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.'

Vile thread title,just vile. And to suggest the name of the man who lost his life in the same tragedy the baby's father's Mother did is about as low as you can go

Also, the Queen is hardly down the pit. When you talk about her working, it's not quite as a full time job in retail or being a cleaner or a nurse.

Vile is right. I suggest that you find a different establishment, worthy of your class.

nice to see some people get their kicks out of writing abusive posts about 1 day old babies charming!

spot on HRHwheezing,the thought entered my mind,but you have worded it perfectly for me.Many thanks

His do you know people's class hrh

karma I agree, dh and I will be retiring when it's far too late to enjoy it and we contribute massively to society in our jobs. It's hard not to let that stick in your throat.

Yawn.

What class is that then,HRH?

Which class would that be? Not the same as your forelock-tugging class I hope?

This is the most disgustng thread ive seen on here.Yeah think of a funny name,funny not vile and disgusting.For me its nothing to do with the fact its a royal baby,i am not in favour or against them.They exist,I exist Im not bothered.It that people are saying disgusting stuff about a baby.Sad and pathetic,not afraid to say it.And whats even worse you are trying to justify it!Cant you see that its offensive?you might be debatibg like a smart arse but you arent smart enough emotionally.

Fgs, insulting a baby!

Name calling a newborn baby in the title.

Oh you must be so proud of yourself.

Get a life.

Not terrible nice to start making assumptions and judgments about people class either really is it.

There's not much value in Royal squaddies, either. They're not allowed anywhere dangerous and their bodyguards cost the taxpayer as well.

But while people are starving on the streets, food banks on the increase, suicides over evictions and all the rest of it, some of you are shitting yourselves over people not wanting to join in the (literally) slavish adoration of a newborn who will live a life of unearned luxury no matter what... Pointing out that this pampered family is a total anachronism and merits pisstaking at the very least is hardly calling for their heads to be put up on spikes outside Buck House.

They need to get lovely Kate knocked up again ASAP if a royal sprog generates this much goodwill

There's a difference between slavish adoration and not enjoying your feeble attempts at humour.

I am very far from being a royalist but this thread is grim.

"Cost" of the royal family: between 33mio (Buckingham Palace) and 200mio (according to Republic, a pressure group out to abolish the monarchy).

UK GDP: circa £1.6 trillion

Percentage of GDP to support the royals: .0021% to .0125%
Amount spent on foreign aid: 12.6 bio or nearly 1% of GDP.
Welfare budget: £112 bio

Just to give some context.

And that does not count the fact that the royal family probably bring more tax revenues in than they cost.

Fine to object on principle to the royal family but to begrudge them their miniscule cost smacks of jealousy rather than any rational argument.

I would feel exactly the same if you were calling my mum's neighbour's auntie's postman's daughter's newborn baby names SGB, so don't try that inverse snobbery bs on me.

Next time, pick on someone who's big enough to defend themselves.

Its not just a bit of a pisstake though.

They are still human beings.

He still lost his Mum under tragic circumstances at a very young age.

He will be struggling just now between joy at his new family and sadness that his Mum will never get to see her grandchild.

For you to think its funny that someone suggested naming their child after the person who died alongside his Mum in a horrific car accident is disgusting.

Would you find it funny if it was said to someone on here or one of your friends? I doubt it.

Just because they are members of the royal family it doesn't make what happened any less tragic or heartbreaking and it doesn't mean its ok to make jokes about it.

Even those who don't like or agree with the royal family should have a bit of compassion and human decency.

Hello there

Thanks for all the reports about this thread.

We do see that some will think the title and the OP close to the knuckle, but we don't think (on balance) it's really beyond the pale. (A more personal remark about the baby's appearance might have been - but a political point about the child's status, whether objectively correct or not, is broadly OK we think.)

As some have pointed out, the media in general (including MN!) has been overrun with positive and happy stories about the birth, so we're not inclined to clamp down on the odd expression of dissent - even though it may seem tasteless to some.

But William does work for a living. He earns more than enough to support a family without ever being a drain on the tax payer

Thanks RowanMN

Phew

Faith restored in MNHQ

That's very diplomatic RowanMN!

The thread is nowhere near the knuckle and about 100 miles this side of the pale.

Totally disagree MNHQ.