A Week of Royal and Royal Baby Drivel

The week was capped off by the birth of fourth in line, Princess Charlotte to the Cambridges. At least, she no longer faces sex discrimination after the passing of Britain’s royal succession bill – Australia having made it over the line less than two months before the birth – and will take her place in the succession to the Australian throne ahead of any younger brothers. The rest of the sugary overdose we will leave to the popular media. We also found out that the Queen took more pleasure congratulating the Welsh Guards on its 100th anniversary than from any of the more than 8,000 letters she will sign for centenarians this year (!) and that Harry had partaken of a QVB, a Queen Victoria burger, with amusement during a visit to a fast food outlet in Perth