Kate Middleton is pregnant!

If you are currently in shock after reading the title of this post then shame on you, where have you been for the last two hours?
If you are still in disbelief about the fact that Kate and Wills are expecting a baby, then read this Huffington post article and start believing (it also includes some pictures of Kate hugging children, which is of course always completely relevant)
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/12/03/kate-middleton-prince-william-baby-royal-pregnancy_n_2231812.html

In her news round up yesterday, Lucy mentioned that K-Middy recently got a new haircut and this could be a sign that she is having a baby because people often undergo physical change when they know they are going to have a life change (I don't want to say that Lucy predicted the future but...). There was also speculation that she is trying to copy Princess Diana, but I feel that I can now confirm that we shouldn't expect to see Kate cut off her beautiful hair and dying it blond anytime soon.

Anyway, enough of that, this post is going to focus on something that you will not stop hearing about for 9 months now: Royal Baby Names. There was some report that they wanted to name it after either William's mother of grandmother if it's a girl, and I know there are some sort of guidelines that you have to stick to when naming the heir to the throne, so I am going to write a list of  a few names that the Prince/Princess definitely will  not be called.

Highly Unlikely Baby Names For the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's Baby
I don't mean to offend anyone with any of the following names, I like all of them they just don't scream ROYAL.

1) Cheryl
Lauren Pope (rumoured to be dating Prince Harry at one stage) from the Only Way is Essex, once said that Cheryl Cole was the "Nation's Princess". I'm not entirely sure what her reasoning for this random statement was but, I can safely say, that the name of our potential future queen is not going to be Cheryl. Sorry Chezza, no matter how many times you perform in front of her Kate is not going to be naming her future child after an ex-X Factor judge, I do love you though.

2) Rachel
That name doesn't carry the royal resonance in the same way as, for instance, Victoria or Elizabeth does. It's a very nice name, I just doubt it will be the name of our future royal baby. Queen Rachel? Hmm...

3) Bob
Obviously, I hadn't forgotten the 50% chance of Kate and William Junior being a boy (even though pretty much everyone hopes it is a girl) but there is pretty much a 0% of it being called Bob. I am aware that Bob is short for Robert, but really, having a King whose name is also the name of the only male Kardashian isn't any better than naming him after a cartoon builder, no matter how catchy his theme song may be.

4) Lucy
Sorry Lucy, I love you very much, but I think there is a higher chance of the baby being named after me than you. Princess Mindy has something of a ring to it, no? Just me? Right.
Well, Princess Lucy doesn't really conjure up an image of the future future monarch either. I feel like Lucy and I will just have to accept that our parents didn't think that we could marry Harry and become part of the Windsor family when they named us. Selfish of them, really. (For now, we'll pretend that Hazza's last serious girlfriend wasn't called Chelsea.)

5) Kanye
I don't think I'll go into any further detail about this one.

6) Fiona

I know, I know, another girls name, but I couldn't not put this one. I mean, Princess Fiona? Shrek anyone? It would be unfortunate enough for the royal baby to have the same name as a ogre queen, but if she started growing little green ears and piling on the pounds that would be too tragic, even if Fiona Windsor was voiced by Cameron Diaz. I think calling her Fiona would definitely encourage that kind of mutation.

As fun as it would be to have an heir to the throne with any of the above names, it is much more likely that Kate and Wills' baby will be called something like Elizabeth, Mary, Charles, Edward or Victoria.
Either way, it doesn't matter what he or she is called as I am so so excited. First the royal wedding, then the Jubilee, then the Olympics and now a royal baby! I love being British.

I am still a little miffed about not being invited to the wedding, but I've forgiven K-Mids and will just be spending the next 9 months waiting for my invitation to the royal christening.

M x