Author: Megan C. Hills / Source: Bustle
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Ever since it Meghan Markle’s pregnancy was announced, the nation has been swept up in baby fever. (I’m not going to lie, I’m excited AF.) That said though, it turns out that Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are going to have to play by some pretty intense royal baby rules. With the weight of centuries of tradition behind them, they’re apparently going to be expected to defer to the Queen, bust out an easel and invite a random into their birthing room though I wouldn’t be surprised if they bent the rules a little — especially on that last one.
I won’t go as far as to say that these rules are downright wacky, but I will say that I definitely don’t envy the pair as they’ll have to navigate protocol. For example, there’s a few rules that kick in even before their bundle of joy is born as sadly, Meghan Markle’s pals won’t be able to throw her a baby shower which sucks IMO.
Royal expert Victoria Arbiter explained via Marie Claire UK that royals choose not to have baby showers as they are “very wealthy” and continued that “a lavish baby shower would be seen as highly inappropriate”.
She also added, “There’s nothing they can’t go out and buy themselves.”
Everything surrounding the birth is also way more intense TBH, making that Saturday Night Live sketch about royal protocol not entirely out of the realm of reason. One rule according to the Express is that the Queen needs to be the first to know after the birth has taken place — something that even Prince William and Kate Middleton had to abide by with their children.
Metro claimed back in 2013, that Prince William was expected to “ring the Queen on an encrypted phone with news of the birth”, while their private secretary informed David Cameron, the prime minister at the time.
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