Bea's had her baby

[KingsleyShacklebolt]

It's a girl.

www.royal.uk/announcement-birth-princess-beatrice-and-mr-edoardo-mapelli-mozzis-baby

Congratulations to both. Look forward to finding out what they've named her!

@MoggyP

MN users are some of the biggest critics on whatever H&M do, so sometimes it’s necessary to bring the hypocrisy to their attention

What, like announcing a birth about 36 hours after it happened rather than 48 (Lili) or announcing the onset of labour after the baby had been born (Archie)?

Ooh whee, half a day later, yes hang them for that. Both announced after the weekend birth, so happens that Lilly was born on a Friday - after they were kicked out of the rf and stripped, so no need to announce anything.

Also, 'they' - Harry and Meghan never announced anything about the labour.

Maria

Harry and Meghan never announced anything about the labour

www.royal.uk/duke-and-duchess-sussex-update

@Serenster with her 'fact checking' again.

How does this announce the 'onset of labour' after the baby is born?

Lovely news

I'm guessing Mary

Because that press statement was issued shortly before 2pm on the afternoon of 6 May 2019 (various tweets from big newspapers announcing it as breaking news are timestamped at that time). Archie had been born at 5.26am that morning.

Oh I really hope it’s not Adelaide, that’s our top girls name if we ever have a daughter. I like that it isn’t so popular.

@Peaseblossum22

I saw a photo of her planting a tree last week and she looked very uncomfortable and had very puffy ankles, she was admitted Friday afternoon so my bet is that she was induced , maybe high blood pressure. I felt sorry for her because that’s how so was. It sounds like the baby is small but healthy . She is apparently a lovely young woman, albeit with ghastly parents, do I hope she’s doing ok .

Maybe the baby will be Elizabeth /Eliza Helena (after her sister )

I saw a picture of her out on Wednesday night and she looked bloody fantastic with very slim ankles.

@Serenster

Because that press statement was issued shortly before 2pm on the afternoon of 6 May 2019 (various tweets from big newspapers announcing it as breaking news are timestamped at that time). Archie had been born at 5.26am that morning.

And announced by the palace, not H&M as you have attached.

I think it'll be an A name. Alice, Alexandra, Amelia

Victoria and Helena would be fitting too

@MaverickDanger I hate to say it but it is quite popular. Ada is usually the shortened version of it but I've seen it a lot in schools and nurseries.

Always amusing, @dontyouwish2.

You start off by saying “That didn’t happen” - it did
Then you say “that doesn’t amount to announcing labour after the baby was born” - it does.
Now you say “that wasn’t Meghan and Harry” - it was the Buckingham Palace press office, who at that time were Meghan and Harry’s official spokespeople. And if you really want us to believe that they would have spontaneously issued a press release that both contained personal medical information AND was misleading the press, without their principals’ say so, well, there’s no helping you.

Sophia/Sofia could also be an option.

Works in both English and Italian, is a classic name yet is popular and has a modern vibe to it. It also has royal heritage as one of George III’s daughters was a Sophia. The only downsides is it might be too close to Aunt Sophie’s name.

@Serenster

Always amusing, *@dontyouwish2*.

You start off by saying “That didn’t happen” - it did
Then you say “that doesn’t amount to announcing labour after the baby was born” - it does.
Now you say “that wasn’t Meghan and Harry” - it was the Buckingham Palace press office, who at that time were Meghan and Harry’s official spokespeople. And if you really want us to believe that they would have spontaneously issued a press release that both contained personal medical information AND was misleading the press, without their principals’ say so, well, there’s no helping you.

It did not happen from H&M, it happened from the palace that was briefing against them, so no, not a statement from them.

Once more, it was issued by the palace that briefs against them, so no, they did not announce anything about the labour.

No, BK was briefing against them and taking things in their own hands, as demonstrated with 'Master' Archie etc. BK misled the press, not H&M.
As they had stated, the 'principals' (H&M) had no say in what the palace where doing, mostly because they were told the palace is 'protecting them'. Which they obviously were not. Instead they were causing these kind of confusions, most likely on purpose, so people can come on here and make statements like the other poster has done.

BK is actually BP

It did not happen from H&M, it happened from the palace that was briefing against them, so no, not a statement from them

This is incorrect. It was a press release from their official spokespeople at the time.

This was not an off the record briefing about them. It was an approved release, done in entirely the normal way, and (as pointed out above) using personal/medical information that needed approval of the principals for release.

(ending my comments on the derailing with this)

Back to the new parents: I think an Italianate name would be lovely, and faintly expect something Shakespearean

@SirGawain, Filippa is the correct Italian spelling.

I see Florence is topping the bookies’ list - it’s a lovely name. Also Victorian-referenced, with Florence Nightingale. Her younger sister was actually called Parthenope which I think is the Greek name for Naples. Bea is probably eccentric enough to also consider that!

(Also no longer engaging in pointless discussions)

Nice for HMQ to have some good news for a change

I'm going for Helena Maud

@MoggyP

It did not happen from H&M, it happened from the palace that was briefing against them, so no, not a statement from them

This is incorrect. It was a press release from their official spokespeople at the time.

This was not an off the record briefing about them. It was an approved release, done in entirely the normal way, and (as pointed out above) using personal/medical information that needed approval of the principals for release.

(ending my comments on the derailing with this)

Back to the new parents: I think an Italianate name would be lovely, and faintly expect something Shakespearean

As I said before, 'Master Archie' did not come from them, yet it was formally released by the palace. So it does not mean it came from them or their team.

Laura Helena Florence Adelaide

Wait, people actually believe that Harry and Meghan really, really wanted to keep the public apprised of everything, and would totally have announced correct information about the labour and birth if they'd been allowed to, but the mean old greysuits at the Palace lied to the public just to make H&M look bad?

@PinkTonic sorry about the DM link , her ankles definitely look very puffy in the tree planting photo .

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10001131/amp/Princess-Beatrice-Forget-Not-Childrens-Hospice-Huddersfield.html

Mitzi.