The TV news coverage hype here in the States has been deafening so the birth could not have gone unnoticed. With the mess going on in the rest of the world and this NSA fiasco the birth of the royal baby is sorely needed good news. Now the hype is turning to what the name of the young prince is going to be. I here they’re even taking bets on it.

With all due respect I view the English monarchy as a nostalgic token of an age and a history gone by but I’m sure that to many of our English friends it’s a more personal matter.