I don’t normally take much interest in this stuff, but I’m bored…
Too early for a sweepstake on names? I’m hoping for a girl called Elizabeth.
After months and months of rumours, seems that the royals finally have a new member to look forward too. If all goes well, the little bundle of cells that exists right now will one day be the monarch of the U.K. and her Commonwealth Realms.
So…names? May I suggest ‘Ralph’ if it’s a boy.
There’s an excellent chance this baby (especially if female) will be the British monarch at the end of the 21st century, I mention just for the heck of it.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE–Have a girl and name her Diana.
I for one will continue to support the British monarchy for as long as they continue to give us extra Bank Holidays.
ETA: No! No “Diana”! That’s a surefire way to screw up the kid (even more than being in the royal family does anyway). Gotta be “Elizabeth”.
Or “Pippa”. 
Cripes, hadn’t considered that option.
I’m going for Elizabeth Diana Anne… (how many names do they get these days?). Kate’s mother’s name is Carole, which isn’t what you’d call regal.
Thread already in Cafe Society.
“The duchess was admitted Monday to King Edward VII Hospital in Central London with hyperemesis gravidarum (or severe morning sickness), according to a release from the palace.”
Poor Kate, that’s an awful feeling. The good news it that it is generally a positive sign in terms of high pregnancy hormones and a healthy baby. But it sucks for the woman and can last the whole pregnancy.
Why “especially if female”?
Anyhoo, they should name her “Brandy”.
N/m
Moved one thread from Cafe Society to MPSIMS and merged it with a thread already there.
I had hyperemesis when I was seven months along. It’s just awful. I spent two weeks in the hospital on IV’s crying and praying. Poor Kate.
Name predictions:
Boy: George Philip Charles after Grandma Elizabeth’s beloved father, William’s grandpa and the current Prince of Wales.
Girl: Caroline Diana Elizabeth after Kate’s mom, Princesss Di and Grandma Betty.
Assuming she gives birth to twins, can you imagine how the second born (by one minute or something) will feel? And that first born had better watch out when climbing that jungle gym in the backyard with their sibling holding a vat of motor oil, recently applied to the upper parts of the apparatus.
I think the boy’s name will be: Jay-Z Lennon Tupac
The girl’s name will be: Adele Madonna Pink
There will also be a royal scandal when child(ren) get multiple tattoos at age 14 and marry their same-sex partner at age 18.
Pippa is a mild slang word in Swedish meaning “having sexual intercourse”. 
I’ve never heard of morning sickness so bad that you have to be admitted to a hospital. Sounds miserable. A co-worker said it could be a sign of twins.
Arthur George William Charles Michael (great great grandad, both grandads, dad and Arthur because, well, how brilliant would King Arthur be?)
Because women, especially Windsor women, tend to outlive their men, and this baby would need to make it to 87 to see in the next century.
Morbid question: if Elizabeth, Charles, and William were to all die before the baby was born, I assume he/she get skipped in the line of succession and Harry becomes king. But suppose the new child is a day old and the three people in front all kick the royal bucket- could there be an infant monarch?
You know the butler did it. 
Ah, gottcha.
Out of further curiousity, does the inheritance still favour males? That is, if the current baby turns out to be female, and then she’s followed by a baby brother in a few years, is the heir apparent the older female or her younger brother?