Kate Middleton and whichever actual British Prince she is
married to (I’m guessing William?) had a baby yesterday. I’m sure they’re
thrilled. The American press sure is!
Huffington Post - by most accounts now a major news source - is leading this with ridiculous
headline:
Boy King! I’m serious right now. An American news source is
leading with the birth of the newest incarnation of an institution we oppose as
a nation on principle. And what’s worse, we only do it for that royal family. There are royal families in Belgium
and Spain. Where was all this press for Infanta Sofia of Spain or Princess
Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant? We don’t celebrate them. Why? Partially because
they don’t speak English and we like that, but mostly because Americans are
under this insane impression that we are somehow linked to Great Britain
because the majority of the founding population was Anglo-Saxon. Nevermind that we aren’t anymore, or that they consciously made the decision to
no longer be British and specifically avoided establishing an American royal
family.
