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.

[diddl]

Goodness I so agree, OP.

[burberryqueen]

i am not even interested enough to be bothered tbh -

[Alibabaandthe40nappies]

They are new parents. And like most of us they like sharing the new emotions that come with that.

Just because he is rich and a prince doesn't mean that he can't join in with that.

People are so sour about the royals, it just smacks of jealousy and pettiness.

[burberryqueen]

if you watch TV non-stop you will be fed pap....

[valiumredhead]

I'm heartily sick of hearing how normal they are
Yanbu OP

[BalloonSlayer]

Well I am thrilled to bits for William and Kate and like them a lot . . .

But I have to say that I agree that his comments are all a bit contrived and somehow make me wince slightly.

Just from memory

"I'll have a word with him when he's older about his tardiness" - re baby being late keeping reporters waiting. Tardiness? Ahem . . . we ARE English, you know. And of course it's a joke but I hope if Prince George sees that clip when still a child he'll get it and realise he is not being blamed for being late.

"Wish we had more sleep . . . wish there weren't so many nappies to change." see above for the love of God stop moaning

Checking mobiles - I suspect the security man is the contact re any problems so as the OP says it probably just isn't true. Kate and William are at work at this dinner and it would be unprofessional for them to have their mobiles on. But I guess he meant they were metaphorically checking their mobiles, that is: frequently meeting the eye of their security man and raising their eyebrows significantly to say "everything OK?"

Come to think of it, given that they have got legs, security men probably are "mobiles" to the Royals. "Landlines" are probably the ones who have to stand in the sentry boxes outside Buck House, who aren't allowed to move.

(Did you know that Prince Philip horrified the administration at Buckingham Palace with his modern newfangled ideas and was regarded as a bit of an upstart? His crime? He insisted on having a telephone system installed. People at the Palace couldn't understand what was wrong with the old system of communication - a Butler bringing you a note on a silver tray.)

[EdithWeston]

If they hadn't mentioned the baby, then no doubt they would have been criticised for being cold and uncaring, rather like the reaction to Prince Charles who opted not to mention his family when making speeches.

I think it says more about the media, tbh, that those comments are the ones getting airtime, when they were only two or three sentences out of his whole speech. The awards for conservation barely got a mention.

[Pagwatch]

Well if he hadn't mentioned their baby there would have been a thread about how they don't give a shit about him.
Whatever they do or say they are screwed because people object to their status/role/priviledge and don't like them because of that.

The irony is that threads/discussion about what they say just ensures ever utterance gets written about.

[forehead]

YADBU
When dd1 was 2 months myself and dh went out and left dd1 with my mother. I phoned to check on her at least six times. My mother was so pissed off, she eventually asked me to stop phoning. Her exact words were ' I have done this before you know'

[EdithWeston]

BTW, telephones were installed in Buckingham Palace in 1892.

[curlew]

Well, all mumsnetters know what happens when you leave a child with a mother in law. No wonder poor Kate was worried- the Queen might do something outrageous, like dressing the baby in the wrong colour pyjamas, or keeping him up 10 minutes past his bed time which will mean she will have to refuse to let him go to Buckingham Palace ever again. Which will make things pretty awkward. Might even have constitutional implications........

[SubliminalMassaging]

Ha, yes Pagwatch can you imagine?

'Just look at 'em, swanning around at grand dinners, out 'til all hours, not giving a second thought to that poor baby. She didn't even have her phone out on the table in case the nanny needed them in an emergency. Their life just goes on as normal. S'awright for some, innit?'

[SubliminalMassaging]

Yes, and the step mother in law even worse. How could she possibly ever leave him alone with Camilla? She might come home to find she's had his ear pierced or something.

[Pagwatch]

Haha @ Curlew. So true

[BalloonSlayer]

Had a quick check Edith, and I think it says there was an antiquated system when Philip moved in. I expect it was probably used by the staff (like in Downton abbey) and the royals had the butler with the tray.

[LumpySpacePrincessOhMyGlob]

YANBU it was the simpering laughter that did it.

Though I too am grumpy in the morning.

[flowersinavase]

This is The Most Important Baby Ever. Surely the whole country- if not world - is concerned about his well being at all moments of the day and night...

[BrokenSunglasses]

I think you're being mean!

Of course he mentioned his baby in the speech, it can't have escaped his attention that people from all over the world are interested in this baby, it would have been weird if the baby prince hadn't been mentioned at all.

It makes no difference who they left their baby with. Every new parent on their first night away will have left their baby with someone they trust completely, whether that be paid help, a best friend or their own parents. They are still going to feel anxious and be thinking of him. In that way, they are ordinary. Being born into or marrying into a royal family doesn't override normal human emotion and parental instinct.

[OhDearNigel]

Jeez, i have to speak quite a lot in public due to rotary. I usually put in a couple of jokes, sometimes about DD. i hope my audiences aren't as harsh as the OP !

[diddl]

I thought that the baby was with Carole?

But as a pp said-they were at work-this is what they have signed up for & in return they get a life of privilege & luxury.

[curlew]

Ooooooooh-I'd forgotten the Queen was great- grandmama, not grandma!

I reckon Camilla is bound to do the First Haircut. Thereby cutting herself off from all further contact.......

[giraffescantdanceallnight]

If they hadn't mentioned him then people would be saying they didn't care, were swanning off without him bla bla bla.