Fancy a punt on the Royal baby's name?

When the first baby was coming along, my fav was Princess Hashtag.

It's all that's on the bloody news right now, and because there is no more news they're interviewing a bunch of weirdos who turn up at Buck House every time anything remotely Royal happens. Lots of them are staring tearfully into the camera and pleading for Diana, like they know what's right.

Not just weirdos from Britain either, they're from all over the world, all with the slightly unsettling gaze of the fanatic, including the news teams.

I prefer normal names for children . Please not somehing like North West or anything even more crazy.
The parents can do whatever they feel like it when it comes to name the new little princess, also including Diana.
I hope it will not be the name she will be called. It is so difficult to live up to the memories of a dead mother.

I think it might be a second or third name. My guess is something traditional, Alice or Victoria. It won't be anything unusual.

Charlotte, Elisabeth, Diana
A good joice in my opinion

grandfather/greatgrandmother/grandmother ... all from the father's side

I do like the Charlotte bit - very popular here

It won't be long before someone with a Diana complex points out that Diana comes after Elizabeth and tries to make something out of it, but most people should be happy enough.

Although I think it's a bit weird naming a kid after a spider.

it's already all over my facebook feed

Please , who is a spider?

People are hopeless. A greatgrandmother usually comes before a grandmother in age and politeness. No matter what you do - it is wrong

I meant the film, not the book.

I'm surprised "Cameron" wasn't offered at short odds.

Who wouldn't fancy a punt on the Cam.

Oh, isn´t that cute.
Never heard about that book nor the film. Wonder why - sold 46 million books and I never got one. Been looking it up on internet.

I've never read it either. I oddly didn't have many kiddie books. I seem to have gone from oil cloth picture pages (drooling not a problem) to the LA Times comics with few intermediate books, one of which I still have. I do remember a large drawing book bought at a drugstore in Fairfax, Virginia (I must have been five) After kiddie comics, a few child oriented books like Black Beauty and the Black Stallion horse series, but mostly I got into staring at my parents' magazines. So, I missed Charlotte's Web and much else. I'm not as completely sorry as I should be since I had fun 'reading' anyway.

E B White - I consider him one of the very finest American writers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._B._White

I didn't learn about Charlotte's Web til I was an adult and was looking for more of his work - and I fell in love with the story and writing immediately.

He's the White of Strunk & White.

I've actually read Charlotte's Web within the past two years. I felt so literary! Actually, I preferred the Freddy the Pig stories of my childhood, but doubt Freddy is in the running for the royal infant.

And then there was his wife, Katherine, who was no slouch.
And his - that was him, wasn't it, with the shared book with Mr. Strunk, Elements of Style, which JTT didn't approve of, and by now I probably would whiff on one or two points - but is itself a classic. My copy is from '72, 2nd edition.

Just read, this morning, a piece about Renata Adler and the New Yorker people.
I read her at the time of her most prolific writing.
http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/media/columns/medialife/1812/
I liked people Renata Adler didn't like. Which goes to show... something.

Ok, ok, back to the baby..
I'm not a monarchy fan, but on the other hand, I sort of get it as tradition.
I was talking with Diane about it a few days ago, that in a way I feel like I am part of Elizabeth's generation (not true, but Diane and I were alive for her coronation and watched tv and she wasn't all so old then). I read some list of the Queen's views on Kate, which is why we were talking about it, that I was surprised how odd I found them. No link. Something about 14 comments from the Queen. Maybe on one of those cheesy click bait sites. Or maybe it was the Guardian. I can blur-read, and do.

Diane and I talk world stuff, local bits, all matter of foo, and this time the Queen came up since I'd just read that article.

Anjelika would be nice.

Too late, name announced, betting ends.