The naming of the royal baby was world wide news, with every news channel on TV and every newspaper having at least touched on the subject.
It amazes me the way the world swoons over celebrity babies being born and the names that are chosen for them.
Some of the names that celebrities come up with can only be described as publicity stunts, in my opinion.
The most recent one, before the royal baby, being Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s girl being named North, so that her full name will be North West, which I find just cruel for the child.
I personally would not want my name or my child’s name to be so literal.
As a woman in her early 20s, I am not a mother, but when I do have children, I would hate to have gone through what the Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, went through.
Being in the public eye, I’m sure she knew what she was getting into, but I personally would be offended at the way bookies were betting on what the name of the baby would be.
I would not feel comfortable with thousands of people betting and making money on aspects of my life.
Being from the new generation of royals, it was widely speculated that the Duke and Duchess would choose a name slightly more modern, but still within the standards of the royal family.
The name James was one that many thought would be the couple’s first choice, with George, Alexander, Henry, Louis, Richard and Arthur being the other most popular choices.
Many people were surprised that the name the couple chose was not James, but George Alexander Louis, a much more mature and older name, with George being the queen’s father’s name.
The fact that the name was chosen so quickly, only two days after his birth, also struck as a popular topic to focus on, as traditionally, a royal baby’s name was usually only announced, at the soonest, a week after the birth.
TV stations have been flooded with special programmes about the royal family throughout the years, most of which have been aired many times over the years.
Of course, many people thrive on such shows and follow celebrities’ and royals’ lives, but many people on social media sites and news sites are asking why there is such the huge amount of coverage on such small matters of life.
In a way, I tend to agree.
Of course it is of public and world interest, but the amount of coverage is ridiculous.
The coverage will not stop anytime soon as articles about Kate’s postpartum ‘mummy tummy’ has already started as well.
Maybe it is because I am not a mother, but I do not see this as worthwhile news that needs to be dragged out for weeks after the fact.
Apart from the public interest, the fact is, this sells papers.
And the more people want to know about the royal family, their joys and their sorrows, the more creative journalists have to be in finding new angles on the subject to sell more papers, which causes the sometimes pointless articles being published, just to fill the papers and keep readers happy.
I think that stories should only be written about the important parts of the occasion, and once these are done, the couple, whether they be the royal family or the celebrities in Hollywood, should be given the privacy that people not in the public eye get to enjoy when they have a new addition to their family.
