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Short-notice Royal issue
Posted: 11:41 Thu 27 Jun 2013
by jdaw1
This post to hold arrangements when known and agreed.
Re: Short-notice Royal issue
Posted: 11:41 Thu 27 Jun 2013
by jdaw1
Some time in the next few weeks an heir to throne is to be born, and perhaps, if one believes the commentary, two. We should celebrate in our traditional way, ideally within 72 hours of the birth.
Obviously, we won’t know the date until it is upon us, and the location is likely to be the obvious. But we might be able to pre-agree a theme. The theme could be the simple ‟bring a bottle”, with a twins-variant of ‟bring two bottles”.
Re: Short-notice Royal issue
Posted: 13:21 Thu 27 Jun 2013
by jdaw1
An alternative theme would be the port linked to the name of the child. If, say, William, then William Warre suggests a vertical. If Antonia, or Anthony, then Ferreira. Andrew or James points to the founder of the Symington tribe in Portugal. Etc.
With, of course, Royal Oporto as the all-purpose backup.
Re: Short-notice Royal issue
Posted: 14:05 Thu 27 Jun 2013
by RAYC
Kate and Wills were both 1982 children.
Could this be an opportunity for my 1982 "tasting in a box"? I think i have somewhere between 10 and 15. (i will not be offended if the answer is a resounding "no"!)
Re: Short-notice Royal issue
Posted: 14:43 Thu 27 Jun 2013
by jdaw1
The idea is excellent, iff there are enough people. May we keep this as the main plan for 8+ people, with a humbler backup if too few can make the date?
Re: Short-notice Royal issue
Posted: 17:30 Fri 28 Jun 2013
by DRT
Perhaps we could invite the
Royal Correspondent to join us?
Re: Short-notice Royal issue
Posted: 22:44 Thu 04 Jul 2013
by jdaw1
Possibly this theme will be merged into
Anything But Vintage III.
Re: Short-notice Royal issue
Posted: 08:55 Mon 22 Jul 2013
by jdaw1
We’re about to be on.
Perhaps merge the event with
Anglo-Irish Crisis *Now Wed 24 July* [NOT Mon 22]?
Re: Short-notice Royal issue
Posted: 20:05 Mon 22 Jul 2013
by jdaw1
We should have a celebratory tasting as soon as possible.
Re: Short-notice Royal issue
Posted: 21:59 Mon 22 Jul 2013
by jdaw1
Following a lack of immediate enthusiasm in this thread, I have toasted our new prince ‟may he be wise and charming” with a Caol Ila distilled in January 1992, and a 1995 Partagas Lusitania.
But I remain available for a team celebration and toast with Port.
Re: Short-notice Royal issue
Posted: 05:21 Tue 23 Jul 2013
by benread
Having not arrived earlier enough that proceedings could be arranged for yesterday, I will not be able to attend any other night this week due to the usual childcare obligations and a wife off to Bristol for the weekend!
Re: Short-notice Royal issue
Posted: 07:41 Tue 23 Jul 2013
by PhilW
Had hoped to be able to join you for this celebration, but work has me too tied up now this week; To extend Julian's toast, "may he be wise, healthy and considerate of others".
Re: Short-notice Royal issue
Posted: 08:24 Tue 23 Jul 2013
by jdaw1
Interesting. The notice was pre-printed, because if printed after the birth the time would have been known. Also pre-printed was ‟Her Royal Highness and her child are both doing well.” Obviously there were pre-printed versions for ‟son” and ‟daughter”: were there third and fourth versions without the ‟doing well”? (
Tweet.)
Short-notice Royal issue
Posted: 13:04 Tue 23 Jul 2013
by djewesbury
I wonder whether they have a good piece of birth announcement software? /BabyGenderBoy True or False...
Re: Short-notice Royal issue
Posted: 18:55 Tue 23 Jul 2013
by g-man
so you guys pop any champange?
Re: Short-notice Royal issue
Posted: 19:14 Tue 23 Jul 2013
by jdaw1
g-man wrote:so you guys pop any champange?
The French executed their Royalty their wine seems inappropriate to events of such importance.
jdaw1 wrote:Following a lack of immediate enthusiasm in this thread, I have toasted our new prince ‟may he be wise and charming” with a Caol Ila distilled in January 1992, and a 1995 Partagas Lusitania.
Re: Short-notice Royal issue
Posted: 05:40 Wed 24 Jul 2013
by Alex Bridgeman
Sadly I am on manoeuvres this week and cannot join a more general celebration. Instead I welcomed the new baby with a weak cup of tea and a solid night's sleep.
Short-notice Royal issue
Posted: 08:50 Wed 24 Jul 2013
by djewesbury
djewesbury wrote:Apologies. The Valkyries have only just released me, hence my lack of communication on emergency issues.. Unfortunately the general non-availability of regulars has encouraged me to rearrange my schedule, such that this crisis will now not be arising. See you all at some other future point...
I notice that Marston have released an ale called It's a Boy, at 3.7%.
Re: Short-notice Royal issue
Posted: 09:16 Wed 24 Jul 2013
by uncle tom
I also thought the easel notice was odd - that they knew it was a boy, but had to hand write the time bit..
Anyway - we are long overdue for an offline of some sort - who is free tomorrow (Thurs) ?
Re: Short-notice Royal issue
Posted: 10:02 Wed 24 Jul 2013
by DRT
I don't think the notice is in the slightest bit odd.
It will have been printed somewhere other than the hospital - i.e. within the full control of the Palace. The notice had to be signed by people at the hospital so had to be pre-printed.
Four options (boy/girl/doing well/say nothing) equals four sheets printed on nice paper. A few extra sets doesn't add any hassle an allows for hand writing screw-ups. Adding another 1440 options (one for each minute of "today") for each of the four main options would result in a stack of 5760 sheets (x2, x3 or x4 if contingency copies were deemed necessary) with the only advantage being a pre-printed time.
I think they found an eminently sensible solution by allowing the most variable parameter to be entered manually by the user.
Re: Short-notice Royal issue
Posted: 11:14 Wed 24 Jul 2013
by jdaw1
DRT wrote:I think they found an eminently sensible solution by allowing the most variable parameter to be entered manually by the user.
Agreed. But we are assuming only two wellness possibilities. I wondered how many such possibilities were pre-printed.
Re: Short-notice Royal issue
Posted: 11:56 Wed 24 Jul 2013
by uncle tom
Surely it would have been simpler to have taken a blank sheet of paper and a typewriter to the hospital..
Short-notice Royal issue
Posted: 14:57 Wed 24 Jul 2013
by djewesbury
uncle tom wrote:Surely it would have been simpler to have taken a blank sheet of paper and a typewriter to the hospital..
+1
Re: Short-notice Royal issue
Posted: 15:30 Wed 24 Jul 2013
by Glenn E.
jdaw1 wrote:DRT wrote:I think they found an eminently sensible solution by allowing the most variable parameter to be entered manually by the user.
Agreed. But we are assuming only two wellness possibilities. I wondered how many such possibilities were pre-printed.
I suspect that, had the wellness result been anything but the one presented, that there would have been sufficient time for preparing/printing replacement announcements long before any such announcement would have been made.
"All is well" is announced immediately.
"All is not well" is generally delayed significantly.
Re: Short-notice Royal issue
Posted: 19:01 Wed 24 Jul 2013
by jdaw1
DukeAndDuchessOfCambridge.org wrote:The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are delighted to announce that they have named their son George Alexander Louis.
The baby will be known as His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge.
Re: Short-notice Royal issue
Posted: 19:04 Wed 24 Jul 2013
by jdaw1
DukeAndDuchessOfCambridge.org wrote:The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are delighted to announce that they have named their son George Alexander Louis.
The baby will be known as His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge.
jdaw1 wrote:An alternative theme would be the port linked to the name of the child.
Sandeman.eu wrote:In 1790 George Sandeman, an ambitious young Scotsman from Perth, founded a wine business in London.
Re: Short-notice Royal issue
Posted: 22:04 Thu 25 Jul 2013
by griff
Regarding the notice, the gender would have been known by the medico people and even the palace prior to the birth no doubt.
Re: Short-notice Royal issue
Posted: 23:03 Thu 25 Jul 2013
by uncle tom
Regarding the notice, the gender would have been known by the medico people and even the palace prior to the birth no doubt.
The ultrasound scanner would doubtless have had some idea, but if it had been more widely known, there would probably not have been the rather unseemly rush to get the order of succession changed.
The duchess also accidentally referred to her unborn as 'her' rather than 'it'. Prospective parents often give their unborn babes temporary names, and in this case it would appear to have been a female one. Had they known the gender, that would almost certainly have changed..
Re: Short-notice Royal issue
Posted: 23:10 Thu 25 Jul 2013
by DRT
We are at risk of generating more speculation here than BBC News managed in this week
Re: Short-notice Royal issue
Posted: 08:08 Fri 26 Jul 2013
by PhilW
DRT wrote:We are at risk of generating more speculation here than BBC News managed in this week
Are you speculating that we might be speculating too much?
Re: Short-notice Royal issue
Posted: 09:33 Fri 26 Jul 2013
by DRT
PhilW wrote:DRT wrote:We are at risk of generating more speculation here than BBC News managed in this week
Are you speculating that we might be speculating too much?
Perhaps you are reading too much into my words, or perhaps not?
