Posted by on May 7, 2019 11:44 am
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No rolling updates on the royal cervix, no timeline on the first twinge. This privacy won’t last

What a curious nation we are, that thinks itself modern because a man who is sixth in line to the throne marries a woman of mixed heritage – but is then expected to provide a level of gynaecological detail about her pregnancy and labour that is frankly weird.

Prince Harry’s goofy happiness at becoming a father is, of course, lovely to behold. No one begrudges the man who walked behind his mother’s coffin a rush of joy at the birth of his first child. He is just like every other sleep-deprived new dad. So “relatable”, so human and ordinary.

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