Royal baby's name.

I don't think it's oviously anything to do with Prince Charles's name. Kate and Will probably just like the name Charlotte!

I think they are lovely names especially as we have a daughter Elizabeth, a DGD Charlotte (very definitely Lottie) and one of my loveliest friends is a Diana.

Elizabeth was the chosen second name for girls in my family for generations. There was no way I was going to have my daughters given the same second name as their mother, grandmother, great grandmother, cousins, aunts etc., etc. Ridiculous!!

Nobody batted an eyelid. They were probably all sick of it as well.

Lovely names.

I agree. Very nice. Bonnie princess Charlie maybe! Lottie is nicer but I daresay it'll turn into whatever George can pronounce. Hope she has a long and happy life and we don't hear much about her in the media.

Fabulous name if I may say so myself,my namesake won the betting in our house.

I like the names, very appropriate and should please all the family. I hadn't thought of it as a tribute to P. Charles! A bit slow today.

DD1 didn't look like a newborn, she was very pretty with curly dark hair, and she was about the same weight as the royal baby.
(No 2 looked as if he had been in a boxing match and no 3 was jaundiced.)

I though the pictures of the baby were delightful. Reminded me so much of my first born (late and a good weight) and both my darling GC (also both late and good weights. Babies differ enormously and why anyone is even bothering to give credence to a few ridiculous 'rumors' is beyond me.

What is a newborn supposed to look like anyway? They vary tremendously.

Lovely names, I'm glad they included Diana she would have been so proud.

rosequartz all red and crumpled.

I do like the names, particularly Charlotte. Pleased they included Diana.

The Charlotte Elizabeth in my family has just put a request on facebook that I start practicing my curtsey!

With these knees?????

Yes, lovely names and I'm with those who are pleased that William's mum gets a look in.

I also hope this baby (Lottie I hope) is to be given some privacy, along with her big brother and her parents. I must be getting soft in my old age - our wonderful daughter had her first baby on Friday. She had a very tough pregnancy and her baby was delivered early by planned c section because of concerns for his growth. He makes the new princess look like what we'd call in the north west a right bouncer. He is tiny, but absolutely perfect and the whole family are besotted - of course we are Incidentally, our daughter was up and walking about 12 hours after her c section, is breast feeding successfully and that's life, isn't it folks. Could not be more thrilled if I tried !

Congrats to Iam64!

Lovely names - a perfect choice!

Whatever the family choose to call the new little princess in private - Lottie, Charlie etc, we, the Great British Public, will have to put up with whatever the media decide to call her. The Duchess of Cambridge was dubbed Kate by the media from day 1 - as I understand it she is not generally called Kate among her close friends and family (correct me if I'm wrong!). Similarly I am quite sure Diana wasn't ever referred to by her family and friends as 'Di', but she was frequently called Princess Di by the media.

As soon as the pregnancy was announced I said she would be called Charlotte, I didn't even think of a name for a boy.

I think she was called Kate at university, AshTree.

At the time of the Royal wedding the media started referring to Catherine and Phillipa. Didn't last long though.

Ah well, I stand corrected merlot - I was sure I'd read somewhere that she was always known as Catherine by her family and friends.

My DGS3 didn't look like a new born, weighing in at 10lb 4oz. He's 5 weeks old now and filling out a 3 to 6 month babygro. Guess what he was going to be called if he'd been a girl?! Not for long though apparently. My DS says they would have had to change it, to avoid people thinking they'd copied the royals.

Congratulations Iam glad to hear all is well

I feel sorry that 'Kate' had to have make up and hair done for the appearance rather than resting. I had DD2 at home on a Sunday morning after a 24 hour labour, and was told by the midwife that I mustn't go downstairs that day (not sure why). However, I cooked a roast lunch while DH buried the placenta in the garden along with my nightie , and surprised the neighbours by carrying out the dustbin that evening for collection next morning. A nurse friend warned me of a prolapse in later life due to these actions, but it hasn't happened yet!

I feel a bit unsure about the way the Middletons are selling little prince/princess items. Know they've been doing it for a while but it seems a bit tacky to me .

Well, I wouldn't have minded someone coming along to do my hair and makeup after giving birth. Waving to the gongoozlers outside the hospital would have been a small price to pay.

Grrr. Feeling anti-royalist today.

Tegan - definitely tacky. Am I surprised?