkr]

I'm not sure other forces fathers get all that time off at such a convenient time though kitty

[propertyNIGHTmareBEFOREXMAS]

I like King Kai.
I hope they go with that.

[hermioneweasley]

SGB, I agree with your sentiment completely.

Calling for the thread to be deleted just because you disagree? Wow, MN woukd be a really dull place if that happened.

[meddie]

Niece suggested Kong....

Also heard George Michael, because he was a little late coming out.

I,m hoping for Alfred or Albert as I had a little £2 flutter on those before he was born at odds of 75/1

[larrygrylls]

SGB,

I expect he has already, in his short life, put more money in the chancellor's coffer than you will in your entire life.

I am not a huge monarchist and have v little interest in the individual royals (save the queen, maybe). However, they clearly do work (i.e have obligations to meet) and they clearly do contribute to the public purse via tourism.

So, no, not a drain on the tax payer by a long shot.

[justmatureenough2bdad]

i might be wrong, but i thought that the rules had changed and the royal family now lived off a portion of the income from their estates now, rather than from public money?

[fedupofnamechanging]

To the poster who said that the baby didn't even cost us an NHS birth, I might be wrong but I think it costs £6,000 per night to give birth in the hospital Kate chose. I hope will paid for that out of his forces salary, but somehow I doubt it. I suspect we paid it, or if not, that it came from all the inherited wealth that he really shouldn't have, no matter how nice he is as an individual!

[ProudAS]

Before criticising the royals ask yourself if you would swap places with them. They may not have to worry about money but have to deal with lack of privacy etc and this new baby has an onerous future mapped out.

If the queen had not been born into royalty she would be enjoying her retirement now.

[cheerfulweather]

I just want the abolition of the monarchy (as do many others, I wouldn't 'swap' on that basis alone), envy of their position or money doesn't come into it.

[VitoCorleone]

The joke was in bad taste

[PedantMarina]

My favourite radio station had a text-in this morning. Best suggestion so far was to send a case of new Coke bottles to Kensington Palace and let William or Kate just pick one at random.

Of course, then you run the risk of someday having "King Zoe" or "King Friends"...

[fedupofnamechanging]

I would swop in a heartbeat.

As for retiring, under this present govt, that is unlikely to be an option for many workers in the future. Work til you drop, which is why it is even more galling that some people are living off inherited wealth and state support that they have no legitimate reason to receive!