It's a .................... .

Oh purleeze - you know very well it’s the basic principle and certainly Kate’s hairdresser and stylist went to prepare her for the photos.

notentirely it was just corny. Gonna have to try harder than that to make me laugh.

They certaintly were not picture perfect

ab well they were hard to miss.

ok, still laughing though. People never follow links. Was it the idea that Harry may not after all be the son of his philandering 'real' father the problem?

Picture perfect on the hospital steps ? I didn’t see any

Now I may be a rampant republican but I don’t find tgstvthe slightest bit amusing - you could have at least done a link and not a cut and paste. Shame on you not

Warning, this may offend some....it's from a site called Newsthump that takes a comic and cynical view of world events. It's a spoof, intended to be light hearted. My personal take on this happy event is that I feel sorry for any poor s*d who loses his mother aged 12, in the glare of the whole world who then proceed to by and large trash her memory. Good luck to the lad.

"Prince Harry’s son has been named after his biological grandfather.

James Windsor was born this afternoon in a private affair, away from the paparazzi and saving all of us in the news the televisual feast of staring at a hospital door for four hours straight.

”Yeah, they’ve gone with James, just for shits and giggles,” said palace spokesperson, Simon Williams.

”It’s the worst kept secret. We know you know, he knows you know, and he knows you know he knows.

“Anyway, good luck working this concept into a full article beyond the funny headline. I imagine you’ll struggle.”

A spokesperson for James Hewitt said, “No idea what you’re on about, mate.

”Charles is Prince Harry’s dad. Always has been, always will be. There’s been plenty of ginger chaps in the line of succession, and the fact Harry is the absolute clone of James Hewitt is pure coincidence.

”What? Oh no, I don’t think I’m struggling to keep a straight face. I was thinking of something else. cough”

I didn’t criticise her birth choice. But yes criticising the pressure that is put on other women by appearing picture perfect on the hospital steps is to be criticised. As for today’s photos - if they are low key fine but do you remember the engagement photos? And clearly mycat your understanding of feminism and it’s various strands could clearly do with being expanded

I don’t see it’s in the lease feminist to criticise women’s birth choices or when they choose to show themselves and their babies to the public.

That’s not my idea of being a feminist. No idea what a radical feminist is?

Is that just being a more feminist feminist

I doubt she had an ITU and SCBU set up so there would have been a point when hospital was the safest option to cover all bases.

As a radical feminist I’m critical of many women. Feminism does not equate with supporting any woman in whatever she says or does. There are many women who profoundly damage women and the lives they live and they will be criticised by me as and when I see fit. I cannot for example think of one positive thing to say about Karie Hopkins ( and that’s just for starters).

Apparently the place of birth has to be recorded on the birth certificate. I wonder if the myth of a home birth would have been perpetrated had that not been so.

I think the Duchess of Sussex has discovered , like the rest of us, that deliveries rarely go as planned. I hope there will be, fairly soon, a snapshot or two of the proud parents and child, and then, no more. Please no staged photo shoot in Our Beautiful Home, gardens being out because of the weather.

Not accusing you of racism gonegirl just generally being nosy

You will perhaps need to read back through the thread GoneGirl, ( think Les Dawson,s characters the arms folded
women who loved a good old gossip)

what hasn’t changed is the bitching about other women’s choices and the outright racism on this thread.

No boiled water or torn sheets when I had mine in 1972.

What progress hasn't taken place in some people's minds Bridgeit? I don't understand.

Well, if that's the case Stella1949, why did they take her to hospital?

I'm with Maryeliza54 - it's crazy to think that a Royal "home birth" would resemble any regular home birth. The Duchess would be surrounded by hand-picked doctors and nurses, and every type of medical help you could think of. Nothing would be left to chance.

How times have changed, I believe my Greatgranny (& many other besides ) had all of her 11 children at home & that was the norm, lots of boiled water & torn up sheets.
Now there are options , thank goodness for progress , but sadly progress doesn’t appear to have taken place in some peoples minds.

That is not racist HQ. Just factual.

It might be quite fun if she has produced a black ginger haired baby

MaryEliza

For a feminist you are very critical of these young women.

Chill

The idea that her home birth would have borne the slightest resemblance to a normal home birth is absolutely risable btw and very misleading. It’s probably better really that she went to hospital ( if she did) as otherwise you’d have RF supporting women wanting to follow her example of a home birth like they want to copyher fashion in clothes