to think that the four hour gap between birth and announcement...

[northlight]

was a bit much. I can quite see that the parents would want an hour or even two before they let the world in, so to speak, but the family do hold the position they do and this was also a public event. It was only an announcement, there was no expectation that the father would emerge to speak to the waiting press and it would not have affected their time with the baby in any way.

Was it a pop at the press? Understandable, given the history but there were ordinary people waiting outside the palace in the heat and it seems perverse to miss the early evening news slots.

In the interests of full disclosure, I'm not a monarchist but it's the institution, not the people, I dislike. Does anyone else find this a little off?

They didn't HAVE to make an announcement. They didn't HAVE to bring their baby out at one day old to show him to the whole world. They didn't HAVE to do anything and could have snuck off home.

What a stupid selfish post.

I wasn't a particularly "vocal" objector but I can assure you I never buy newspapers or magazines, celebrity or otherwise so I don't "condone" it in any way, shape or form. I do however believe they were more than entitled to 4 hours of privacy with their new born son, seeing as they'll never probably get it again.

northlight maybe we could start by reducing the smount of threads started about the family? You have started yet another so are at fault yourself!!

And it's not even going to disappear as it would do if posted in chat! No, your very own royal thread will stay on the Internet... Forever... Adding to the 'oceans of mush'

heysoulsister I'm interested in the balancing act the Windsor's have to perform for the media. On the one hand they want to be popular and, at some level, an accessible everyfamily, on the other they don't want to be the target of rags that publish intrusive pictures and meretricious tripe.

The report I read in the Telegraph suggested that the 'hiatus' as they called it was a departure from previous announcements and I wondered how people felt about it. Now I know. Not the day and not the forum to raise this issue on.

IMHO, they are managing that balancing act incredibly well. You, on the other hand, seem to think they should be speaking to the media/public more often, more quickly, therefore giving themselves less privacy. Why is that? If you are soooo uninterested?

What has the 4 hour gap in the announcement got to do with people causing a demand for buying magazines and papers?

You're the one on a forum complaining about them not appeasing the public.

heysoulsister Yes, just another totally unimportant thread amongst millions of others. I am at peace with that. At least no one said 'Hey bitch, you on glue.'

I won't post again and this thread can just run down and slide away into obscurity.

northlight, to be fair to you I did wonder too.
I was convinced she's had a section & would love to know all the details of the birth. Of course it's none of my business but it doesn't stop me wondering.

Of course she hasn't had a section!

northlight - if u think people are being too vocal for your liking then perhaps u should have given more thought before starting this thread.

I can assure u like cushtie335 I don't buy newspapers/magazines as all the money I have goes to buy bare essentials for me n my daughter!

the only person that has added mush is you yourself.

Persumably they wanted a little time to themselves and to make sure that family and close friends didn't hear about it on the telly.

really middleagedspread a section

You may have too much time in your hands if this bothers you

You may have too much time on your hands posting on a thread that you aren't bothered about..

She'd still be in hospital if she had a section.

I've seen everything now... Really

I'm not overly interested (in that I think it's jolly good for them and everything and how nice, but I wasn't watching the footage) so maybe my perspective is skewed by my lack of involvement, but I don't think 4 hours is an unreasonable amount of time to check over the baby, make sure there are no complications or issues arising for either of them, and to allow family to be informed first. But my over-riding feeling is, does it really matter? 4 minutes, 4 hours, 4 days - it doesn't change anything in the long run...

at TalkativeJim. Love it!

No, I don't think she has now..
On monday I thought that things weren't progressing & that maybe she had to have an emergency one.
It's because I kept reading she only had obstetricians & no MW in attendance.
Over thinking

Are you freaking kidding me? How the hell does anyone think they have some sort of right to that information immediately when they demand it?

I didn't tell anyone for fourTEEN hours! The whole world could fuck off as far as I was concerned, it was just DS and I cuddling, figuring out breastfeeding and bonding.

This whole thing is starting to get ridiculous now. People just wouldn't be happy unless they had a camera pointed at her fanjo for the whole experience. Can people seriously not just give them a break for a while?

Get a grip.
I really hoped that she'd had the baby at home 2 weeks ago and let the media circus get into full swing for nothing.

I think it was lovely that they had time with their new addition without the whole world knowing. How perfect for them.

I did snort at one reporter saying "we know she pushed, but we don't have any more details" ....what exactly did he want to know? Position of birth, did she poo? Did she swear or sing showtunes (like me) ?

4 hours. That new little family had only 4 hours to enjoy being just that. Every moment of that little boys life is going to be scrutinised. They had 4 hours of being a normal new family. I wouldn't have blamed them if they wanted 4 days! And that's even if they had much time together. Baby or Catherine could have needed a bit of medical attention.

I'm not ashamed to admit I love all the royal baby hype and had bbc news on for ages, but fgs, the woman just gave birth. It's an intimate time in anyone's life, why should hers be any different?

And for what it's worth I think it's amazing just how much they have taken the publics interest into account and could have easily snuck out the back door with no one any the wiser.

fgs leave the op alone, she's hardly said anything that bad

they probably had to find the queen to let her know before announcing it to the press, she was probably out cantering somewhere

I doubt they did have a whole four hours - the baby was born at 4.24. None of us know how long the placenta took, whether stitches were required, then a feed and finding the latch, then moving from the labour room, then phoning both sets of parents and the great grandma. They might not have had as much as an hour.

Whatever they got in private to themselves they deserved every ticking second.