I do believe your faux contempt masks an "In the closet Royalist" Paddyann. Wow! thanks for this extraordinarily exciting piece of news, I thank you from the bottom of my plebeian heart. Now I take it we are talking about Beatrice, or should I say Princess Beatrice, who in my opinion looks very like her umpteen great grandma, Queen Victoria, same rather large startled eyes. You could try Googling the young Queen Vic., Paddyann and you might see what I mean, anyway no doubt the very mention of her name gives you a warm glow, how she loved Scotland, surrounded by taran and no doubt shed loads of shortbread which would explain her expanding girth and the first royal to set up home up there in the highlands, after as you quite rightly point out, the English rather unkindly chopped the head off Mary Queen of Scots bastards
Anyway, as you say nothing like a wedding to take the plebs minds off everything else, perhaps you could offer your services as a wedding planner, in a attempt to try and shore up Anglo Scottish relations.
Meanwhile it seems that Meghan and Harry are trying to outdo each other in utter drivel with their woke announcements, Meghan with her "I come here as your sister, woman of colour" platitudes in South Africa and Harry with his disturbing "I worry so much about the world I can hardly get out of bed some days" Anyway it was cheering to see Archbishop Tutu and daughter so pleased to welcome the family with baby Archie who to my mind does appear to have grandfather Thomas' deep set eyes. Moving on I wonder whether Archbishop Tutu's daughter realised that Meghan, whilst looking happy on the surface may have took exception to her gender specific comment regarding little Archie "he looks as if he will be a lady's man" surely not! does the woman not know there are a whole gamut of recognised sexes now one cannot possibly make such an assumption
Once again thank you for such a lovely thread