After months of waiting, Kate Middleton has finally done her royal duty and popped out a future monarch of Great Britain. The tiny tot knows something about making an entrance, forcing an eager public to wait weeks past a due date which was never officially confirmed in the first place. Still, William and Kate couldn’t be prouder of their new baby. Thanks to a 2011 succession law, the baby will perform perhaps the most vital role possible for a leader of Britain. That is, to keep Harry off the throne in the event that the unthinkable takes Charles and William out of line. This is all assuming that medical science won’t produce a Bionic Queen. Think the idea is absurd? We have Dick Cheney.
I’m struck by how happy the British are for their Royals. Call me a cynic, but I suspect that if a baby were born in the White House now , Republicans would complain about their hard earned tax dollars going for Pampers and fancy strollers.