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YESTERDAY MAY HAVE been a long day for Kate Middleton but it was an even longer one for newspaper editors who had to wait and see if the royal baby would arrive in time for their first editions.
In the end, everything went smoothly: the boy was born at 4.24pm in the Lindo Wing of St Mary’s Hospital in London, where Prince William was born in 1982. Kensington Palace said the baby’s name will be announced “in due course”.
Predictably, all of the British front pages went big on the birth: The Sun even temporarily changed its name to The Son in a moment of sub-editing smartness. The Independent, which is traditionally more republican than most other papers, used a photograph from outside Buckingham Palace but led with a main story about Prime Minister David Cameron’s attempt to crack down on internet porn – the only paper not to give over most or all of its front page to the new arrival.
The lack of any pictures yet of the new child or of the Duke or Duchess of Cambridge at the hospital meant the papers had to be a little more imaginative in their front pages, with some using old pictures of the couple, some using photos of the official announcement of the birth, and one opting for a photo of Prince Charles looking excited.
Here’s how they looked.
The Sun
The Times
The Mirror
The Guardian
The Telegraph
The Independent
The I
The Star
Daily Express
Daily Mail
The Scotsman
(Images: @hendopolis/Kiosko.net)
And just in case you missed it, here’s the rather surreal moment when a town crier stood outside St Mary’s Hospital and announced the birth of the baby.
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That’s all a bit yesterday.
Where’s the sunshine gone?
Baby is born. And this is news? Yawn.
Yes more importantly where is our sunshine gone? Please come back.
Where’s his grand mother? Oh right the very same news papers hounded her to an early grave
They didn’t hound her an early grave. Mr and mrs windsor had her killed
Didn’t one of those papers show pictures of the royal knockers not long ago?
Its The Royal Mail.
I think the protocol changes with the photographers questions like this,
How are you and the baby feeling Mam.
Where as before it was get’em out Katie for the Boys overseas.
That my interruption.
They are trying to take away my Internet porn while the worship of the elite hypnotises the masses.
Wow £27.99 to Scotland, that’s a bargain!
Wait until you see how much they’ll charge you to leave…there’s always a catch.
What will the cover of An Poblacht be?
Kate Middleton taking a shite
Not to be crude but she probably evacuated herself yesterday
So did most people
He will rule nothing Jason. The British royal family is nothing more than a fancy zoo. There for the tourists and nothing else.
Saxon shilling? News for you, the Royal family are not descended from Saxons.
Germans, Russians, Austrians and French maybe…
But the Royal family are firstly descended from the conquering Normans, not the Saxons. The Saxe Coburg’s were a German line but from Bavaria, not the former Saxony. You mean English.
Actually Henry II was a descendant of the Saxon kings on his mother’s side. This was a deliberate ploy to shore up the legitimacy of the Plantagenets. So it’s accurate to call all subsequent monarchs “Saxon”.
Henry II had a grandmother who had a tenuous link to the Saxon kings – and that makes all subsequent generations of the Royal family Saxon?
Thin, but a valiant attempt. The Royal family are the descendants of the oppressors of the English people – the same oppressors who oppressed Ireland, mind.
However us English quite fell in love with them after a few centuries because they pitted us against the French when they wanted to continue the overlordship of the lands they came from. We even love them too nowadays.
Apparently the baby is really hairy and has a moustache! Pat mustard must have had his massive tool in her box!
ya mean?…. do you think the babies are copying his style?
Who. F*cking. Cares.
I just scrolled past 17 articles I didn’t care about.
Should I go back to each one to let everyone know I don’t care?
Only 17
Why do they call her Kate Middleton. Is it not Windsor? Anyway, best wishes to them and all the other parents who had babies yesterday and today etc.
And here for the 99th time is how the journal reported on this farce
why so much hatred and anger. its big news to some people. when the new pope was being elected we had constant reporting from all news chanels. ah well, haters goin a hate.
To paraphrase the joker in the dark knight:
“people have babies everyday and nobody bats an eyelid. A famous person has a baby and everybody looses their minds”
They should call him paddy!
What about Seán.
Anyone who gives a rats @rse about this is an example of everything that’s wrong with the world.
Chill out will ya
Anyone who can’t just feel one grain of happiness for a young couple who have just had their first child is an example of everything that’s wrong with the world!
Agree with you about the OTT media coverage though, fwiw.
I saw some rain today ! ☁
Although they are but figureheads and tourism generators to many (and terrifically effective landlords within the 3 realms), there is some thing powerful behind a people being united with a strengthened identity….hard to feel anything similar in Ireland at present!!
”Although they are but figureheads and tourism generators ”
some figureheads
- queen worth £ 510 million , Prince Charles worth £ 210 million
”The figures did not include the worth of the Crown Jewels and Royal Collection. These royal assets, as well as $11 billion worth of U.K property, are owned by Britain and not the Queen, according to Forbes. ”
”The study also found that Prince Andrew, who is fourth in line of succession to the throne, has a net worth of $75 million. Followed by Prince Edward, who has $45 million and Princess Anne who has $30 million.”
These are elitist Parasites – and yet people defend Royalty – and the story is same with rest of Europe’s ” ” Royal ,” Families . They out do the bankers in many respects .
Poor Charles owns the Duchy of Cornwall – a little farm over 133,000 acres spread over approx. 30 counties .
– but they do charity work – aren’t they wonderful .
Not sure if this is a rebuttal or not Jim but I did say, ‘to many’…I never meant to all!! And your figures do support the terrifically effective landlords part (even if they are not in a moral sense!!)
”And your figures do support the terrifically effective landlords part (even if they are not in a moral sense”
in what way – to me they are terrifically effective parasites
I heard their calling it Dido.
Fcuk I meant Dodi..haha
*they’re
Ahhh for gods sake , sky news would make you sick, how is the baby going take to the throne, how will the parents cope with the baby
Seriously people, the parents will have a million servants to cope with the baby – unlimited money, the baby would have somebody to scratch its ass if it wants
Rediculas how it’s played on the news
I hate tennis, ergo I don’t watch tennis.
There’s a lesson there.
The state of them… Get a life England.
Daily star fairly coloured her cheeks pink!
Funny if it looked like Primce Charles.
It will be more funny if it looks like prince Harry or even James Hewitt.
Funnier again if it looked like Liam Gallagher !
Jeez, leave the royal vagina out of this!
All these jealous Irish people.
Oops … I just clicked on the wrong page, I meant to click on The Journal.ie but I must have clicked on The Journal.uk
Nothing to do with us, Journal, where’s the news, this is sh*te journalism
The Journal has stooped to a new low
Not one commentary has referred to the fact that, by the time this baby grows up, there’ll be no monarchy in England.
Why?
Can you give me next week’s lotto numbers please ;-)
@mattoid
My “why?” was to loosecannon because he said there wont be a monarchy in britain anymore!
Oh yes, they will see the coverage of the next presidential election here and decide how simply spiffing it would be to have an ex-politician as head of state instead.
Their wont be a slimmed down version at all. The Commonwealth monarchy is more popular than ever.
@Emer
My comment was directed at loosecannon. Sorry should have made that clearer.
anyone see one of articles in daily fail?? headline was trying to”Steal” Kates Thunders it was about this famous tv presenters sister who had a child around the same time as Kate in the same place. it was like so condescending so according to them basically no one should have had a child yesterday??
Why are people so obnoxious and making disgraceful comments about a mother and her new born baby. People may not agree with the royal family fair enough but they do not have to cast such disgraceful comments on a new born baby, have a little respect and give the new parents a chance….even if they are British.
Most say it’s a boy, yet it’s Kate on front, fail.
*tumbleweed*
Her birth is quite interesting actually by what I have heard. She was hypnobirthing so no, not that normal. And she is going to breastfeed, I’m thrilled!
Not sure why you got the red thumbs Evie. My girlfriend is 21 weeks, she’s going to hypnobirth and breast feed too. I think all mammies are great!
what is that kay burley like she so up her own arse she a disgrace
How does this get blasted all over the news, its not like she gave birth any differently to anyone ever in the history of the world, ha
Who gives a flying ****! More important matters happening in the world today
WTF with all the British history ‘ 5th century this that and all the other shit said ‘ 32 County Sovereignty ‘ if the Prods up the North want the Queen to represent them & govern them ‘ well then feck off to the Mainland England and Live.
Who was the last royal to suck on a dodi?
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