To want to throw up a little bit (Prince William comment)

[fluffyraggies]

Just seen a clip on BBC breakfast of a speech given by Prince W, last night somewhere i presume, about how he and Kate are to be forgiven for nervously keeping an eye on their mobiles during the evening; George left at home.

Simpering laughter all round

I'm not anti-royal - bit on the fence - but this made me .

Over egging the 'ordinary man' pudding IMO. We're not stupid. I know it was light hearted, but come on. Like one of the staff would ring William's mobile mid-speech to say 'oi, Will, where d'y'keep the nappies mate?' FFS. They haven't left him with the teenager from next door!

(Plus i'm now going to have to listen to my mother simpering about did i see how 'Our William' had his mobile on ready in case the baby woke up)

It's early. I'm grumpy.

[burberryqueen]

did it make you want to 'vomit in your mouth a little bit'?

[ChunkyPickle]

Oh, contrived to have it in the speech.. well, he has to say something, and it's good to get a bit of a joke/interaction in the speech and that was both an apology if they seem distracted, a way to get a reaction from the audience, and a way to humanize them both - which are all things that make a good speech.

It's not like speeches are generally off the cuff, they're all contrived.

[insancerre]

YABU
I found the clip very touching- I went all 'aahhh' and i am the least sentimental non-royalist ever

[littlemisswise]

I get what you are saying Fluffy and I agree with you.

Forgive me if I am wrong, but did the not "go out" t'other week to something on Anglesey? IIRC Kate made a comment that day about him being with Granny and being "sleeping at the moment". So it is not the first time they have left him.

[Yonionekanobe]

Frankly he's got bugger all else to talk about.

[TartanRug]

YABU. I didn't find it contrived or obvious, I didn't find it anything really. I suppose he felt he wanted to make reference to his new son in some way like anyone else would.

[SPBisResisting]

ooopooohhh fluffy you're pregnant? Did I miss that or have I congratulated you already (don't think so)

Congratulations :o

Am pmsl at 'oi, Will, where d'y'keep the nappies mate?'
at which point would he reply "errrrm...not sure, the wife deals with all that stuff. I'll just put her on"

[SPBisResisting]

the poo in that first word was completely accidental
Though quite apt

[Sirzy]

Littlemiss - he was probably somewhere nearby that day.

It would seem like basically the OP is saying they aren't allowed to talk about being parents, or their son?

[melika]

YANBU for all the reasons mentioned about who he is being left with.

[littlemisswise]

They left him at home with Granny Sirzy.

[saintlyjimjams]

I wonder whether they've left long lists of the bleeding obvious? I did for my mother who had er managed to raise babies herself

[Sirzy]

Fair enough but given how small Anglesey is they were hardly a long way away!

Either way I don't understand why they are getting stick for something normal for all parents.

[Merrylegs]

I get where you are coming from OP.

Actually, I think given William's history and distrust of the press vis a vis his mother, he would probably love nothing better than to stfu about his baby and protect it from the public as much as possble. But he knows he has to give us a little bit - that's what everyone is interested in after all, so his tidbits are carefully controlled. Cultivating an image of man of the people, 'ordinary family' might in the long term take some of the mystique away from the kid. Remember the outrage when Kate was papped on honeymoon? 'Poor girl' 'one of us' blah blah. Diana was fair game to be papped because she had morphed into this glamorous socialite.

[LazyGaga]

Because we are likely have it drummed into us that they're just 'ordinary parents' like all of us (simper simper) when it's patently obvious they're not.

It sticks in the craw like the way 'We're all in this [recession] together' with multi millionaire Tories did too.

[Merrylegs]

(Ah, basically wot sparkles said. Teach me to RTT. Soz)

[thebody]

totally agree op. vom.

[LazyGaga]

That was in response to Sirzy.

[GrandstandingBlueTit]

Am I remembering incorrectly, or were William and Harry themselves not even packed off to boarding school?

[LazyGaga]

Eton was it not?

[exoticfruits]

The media does it because it sells papers!