The new prince has been paraded

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Panic over

Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor

I was pleased to see her with relaxed hair and still showing a decent bump, good for her.

Name is out now - Archie.

Archie

Not a royalist at all, but seeing the new family together made me smile wistfully. Loved seeing Harry's excitement when he announced the birth too - and his awe and appreciation for his wife, the mother of their new child, at squeezing a baby out of her fanjo.

I don't understand why MM gets up so many people's noses. A mixed race feminist, daughter of a social worker, who has done a lot of charity work and has spoken out about Trump and Brexit. Exactly what the royal family needs to shake it up a bit imo. What's not to like?

OMG they called him Archie

What? Like the comics? Seriously?

Archie is so unexpected.

'I wish the word ‘flattering’ could be excised from or collective vocabulary. Without fail, it means ‘makes a woman look thinner’, the implication being that this is what we must strive for in all of our clothing choices. The idea that people call the dress on a woman two days post-partum ‘unflattering’ is ridiculous. She doesn’t look fat or wide, she looks like she just had a baby so she has a deflating bump. That’s not something to hide or ‘flatter’ or skim over, it’s normal. It’s not shameful!'

This, this, this!

I think that 'deflating bump' looks wonderful. She looks lovely. There is nothing shameful about women who have given birth not having a completely flat tummy. Mine isn't, 3 and a half years after my third and final baby, and people assume I'm pregnant because the cultural assumption is that every woman does, should, must work to eradicate any roundness.

I agree that there's a lot of - perhaps subconscious - racism and/or anti-Americanism in attitudes to MM, as well as plain old misogyny.

Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor

Seriously? Who is reporting that?

@CaptainBrickbeard having spent 4 years selling clothes, most people generally do want to know they look good or at least feel like they do. So whether an item is "flattering" or not is something that a lot of people consider and actively ask staff opinion on. Most people want to show themselves to their best advantage and for a lot of people - rightly or wrongly- that involves their weight, a topic oft discussed on MN. Clothes can really help.

If Meghan doesn't care, fair play to her. I don't have the balls!

Wow people saying her dress isn't flattering because she still has a tummy after two days 🙄
I still have one 14 years on! And do what if she looks nervous this is the biggest role she's ever played and nothing can prepare you for how scary it is! Fucking give over she's a new mum like the rest of us

"Seriously? Who is reporting that?"

BBC News

@RubberTreePlant it's on their Instagram

I really think I must be turning into a right grump. I was eye rolling as they were going on about the dream baby and how being a parent is amazing. It just seems so unrealistic. I actually warmed to William when he commented that George had a 'good pair of lungs on him'.
MM's dress was a rather odd choice but then again I don't really get her taste. I did think a buttoned dress wasn't a good choice for swollen breasts but then again very practical for breast feeding

Bet the Queen’s face is like a cat’s bum.

I thought MM looked the most normal she ever has. Smiley but not that huge put on job she does and not all simpering. Hope she carries like this.
Cute baby. Like the name.

Oh well, it's better than Arthur and they got an American style middle name in there. It's quite a nice name, really.

Anyone else thinking of the "Archie's here" theme song from the original Archie Show?

I don't think she looks nervous. I don't like the dress but she looks pretty radiant and relaxed, I thought.

Archie Harrison

I wonder if they wanted to sneak in the name Ford...

It's unusual to have names like "Harrison" used so literally, I think

Seriously? Who is reporting that?

Well everyone. It's all over the news channels.

The nasty bastards can now move on from the snide, snarky comments about Meghans appearance to the name of her baby. This must be a great day for you all...🙄 Have fun.

Does anyone remember that super goady thread when the OP said she wouldn't hire an Archie because it's a 'common' name? Wonder if she's swiftly revising her opinion.

I wish the word ‘flattering’ could be excised from or collective vocabulary. Without fail, it means ‘makes a woman look thinner’

Or, as I posted:
The dress and how it sits on her body, doesn't [look fine]. It's too stiff and structured for the shape.
I think the dress itself looks odd. It would suit a straighter shape, of any size. Not a curvy post-partum woman. Particularly with the tied up belt.

Not that it actually matters that much. She isn't naked or in a nazi uniform.

At the end of that footage she says "thank you for all the well wishes and kindness", I detected snark, and if it wasn't then it should be given the amount of criticism she's received. As I said I am no great fan but the constant dragging her through the mud is ridiculous now.