# It's happening! It's happening! Royal baby **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 22, 2013, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-happening-its-happening-royal-baby/664173 "2013-07-22T07:25:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-happening-its-happening-royal-baby/664173/1 "2013-07-22T07:25:36Z")
on the way! Hurrah! ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-happening-its-happening-royal-baby/664173/2 "2013-07-22T07:58:58Z")
Woop! She’s picked the hottest day in London this year for the delivery - hope the hospital has decent aircon. ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-happening-its-happening-royal-baby/664173/3 "2013-07-22T08:15:45Z")
At £6,500 a night, I should hope so. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-happening-its-happening-royal-baby/664173/4 "2013-07-22T13:51:32Z")
I’m excited, too! A good, happy thing to look forward to. I want to know the sex, name…see the first photo. Much better than being bombarded with news about the Kardashians. I hope she has an easy delivery and all goes well. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-happening-its-happening-royal-baby/664173/5 "2013-07-22T14:12:08Z")
Wot? No webcam? ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-happening-its-happening-royal-baby/664173/6 "2013-07-22T14:50:47Z")
pick a date and time, use GMT. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-happening-its-happening-royal-baby/664173/7 "2013-07-22T15:00:14Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > pick a date and time, use GMT. 6.38pm GMT (7.38 BST), today. 13-14 hours labour is enough for anyone (I imagine). ---
**Author:** ![67java89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/aeb1de/32.png) [@67java89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/67java89)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-happening-its-happening-royal-baby/664173/8 "2013-07-22T15:01:21Z")
Yay! I’m excited too! They seem like a really nice couple. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-happening-its-happening-royal-baby/664173/9 "2013-07-22T15:13:44Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Wot? No webcam? I wonder if the Home Secretary still has to be in attendance, to ensure that there’s no baby-swapping intrigue? ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-happening-its-happening-royal-baby/664173/10 "2013-07-22T15:20:18Z")
Prince for pauper, as it were? ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-happening-its-happening-royal-baby/664173/11 "2013-07-22T15:20:53Z")
Wait till they see the obstetrician is John Cleese and he brought he machine that goes “PING!” ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-happening-its-happening-royal-baby/664173/12 "2013-07-22T15:21:44Z")
Well, I just hope these two kids got all the travelling they wanted to do out of their system beforehand because after you have a kid you never get to go anywhere again. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-happening-its-happening-royal-baby/664173/13 "2013-07-22T15:42:38Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Well, I just hope these two kids got all the travelling they wanted to do out of their system beforehand because after you have a kid you never get to go anywhere again. Unless your grandmother is one of the world’s richest people and the government provides you with armies of staff to attend to every need. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-happening-its-happening-royal-baby/664173/14 "2013-07-22T15:48:18Z")
Boy/girl predictions? I say girl. Name? I’mma go out on a limb and say “Olive.” Princess Olive. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-happening-its-happening-royal-baby/664173/15 "2013-07-22T15:52:10Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Unless your grandmother is one of the world’s richest people and the government provides you with armies of staff to attend to every need. Who knew! ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-happening-its-happening-royal-baby/664173/16 "2013-07-22T16:29:37Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Unless your grandmother is one of the world’s richest people and the government provides you with armies of staff to attend to every need. Im pretty sure the government doesnt provide them with very much save protection. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-happening-its-happening-royal-baby/664173/17 "2013-07-22T16:43:20Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Boy/girl predictions? > > I say girl. > > Name? > > I’mma go out on a limb and say “Olive.” Princess Olive. Girl. Princess Charlotte Alexandra Diana Elizabeth. Women look less ridiculous doing royally things. ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-happening-its-happening-royal-baby/664173/18 "2013-07-22T16:47:45Z")
> [@SanVito](#): > > Woop! > > She’s picked the hottest day in London this year for the delivery - hope the hospital has decent aircon. When we had our kids, the maternity ward was kept deliberately really warm for the babies. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-happening-its-happening-royal-baby/664173/19 "2013-07-22T16:52:48Z")
**It’s now 5:53pm London time. It appears the baby will be a Leo.** > [@](#): > > The timing of the baby’s birth today will dictate whether the baby is an emotional Cancerian or fiery Leo, astrologers say. > > If the child is born before 4.54pm today, it will be a Cancerian, like its father Prince William and grandmother Diana, Princess of Wales. > > But if the baby comes later, astrologers say it will be Leo, like its great aunt Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, and Princess Anne. > > Read more: [Royal baby: Just like his dad! Royal baby is a sensitive Cancerian like Prince William and Diana, Princess of Wales | Daily Mail Online](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2373192/Will-Kate-Middletons-Royal-baby-Leo-Cancerian-Twitter-frenzy-childs-star-sign.html#ixzz2ZnI1LRVN) > Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook ---
**Author:** ![Sally\_Mander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Sally\_Mander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sally_Mander)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-happening-its-happening-royal-baby/664173/20 "2013-07-22T17:01:37Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > Girl. Princess Charlotte Alexandra Diana Elizabeth. I’m going to agree with some variation of this name. If not Diana, then Frances, Diana’s middle name. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-happening-its-happening-royal-baby/664173.md?page=2)