The new prince has been paraded

[Eliza9919]

Panic over

Gorgeous baby, proud and happy parents. What’s to moan about?

Beats the heck out of me, even as a republican

Anyway, it looks like this will be another thread which gets zapped since it's the one the provocateurs seem to have chosen ...

I thought she looked beautiful. Softer and younger looking somehow. She will be criticised no matter what she does but she got the photo and interview over and done with and can now just relax with her lovely new family.

Like all people in the public eye who have babies and get photographed she’s not wanting to show anything less than her perfect self! They all do this and put the rest of us under pressure when we cannot compete and feel like we are not good enough. The white dress is a real “look at me - I’m perfectly in control” statement. No blood issues here!

Apart from actually having the baby she won’t ever need to do much if she doesn’t want to. I bet she’s not doing all the washing, cleaning, cooking, ironing, feeding (Kate gets DC on a bottle pretty quickly so her mum can help out) and never will do. Being a parent is great on these terms and no money worries - ever! The best of everything.

It just seems to me like a lost opportunity to do things REALLY differently, but the seem happy enough, so never mind.

Feel a bit disappointed that they have done the whole glam thing so soon after backing away from all of that.

I thought she looked great. I wish I looked like that 2 days after having my first baby, I don't think I got out of my pyjamas for a month! Good on them, they looked happy.

I showed Dd and she said ‘oh....that just looks like a normal baby!’ I asked what she thought it would look like. She said ‘well...different!! And id at least expect it to be wearing a suit!’

talk about impossible expectations.

I owe an apology. I don't mind being told I'm vile because I know I'm pretty blunt and I did project my own hang ups unfairly there. I think "sad" is a bit strong though. I usually save it for people who overly enjoy laundry threads.

Considering she likely has a stylist, I don't think she's been very flatteringly dressed here. That's not my opinion of her actual post partum body (note I said she looks happy and glowing and I don't believe in pressuring anyone to lose baby weight) but that dress- or more likely that angle, on reflection- highlights an area many a new mum may feel insecure about and she likely will have had all the help in the world to pick it. Then again, no matter what I'm doing, the significance of the event or how happy I look in a photo, my family will pick over it and tell me if I looked acceptable or not. Clothing, weight, angle, grooming, the works and it does affect the way I look at things and I look back at a lot of photos, can only see "flaws" and cringe. I can see that as a result I am unfairly projecting my own hangups on DoS and for that I am sorry. Genuinely. The point of the photo is to show a happy family, and I did say that they look happy. I didn't miss that before but I did lose sight of it, if you like.

Anyway, off to paint nails blue for a boy with the nice new Essie varnish I bought because the royal baby made me fancy a colour change. I'm also more interested in what they call him, tbh. My money is on Arthur.

Can't really tell if the babe is cute or not.

Nice blanket, though

I'm pretty sure it has a nose. I'm sure I saw a nose.

Because she is two things people hate most in the world - female and black - wow, what a bizarre comment and way more offensive than most comments on this thread

And further apologies for the "me rail".

And why is it ok for most people to say she looks GREAT, yet those saying she doesn't are criticised for commenting on how she looks?!

Wow such utter vitriol

Shameful writing things like that about a woman who gave birth barely 48 hours ago

I think they look like overjoyed first time parents in that newborn baby bubble

Fair play to Meghan getting a dress on with heels...I'm sure she would've preferred to stay in comfy clothes, but obviously with the world watching...

Anyway, off to paint nails blue for a boy

Careful now, someone will accuse you of gender stereotyping! Bloody good on you for apologising though and I bet you don't look anywhere as bad as you think (or rather, as other people have made you think!) you do

They all look really happy and the baby is beautiful. I just hope they don’t name him Arthur...! Hopefully a more modern name.

Fair play to Meghan getting a dress on with heels...I'm sure she would've preferred to stay in comfy clothes, but obviously with the world watching...

Obviously what?

What is this tyranny of heels?

You can be smart in trousers and flats.

I'm that it's just widely accepted that "dress and heels = smart".

I do like the name Arthur.

I'd love if they picked a modern/unroyal name for him.

I think the whole point of the dress was she is wearing a style she likes and she wore before and is making the point that she will wear that style now at this point

I thought they looked in love with each other and their child

There are some nasty bastards on here...no surprise there though. It's a real flaw to have to say nasty, snide or snarky remarks... Or even think them really...about new parents and their baby.

Meghan looked lovely, as always and Harry and Meghan both looked so in love with their baby, who looks beautiful.

I found this all heart-warming, honestly. They looked so happy and proud of their baby, like any other couple. They both look as nice as they've ever looked, not that it matters, but they did. The baby is a particularly pretty newborn, and I loved the way he was wrapped in simple white.

I don't feel sorry for Meghan at all. After 3 days in hospital with a c-section, I was thrilled to put on some nice clothes, make-up etc, and get out in the fresh air. I would happily have worn a white dress and heels too, for a couple of hours, but my ankles were hideous so it wouldn't have been possible. For me the greatest wonder in this is how she has no water retention.

My first reaction on seeing thrilled first time parents is always joy.

Lovely to see the new Royal baby!
It’s entirely up to them what they do as a couple, they are damned if they do and damned if they don’t.
Only thing I would comment on is the heels as after birth that’s the last choice of footwear I’d pick but each to their own, I suspect she had little choice in the outfit anyway.
Best wishes to them all as with any new parents.

If she cured cancer they'd complain she was a do-gooder. Ffs.

What kind of world is this where we think it's acceptable to criticise a woman for her choice of shoes? Theresa May got it for her bold taste, and now Meghan's getting it too.

I know quite a few women with a similar physique to Meghan who like wearing heels most of the time. They feel better & more confident, and if you are not overweight and can afford good shoes then they need not be uncomfortable.

Think about it. A woman who weighs 8 stone & wears size 6 shoes is going to have a lot less pressure on her feet than one who weighs 11 stone & has the same size feet (like me). Simple laws of physics.

I don't get the problem wiith Meghan's dress, not my taste but it suits her and I am sure all her underwear is well reinforced.

It's quite possible to live a normal life in a castle, I'm sure the rooms occupied by the family are cosy and parents can love their baby in a castle as well as a three bed semi which is what matters.

All the very best to them.