The Royal baby

CONGRATULATIONS to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the birth of the prince; the third in line to the crown.

Roughly speaking about three heirs to the Crown are born each century, so this is a very rare occasion and one that gives almost universal joy to the peoples of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth. As one American commentator said, the citizens of the US don't know who'll be President in three years time but the succession of Royal Heads of State is fixed  for all time. It is this certainty that gives the role of the Monarchy the continuity necessary to cement the stability of the Nation and its Commonwealth. It is a lesson that might well be learned by many other Countries seduced by the false promise of Republicism.

May her Majesty's God save the Queen