# Kate Middleton is pregnant **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 3, 2012, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-middleton-is-pregnant/642859 "2012-12-03T16:15:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-middleton-is-pregnant/642859/361 "2013-07-01T03:50:45Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I thought it was due in July. I’ll pick July 15, my grandmother’s birthday (she’d turn 108 this year if she were still alive). And also in honor of my grandmother, I’ll call it a girl. > [@panache45](#): > > My mother would have been 100 last week. > [@Baker](#): > > Your grandmother and mine must have been very close in age. My grandmother died last November, less than a month before her 108th birthday. July 15, 1905. But she died in 1995 at age 89, just a few months shy of 90. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-middleton-is-pregnant/642859/362 "2013-07-01T12:44:12Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > Pardon me, no posts here yet. Is the whole “Baby Pool” thing in bad taste? No idea…but I’m betting on today, June 30th. > > Give or take 6 hours. > > A girl… Ok, I was wrong. The birthday won’t be the 30th. Sorry. (I really do mean that; to be this pregnant in July heat can_not_ be fun… ☹ ) Still, I think they’ll have a daughter. Happy, healthy, and growing up to have a free spirit, a strong mind, and a mad smile. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-middleton-is-pregnant/642859/363 "2013-07-01T17:56:48Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I’m quite glad we cut our ties to the British monarchy in 1776, but that doesn’t mean I can’t be interested in them now. Of course you can. I meant no offence, merely that it is sort of funny. I’m a miserable little sod, so I suppose I look for any way to get a little giggle. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-middleton-is-pregnant/642859/364 "2013-07-01T18:01:00Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > When the kid is born will matter little to that shower of shit stirring pricks. Haha, that is an accurate enough name for them. They go stomping noisily around here in Glasgow too - a right old pain. As for baby names, I’ve just thought. The kid should be called “Catherine” because then it would be great fun watching the tabloid trash writers trying to get the two different spelling correct. Ooh yes! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-middleton-is-pregnant/642859/365 "2013-07-01T19:28:46Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > OK, baby names. Let’s figure four Christian names, like Wills and Harry have.There are no Georges in the present Royal Fam, except for Charles Philip Arthur George. Maybe they’re saving it. > > It seems likely that a firstborn son would share at least one Christian name with his grandfather, and George is the patron saint of England, after all. But what if Wills and Kate have a girl? If the baby is a girl, my money would be on Victoria - supposedly, that and Elizabeth were the frontrunners had William been a girl. (Also supposedly, the reason neither of Andrew’s daughters were named Victoria or Elizabeth was because they were “reserved” for Charles and Diana’s children.) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-middleton-is-pregnant/642859/366 "2013-07-01T23:32:26Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > If the baby is a girl, my money would be on Victoria - supposedly, that and Elizabeth were the frontrunners had William been a girl. (Also supposedly, the reason neither of Andrew’s daughters were named Victoria or Elizabeth was because they were “reserved” for Charles and Diana’s children.) Andrew’s daughter Eugenie’s full name is Eugenie **Victoria** Helena. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2013, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-middleton-is-pregnant/642859/367 "2013-07-02T02:46:18Z")
Isn’t that the name of “Bonnie Blue Butler” in _Gone With the Wind_? Is the former Duchess of York a big GWTW fan? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2013, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-middleton-is-pregnant/642859/368 "2013-07-02T03:32:31Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > Isn’t that the name of “Bonnie Blue Butler” in _Gone With the Wind_? > > Is the former Duchess of York a big GWTW fan? I don’t know, but way back when I first heard the name I wondered the same thing. My mother’s favorite movie is GWTW, and I’ve seen it several times and read the book. I can remember the scene when Mammie mentions the child has the name of two queens. But there were other family members with the same names. I think it was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria who was Victoria Eugenie, who married into the royal family of Spain, where some things are named for her. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-middleton-is-pregnant/642859/369 "2013-07-03T09:15:17Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > Ok, I was wrong. The birthday won’t be the 30th. Sorry. (I really do mean that; to be this pregnant in July heat can_not_ be fun… ☹ ) > > Still, I think they’ll have a daughter. Happy, healthy, and growing up to have a free spirit, a strong mind, and a mad smile. 🙂 Unfortunately there is no July heat. ☹ I’m willing to bet that a boy child will have Charles as a middle name, and a girl both Elizabeth and Diana. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-middleton-is-pregnant/642859/370 "2013-07-03T16:57:16Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I don’t know, but way back when I first heard the name I wondered the same thing. My mother’s favorite movie is GWTW, and I’ve seen it several times and read the book. I can remember the scene when Mammie mentions the child has the name of two queens. > > But there were other family members with the same names. I think it was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria who was Victoria Eugenie, who married into the royal family of Spain, where some things are named for her. Victoria Eugenie was named in part after Empress Eugenie. Eugenie married Napoleon III and was a contemporary of Queen Victoria. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-middleton-is-pregnant/642859/371 "2013-07-03T19:11:01Z")
finland has sent them a baby box. the baby box is a really fantastic thing. [http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/07/03/2457368/british-royal-couple-given-finnish.html](http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/07/03/2457368/british-royal-couple-given-finnish.html) ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-middleton-is-pregnant/642859/372 "2013-07-03T19:12:19Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > finland has sent them a baby box. the baby box is a really fantastic thing. > > [http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/07/03/2457368/british-royal-couple-given-finnish.html](http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/07/03/2457368/british-royal-couple-given-finnish.html) I think I want to go to Finland and have a baby now. Well, in over 9 months, but y’know what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![Septima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Septima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Septima)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-middleton-is-pregnant/642859/373 "2013-07-03T19:47:18Z")
That is so cute. Everyone needs one of those (well, everyone with a baby, I guess. Not that I’m judging). ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-middleton-is-pregnant/642859/374 "2013-07-03T23:11:15Z")
Hmm. Cardboard boxes just don’t seem the Windsor style. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-middleton-is-pregnant/642859/375 "2013-07-04T00:17:08Z")
If Nelson Mandela’s death and the Royal Baby’s birth happen at the same time is anyone else wondering which the media will give a higher priority? ---
**Author:** ![Septima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Septima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Septima)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2013, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-middleton-is-pregnant/642859/376 "2013-07-04T01:10:34Z")
I love the fact that the baby box contains condoms. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2013, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-middleton-is-pregnant/642859/377 "2013-07-04T05:37:53Z")
I love the baby box. That grey jumpsuit with the bunny… > [@LavenderBlue](#): > > Victoria Eugenie was named in part after Empress Eugenie. Eugenie married Napoleon III and was a contemporary of Queen Victoria. And the names close the loop, because María Eugenia Palafox Portocarrero y Kirkpatrick\*, aka Eugenia de Montijo, aka Empress Eugenie, was from Spain (Granada specifically). - No, I don’t know that list of names by heart, but I was sure Eugenia de Montijo wouldn’t be her full name. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2013, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-middleton-is-pregnant/642859/378 "2013-07-04T14:20:06Z")
> [@Septima](#): > > I love the fact that the baby box contains condoms. that did crack me up. could be why “finish twins” is not a popular saying. i think the baby box is the best thing since ben and jerry’s ice cream. saunas and baby boxes, well done finland! ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2013, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-middleton-is-pregnant/642859/379 "2013-07-04T14:21:24Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > If Nelson Mandela’s death and the Royal Baby’s birth happen at the same time is anyone else wondering which the media will give a higher priority? or will nelson or mandela get into the baby name line up? ---
**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 4, 2013, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-middleton-is-pregnant/642859/380 "2013-07-04T15:31:59Z")
rocking chair: > [@](#): > > finland has sent them a baby box. the baby box is a really fantastic thing. Until I clicked on the link, I thought it was some variation of “Skinner Box.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-middleton-is-pregnant/642859.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-middleton-is-pregnant/642859.md?page=20)