Into the Melting Pot
I suppose it’s quite normal and predictable for people to gush over a baby, (even if the more reserved among us might find it a little embarrassing). At least such gushing is usually confined to a family and its friends, but not when the baby is a royal baby because royal babies belong to all of us. There was huge excitement when Prince George was born in 2013 because one day he is going to…
A Well-named Child?
By Colin Liddell: How quaint! Today Prince George, the third-in-line to the throne – behind his father William and grandfather Charles – was christened in the Chapel Royal at St James’s Palace. Interesting the names involved. Of course, the name George is very much part of the Windsors’ family tradition. But it ultimately derives from St. George, whose cross is the flag of England as well as the symbol of the medieval Christian crusaders. St. James’s Palace…