Royal baby: Duchess of Cambridge gives birth to daughter

[ColesCountyDem]

Source: BBC

The Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to a girl, Kensington Palace has announced.

The baby - who is fourth in line to the throne - was "safely delivered" at 08:34 BST, the palace said in a statement.

The Duke of Cambridge was present for the birth of the baby, who weighs 8lbs 3oz (3.7kg).

Both Catherine and her daughter are "doing well", the statement added....

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-32562117

[diabeticman]

1. Wishing the couple and child health and happiness.

[Siwsan]

2. I was hoping it would be a girl

Now for the wait on the name.

[ColesCountyDem]

3. "Thank Heaven For Little Girls"

[Pooka Fey]

4. Sugar and spice and everything nice...

Congratulations to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

[AwakeAtLast]

5. Couldn't be more perfect for them

Diana must be smiling down on them.

[Javaman]

6. another winner of the m(b)illionaires gene pool lottery. nt

[CountAllVotes]

12. +1,000 !!!

n/t

[damyank913]

7. Can anyone explain to me why I should give a damn about the "royal family"?

[enlightenment]

9. No, but maybe you can explain why

you felt the need to comment, since you don't give a damn about the royal family? Seems like you would find better things to do, since you don't give a damn. A curious decision on your part . . .

[ChairmanAgnostic]

17. No, I agree completely. This is not news.

And why should we care about some outdated method of keeping people under control, while they maintain billions in wealth they stole from the people over generations?

[displacedtexan]

10. The family raises tons of money for charity.

The news reports say this new baby will add one billion cash to the economy in tourism and charity just for being born.

[damyank913]

14. Thank you for being the only one to give me a reason.

As you can tell I have no affection for aristocracy. But your point is well taken.

[840high]

11. Why did you bother reading this.

Best wishes to the family and the child.

[Sheldon Cooper]

13. You don't have to give a damn about any damn thing.

Can you explain why you thought you were being asked to give a damn? Or do you just go around shitting on things you don't care about?

[newthinking]

16. Well this is a "democratic" progressive forum and Royalty is a contentious subject

Many people feel that fawning over an old and outdated institution with a history of abusing the common man is something that we should think about and consider.

Having said that, I understand that they are popular and do some good things with their status. This is not the biggest issue in the world, but I would *expect* there to be argument on a forum dedicated to democratic values?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

18. Bingo!

[damyank913]

19. I often wonder how some of these royal groupies would fare under the system...

that these people represented and enforced for so long. Bet that would take the stars outta their eyes.

[ColesCountyDem]

21. Rather a leap to go from posting a news item to being a 'royal groupie', wouldn't you agree? n/t

[damyank913]

23. I do agree...

...but to be sure, there are groupies.

[Nihil]

24. "You" seem to give more than a damn about your own "royal family" ...

A google search for "chelsea clinton baby site:democraticunderground.com" returns
about 15,300 results.

"duchess of cambridge baby site:democraticunderground.com" returns 1480.

"jenna bush baby site:democraticunderground.com" returns 1210.

Let me guess: "That's different" (due to American Exceptionalism or such like).

[damyank913]

25. Is that your guess?

To me it's all the same trivial nonsense.

[hrmjustin]

8. God bless the Princess!

[leftyladyfrommo]

20. I really like William and Kate and Harry and the babies.

I just think they are neat people. I love watching them interact with the children they support. Harry is just wonderful with kids.

That George is adorable. And the new princess is too.

I don't care much about the rest of the royals.

[candelista]

22. Yawn.

[jberryhill]

26. Good to hear she is performing her duty and purpose in life

[giftedgirl77]

27. Sooooo????