The Prince of Cambridge, George Alexander Louis
I did not originally plan to make a post for this topic, for no reason other than my own feeling that I had nothing substantive to add. Nevertheless, these are moments that in this day and age are somewhat rare and that alone adds some value to them, beyond the daily miracle that such an event is in the abstract. He is born into a world that is very much in a period of change that rivals periods of the past. It's not clear where these changes will go, or if he will have any direct impact on these changes. Even so, Prince George by the very idea that he might be born a girl and not a boy altered age-old edict that held for succession to the throne as right of first born males. That rule now only provides for the right of first born, period. I have no words I can offer to a prince of a mostly powerless monarchy. When he becomes king, his majesty George will hold a ceremonial post, unable to by title alone change much by way of policy. He is not a head of state, and commands no ar...