To think today's Royal Christening is deliberate mind-fuckery timewarpery?

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It's all so ... 1948? ... mummy pushing the heirloom pram, George's historical fancy dress outfit, the Norland Nanny in her starched uniform, the crown jewels font shipped in from the Tower, the fawning sycophantic voice-over on the BBC helpfully sharing with the little people the details of George's internal monologue ... It still is 2015 is it? Haaaaaalp!!!!! I thought these were the new wave modern Royals?

It's what brings in the money OP
Really? the myth that the royals bring any money into the country because of tourists is exactly what it is....a myth,

Yeah, because that's the only reason Harry would get married - for PR
no doubt if and when that happens there will be mean spirited comments about that too.

Ha, I never said I was representative of affluent North London - And I'm certainly not posh - very far from it. For context, my baby is currently clad in a tesco baby grow

My point is simply that there are plenty of well off toddlers in my area - and that style of clothing is utterly anachronistic. Clothes are such an important signifier. So you've got to ask yourself what message the royals are trying to convey.

I've sort of lost track of whose being ironic and who isn't. I get that the wheeling the Silver Cross through the pages of a Ladybird book jumping on and off the specialy designed 1950s buses and popping into shops is a piss take............

I'm with you OP, it was creepy and really weird and it's meant to distract us. And it fucking works, I was trying to read up on the Greek referendum this morning and photos of George in that creepy wee outfit were on the side of the screen. Next thing I knew I was googling what the fuck a Norland Nanny is and had forgotten the left wing anti austerity movement growing in Europe.

Hmm, opium for the masses. It works.

Oh, and the "KFC" family spending as much on a bouncy castle- that's a good one too........

Why would you try to deny that people on the 50s took prams on buses? Or that the prams were designed with the comfort of mum and baby in mind rather than how well they folded up?
Sounds like you're on some kind of mission of denial.

Spot on quero same here - not a royalist but still managed to read about who all the god parents were. Wtf why?!

Was on fringes of a grand set at university and it was quite fascinating to watch in real life - they all know each other and have funny nick names that end in "s". Mells hels etc.

Yes, but unless I've become Marty McFly It's not 1950 is it?

You'd never get that Pram through Sports Direct.

sweetgrape because absolutely no one flew in from abroad/stayed at hotels/bought food, drink, commemerative tat/etc for any kind of Royal occasion ever, did they....

It sucks you in KERALA. It's weird.

My dh had a pram exactly the same at the one used yesterday. Mil has kept it and all her grandchildren have used it when they are at her house.
So I thought that bit was nice.

However, I think the Royals are doing a great job of setting people against them. Instead of becoming more modern, spending less money and looking more like the rest of us, they seem to be doing the exact opposite.
Yesterday- A nanny wearing a uniform, collecting water from the River Jordon (British water obviously isn't good enough), having to transport a font from London, (the local church font wasn't good enough) etc etc.
also the whole thing with William championing wild life preservation in Africa then hunting and killing animals in Europe.
I used to love the royals, but recently I am being to think they are completely out of touch either that or they must think we are all thick.

Imagine the aibu if 3 parents with normal buggies couldn't get on a bus because of one victorian pram!

Quiero- it was worse for me- I found myself trying to find out what happened to the 1841 christening gown at Louise Wessex's baptism which meant they had to make a replica..........

Quiero but they weren't wheeling the pram through sports direct though, they were wheeling a baby in a very voluminous christening gown through a gravelly church yard. The pram was ideal for that. I don't think a bloody bugaboo or icandy would've quite done the job. I'm very very sure they don't use the pram for everyday life, so why make derisory comments about how impractical for everyday life it is? A but pointless really.

Bertrand. That sounds time consuming.

BB I was trying to make a witty comment in response to Cardinals post saying why those prams were good. It's called a joke, we're quite fond of jokes here except when talking about the Royal family for some reason.

Yes Bakeoff - that's the kind of thing that was running through my head when I posted last night; after a day of having every aspect of the occasion shoved in my face via mainstream and social media it all seemed not only misjudged, but actually calculated to to make ordinary peeps go 'What the actual f*ck? Who ARE these people and what century is this?' It was all a bit 'Let them eat cake'; a cynic might think 'They' were even try to fuel a revolution or something

And I don't agree with all this 'they can do what they like' and 'the hatred' 'the envy' mularkey. Yes, they totally can and they totally will, but if it's paraded and (partly) paid for by the masses, surely the masses are allowed - at the very least - to express an opinion.

It was quite disappointing- the fabric conservator decided it was too fragile to be used any more. Despite being washed in spring water and stored in a darkened room between outings. I woild quite like to be washed in spring water and stored in a darkened room between outings............

People have similar prams in Peterhead. They're a must have in the fishing towns of NE Scotland.

Beautifulbatman of course there are people who fly in for royal occasions, but the majority of tourists come to the UK never ever seeing anything remotely royal. France is the no 1 tourist hotspot, no royals there anymore. But fwiw when William got married it actually cost the UK economy millions because of the extended public holiday.

I have a large Silver Cross Balmoral pram like the one used yesterday for my grandchildren because Im a 50's baby and its what I was wheeled around in before I was big enough to go in a Tansad. I can remember being in it with my baby sister in the winter all wrapped up against the cold and it was magical. It was so comfy.

My pram has never been out the garden though because thats what it was bought for - to be parked under a tree in the garden so the wee one can get fresh air, then its wheeled into the house so the wee one can nap or just lie there kicking.

Its way more mobile than having a cot downstairs for the babies because we can wheel them from one room to the next whenever we want. If the kids are making a lot of noise in one room and the wee one is asleep - we just wheel it in to another room.

Oh and I can remember going on buses in my pram.

Bakeoff - exactly. For a while it seemed as if they were moving in a more modern direction, but that all seems to have stopped - certainly in this particular wing of the family.

I quite enjoy seeing the odd news item that isn't about violence and mayhem.

surely, there is a better way to spend our tax money.