To just want to sob?

I resemble that remark!!!!!

You are all moaning Minnies.

Yes, good idea! Somewhere that doesn't allow in all the razzmatazz of blue blood, royal aches and pains, tiny pregnancy bumps, royal connections with pert bottoms and party books, commemorative mugs and anything else that is capable of being turned from trivia into headline news!!!! Grrr......and relax

Should we have a 'darkened room' thread? It would have to be rather large if we all wanted to lie down.

As a young couple expecting their firstborn, I wish them well. That's it!

I do wish them well sunseeker, just like any other couple having their first child. The thing is I think I'm suffering from an overload of all things royal right now, and I just don't want to see or hear any more about any of them for a good long time to come. As well as which, it's a bit like listening to any new parent/ grandparent talking about their offspring; it just gets boring after a while. And I hold my hands up - I have been/ am as boring as the next grandparent when it comes to my own!

Can't understand some of the comments - no-one will be forced to buy these things, you don't have to read/hear/watch anythng about the baby. Will I be buying any of this stuff - no. I do wish the parents well, as I would any couple expecting their first child. So come on - lighten up.
Or is this just another excuse to bash the DM (puts on tin hat and ducks below the parapet)

You don't have to buy all or any of the junk that will be on sale. But the smiley pictures in the media will be good.

Is n' t a new baby always a source of enjoyment? Why should n' t we share in this one? It will make a lovely change from so much bad news.

Asda will probably be doing the same kind of thing at a third of the cost. Not worth getting worked up about.
And DM etc not that good at predicting future. DE declared confidently yesterday that today and tomorrow were going to be heat waves soaring into the "80s and 90s" (note the use of old measuring system)
BBC weather predicting low 20s.

Do you think the royals are taking a leaf out of the middletons' book? Seeing how much party pieces has raked in and all that.

Nellie (that's an owl wink btw]

Bring on the Republic, the sooner the better!

nightowl You are most welcome as long as you promise not to hoot all night!

Perhaps the Daily Mail is making the absurd suggestion that the general public will spend vast sums of money on commemoratives and Champagne in the hope of sparking a recovery from what is a triple dip recession in all but name. And, of course, we all know that pensioners are a) devoted to the royals, b) soppy about babies and c) vastly overpaid what with fuel allowances, free prescriptions and bus passes, so come on ladies - YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU! Do your duty and buy lots of pairs of "tractor-themed baby shoes". Perhaps royal babies are smart enough to be able to walk from birth but they won't be of any use to non blue blood babies so maybe you should go for the children's leather caps instead. Super!

But it won't be over will it when? We will have to face daily reports of every breath the royal prince/ess takes, it's first steps, it's first words, and so on and so on until we all go completely and utterly mad. And then they will have another one, and Harry will get married, and it will never ever end. Can I come into your darkened room Nellie?

There, there nellie. It will all be over soon, and you can look forward to thousands of children being given the royal name as they enter this barmy world!

They've hopeful. Seems to me the shops still have stuff left over from last year's jubilee celebrations. How do they know how much people will spend on this rubbish?!

Oh! FFS! and that is strong from me. I have never seen anything so pathetic in my life. This bloody celebrity culture. I cannot see how Joe Public is so stupid as to fall for all this tat.

I wish them all well but for Kate and William fans to want to go and buy royal baby commemorative baby clothes.

The world has gone totally mad. Bonkers.
I cannot cope.
Beam me up.
I need to go and lie down in a darkened room to recover.

I do note though its in the Daily Mail.

Well I'm not going to spend a penny...will wish them well but that's it!

Of course not. It's a prince(ess).

Whaaaaaat???? Isn't she having a baby then?

I'm puzzled. We all know the DM doesn't tell the truth

Nanaej I have searched the site but there is nary a word about the source of their merchandise.

But nobody is forcing us to buy any of it. (I like the guardsman sleepsuit too!!)

Do we know that the Buck House goods are made in UK??
Crazy article trying to make people think they ought to be thinking about a 'wet the baby's head' party and getting the bunting and other party items from Auntie Pip's party tut on-line shop and catalogue.

Just to make it clear the BBQ lunch that some of my & DH friends are coming to in July is already arranged and is not because of the royal baby!