It won't initially, no. But then, no child has any real say in the lifestyle choice of its parents.



I'm not saying that everyone in the public eye should [ihave[/i to face intrusion, but it is a bit of an occupational hazard of living in opulence at the taxpayers' expense. The royal family differ from the other people you mention in that all they do is 'be royal'. Apart from Charles, who makes expensive biscuits. And with the royals in particular, the morbid fascination with their every move from certain sections of society is probably the only thing that enables them to retain their royal status. If no one cared what they got up to, they'd soon stop caring whether they existed at all. Like I have.

I also think it's quite possible for the other people you mention to avoid intrusion, if they are happy to keep a low profile. I don't think I've ever seen a long-lensed photo of JK Rowling's tits, for example. Often (though not always, I accept), those who complain of intrusion are the very same people who court the tabloids when it suits them. If you play in the dirt, you get dirty, as they say.

So to some up yesterday's news:

1) hospitals are full to near overflowing
2) Pregnant rich woman admitted to hospital – because she has morning sickness.

hmmm

TBF it is not a simple case of morning sickness though is it, hyperemesis gravidarum can lead to many serious problems with the main concern being dehydration which can kill if not treated usually with an IV drip, the condition does not discriminate between rich or poor women.

Number one is more important to me than number two.

It's what happens when you can afford to pay for your own healthcare, mind the condition is not as simple as morning sickness and does hospitalise quite a few women.

1) Apparently the country can't afford it (D. Cameron)
2) As long as they are allowed to bypass the NHS, they won't be bothered about the NHS.

As you know, I'm a republican myself. However I think you're displaying a great deal of uncharacteristic naivety if you think that anything William or Kate could do would remove them from the public eye. Full blown abdication would, if anything, increase media intrusion.

If we ceased to be a Monarchy tomorrow the press and media would still be full of the goings-on of the ex-Royals.

Slight thread drift, but the redtops this morning were going with "Kate's ok", "Kate's doing fine", "Kate will be on a drip for weeks".

Have they learned nothing over the past year? Is freedom of the press freedom to make any old e up?

Absolutely.

As noted earlier, I wish her etc all the best – or at least, I certainly do not wish the family harm.

But, oh dear – how many months of this are we in for? And that can't be brilliant for her (them) either.



No. And some of the broadsheets are not far behind. But that's whay they don't want Leveson implemented.

I don't disagree, it's going to be a long few months.

Initially, it almost certainly would. Whether that continued to be the case in the longer term would depend on their lifestyle and how much/how little they courted the press. There is interest in them now precisely because they are the future king and queen. The press/public would soon get bored of snaps of their weekly visits to Waitrose, or whatever.



For a time, yes. And we could minimise that time by beheading them all.

I agree, it seems to be a purely British (and its former dependencies) thing. The royal families of other nations seem to be able to pretty much live their lives as normal citizens, even to the point where members of the Dutch royal family can cycle on public streets

My thoughts too. Couple having child, hope all is well, but can't help thinking I won't be able to avoid this for many months to come.

Pregnant, rich woman leaves hospital.

Nicholas Witchell is the one that kills me.


Is it humanly possible to get any further up that families collective ringpieces?

And he's a fooking scab.

T0ssER!

Apparently, the royals despise him too.
Neither he nor they have proper jobs.
Feckless scroungers the lot of 'em.

I thought Jenny [ijolly hockeysticks[/i Bond would take a bit of surpassing in the royal servile fawning stakes but old Nicky has certainly taken up the baton and ran with it.

Ad nauseam.

Shortly after the Falklands war finished I was flown home from Port Stanley on a C130 Herceles, with a BBC crew which included the above mentioned to$$er. If anyone has flown on this elegant aircraft you will know it is not the best for long haul flights. Most of the seating was netting along the side of the plane and the remainder of the space was taken up by two bloody great fuel tanks. There were a few bunks above and the RAF loadmaster had said we could take it in turns to get a couple of hours shut eye, but this to$$er refused to get out of his bunk and stayed in it until an RAF officer told him to shift his ar$e. He eventually got out moaning that he was tired and had not been to sleep in ages.

When we got to Brize Norton the luggage (which was on big pallets with nets over them) was unloaded and we were told to collect our stuff and go to a search area (they were looking for illegal souvenirs), Witchell demanded someone carry his for him as he had rank 'equivalent' to a Squadron Leader, to which the loadmaster politely told him to 'f'ck off' and pointed to an RAF regiment Squadron Leader who was carting his own bags.

Everytime I see this pr!ck on the telly it brings back the memories of this trip home.

I'd wager he doesn't like himself much either.

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Shocking.

It is worth noting that, at present, it is not certain that it was suicide, and it is only speculation that, if it was suicide, it was directly linked to the prank.

I thought when this came out what about the poor nurse who took the call. I suspected it would have ended her career probably, but its turned out a whole lot worse. For the c.unts who exploited her and the 2@s in the media who sensationalised a non story, I wish them unemployment, destitution and a debilitating ilness.

The radio station's FB page is taking a hammering.

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