Meghan and Harry

Why shouldn't Meghan be 'traipsing round the Antipodes'? Women in Australia & NZ have babies, too - indeed the Prime Minister of NZ has recently had a baby while in office!

Most women have to go out to work when pregnant, I can't imagine that Meghan is a harder situation from any of those women. She's fortunate indeed that she feels well enough to carry out her duties, I wouldn't have been able to do so with my first and last pregnancies, so good luck to her!

merlot, thank heaven I didn’t suffer with that, ordinary morning sickness was bad enough , ate more ginger biscuits in those weeks than I usually did in a year . Poor you x

The first pregnancy was the worst, annie because I didn't know what had hit me and didn't get much sympathy from people who thought I was exaggerating. We belonged to a car club and they couldn't understand why I didn't want to take part in a rally.

I think our Labrador showed the most consideration by not begging me for walks and crossing her legs until DH got home.

Thank goodness more is known about Hyperemesis Gravidarum now and I'm glad neither of my DDs suffered.

merlot, it must have been awful for you

I had the same as Kate and ended up in hospital on a drip. I was nearly five months pregnant before I stopped being sick. They told me it would ease with future pregnancies.

Wrong!!

Meghan looks well but she's bound to need some rest.

Either Harry knows the sex of the baby or he needs to kerb his vocal diarrhoea

I spent most of the first three months with head over loo , thank heaven I didn’t have what Kate did, the thought of vomiting almost all day every day , must be awful

re elderly couples holding hands -
One of the unexpected but nice things about living back in Geordieland is the number of very elderly couples walking along hand in hand. If I'm with husband I hold onto his arm.
I sometimes wonder if it's to give support when tripping on the uneven pavements .

Annie - my point is about tactile people. Some people are huggers and chatters, others aren't. My impression is that M and H are huggers and chatters. I'm not criticising those who aren't and I wouldn't hug or chat to someone whose body language said 'keep your distance'. I'm certain if I just happened to be in the vicinity of M and H - I'd hug given a chance.

Fit as a fiddle but I was absolutely floored by how tired I felt.
I felt as if I had flu and so tired I could hardly function. It wasn't through lack of iron either.

Lovely to see them on Fraser Island today and, of course, we tend to forget that Harry has taken on The Queen's Commonwealth Canopy, which has been set up in order to help conserve forests throughout the Commonwealth.

queenscommonwealthcanopy.org/

Fennel, I didn’t arrange the tour, you said ‘maybe it was planned ages, I only replied with a fact ‘ it was arranged a year or more ago, The Invictus Games?

They could have delayed the pregnancy , would a month have made a difference in the grand scheme of life.

Iam, what stroking dogs and hugging small children has to do with this discussion is baffling.

Well said Iam64

Blimey, and so it goes on. For what its worth , myself and Mr iam held hands and had a cuddle as we walked through out town centre today. We'd had a bit of a day one way and another, well a bit of a week or two really, so it was lovely to remember that we love each other and are easy with demonstrating affection towards each other. We also hug small children, stroke dogs and talk to anyone we meet who wants a chat.
Sparklefizz (and others) thanks for your kind and positive comments about this young couple. I'm sure the trip was planned before M became pregnant, though given her age it was pretty clear to everyone that the couple would be anxious to start their family asap. Good on her for not continuing to try to be perfect and keep up ridiculously long hours demanded on this tour. I bet its a real shock to her, that her pregnancy doesn't 'show' to the outside world but she will certainly feel it. I was 22 when I had my first pregnancy. Fit as a fiddle but I was absolutely floored by how tired I felt.
Good luck to them

"The visit was planned before the wedding . I think everyone is understanding about the pregnancy".
That's not the point Annie.
She shouldn't be traipsing round the antipodes in early pregnancy.

I liked the dress she wore today ?

Oldswoman - am sorry for your loss, husband and I married 55 years despite not holding hands, linking arms in public is not our thing.

The visit was planned before the wedding . I think everyone is understanding about the pregnancy

I think it's more the fault of whoever planned this state visit for them at this stage of her pregnancy.
Maybe it was planned ages ago, and they didn't want to cancel. But even so .....
And the media know that it sells papers.

They ( the media) don’t need to we on GN seem to be doing that for them!

the media are not critcising her Sparkle

Annie - let it rest, eh? I've explained what I meant. No need to make mountains out of molehills.

Sparkle, I think I am the only one critcising and you said - ‘why can’t we be more understanding and sensitive ‘ in your post to me .

I said "Why can't we be more understanding ...." meaning the whole media. I didn't say "Why can't you .." Annie

I didn't criticise you at all, Annie but just answered your post.

I just think that the world needs more kindness, and that it's lovely to see a young couple so happy with each other.

humpty, that moment Diana hugged her sons, what was cut from that film was Charles was behind her and hugged his sons too.