Royal 'super fans' - AIBU to think they are bordering on loopy?

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I am pretty ambivalent about the royal family. I appreciate that there is a strong argument for a republic but, generally to me they are neither here nor there, and it is not a life I would wish for myself despite the luxury they live in. A lot of my friends are more of the republic camp (probably an unnecessary bit of detail for my post but thought I'd chuck it in!)

However, what I find absolutely extraordinary are people who camp outside the Lindo wing, dressed in Union Jacks, waving flags etc. I can appreciate it more if they were, say, rock stars but the royal family, its bloody bonkers! Who are these people, and what on earth is it that makes them want to camp outside hospitals and the like...?!

Each to their own and all that malarkey but I cannot understand it at all! (And also feel a bit sorry for Kate having that kind of carry on outside when she's inside having a baby!)

mandieleeinatree Yeah I do find all the news about Syria and all the deaths so boring. Lovely. Now, be honest. Do you really find it boring, or is it just that you struggle to follow any news more taxing than a 'celebrity baby born' fluff piece?

I'm just shocked anyone would be so openly ignorant about world news. Not only openly ignorant, Mushroom, but seemingly proudly so.

vlad it depends where you you are in labour labour starts with contractions usually mild.. I was at home pottering around still doing stuff for two days in labour. Established labour with regular strong contractions is where you see woman in distress.

Just for all section.... A c section is major operation and whilst you can walk calmly to theatre if it's planned and your not in labour being awake, being cut open and the effects of major surgery... Makes it's more of a deal than... Just a section .

Williams and Harry always strike me as stuck and caught and have dealt with their cards well. Their mother died from being a royal they didn't ask to be born.

The old men kissing the dolls = maximum creepy.

Sorry vlad my last post was rather aggressive it was supposed to say I'm sensitive to people having sections crisitised... It should be as choice etc.. Which is why I mentioned it in the the first place.

Tricky one. I think it is would be a section again because variables are smaller. Risks smaller. I was vary scared first tone but only because I didn't know what to expect.

Thanks @SunwheretheFareyou I can honestly tell you it broke me in half and I've never been the same person again. So I'm the last person that would lambast any woman for their choices. How many dc do you now have? Are they wonderfully chaotic?

I wasn't thinking exactly the same OP (just to drag the thread back to the original question).
Seems like there's a massive difference between those that turn out for the Royal weddings / church trips, and those that wait outside the labour ward!
There's a 16 page special in one of the papers... how the hell will they fill 16 pages with this?!
I mean it's wonderful news for any couple, what a blessing, but there was also a buzz feed article 'random couples papped on the steps of the hospital' because they also had the good fortune to have their babies yesterday. They're not 'random couples', they have actual lives, they're not Sims generated as decoys!

Sorry I WAS thinking exactly the same OP (wtf with typos today?!?!)

They are terribly loopy, and I feel sorry for them. I know they're perfectly happy people and I'm a bit condescending, but I can't help it.

Those fucking dolls with crowns gave me nightmares.

Some people would say the Queen and the Royal family do a lot.

Some do, but in this case the baby has done nothing apart from being born and all Kate Middleton has done is marry a royal.

I find the whole concept of royalty ridiculously outdated.

Their mother died from being a royal they didn't ask to be born.

Actually, she died from getting in a car with a driver who was pissed, and failing to wear a seatbelt.

Exactly. If she had been royal she wouldn't have been allowed to get into such a dangerous situation.

If tony blair or trump came out of the right vagina we could have had them as king. For sixty years.

YANBU and looking at the state of the majority of them hanging round the hospital i actually felt a bit sorry for William and Kate (for about 30secs).
Seriously though, most look like the sort you would avoid making eye contact wiTh in case they tried to strike up conversation.

I do think we are so very lucky to have a Royal Family.

mandieleeinatree - you are an absolute disgrace

OMG at some of the comments on here. Honestly.

I feel pity for them, I think it’s very sad that they’re waiting outside a maternity wing for a woman who wouldn’t have anything to do with them if her life depended on it.

I also think it’s sad that they don’t have the awareness to think that a woman who’s just given birth may not want screeching hoards outside the hospital waiting for her to come out, and may want to present herself and her new baby to the world, to be judged on her appearance (and she will be) in her own time.

Has a single one of them thought about what would happen if something went wrong?