Charlotte Elizabeth Diana. That’s the name of the new baby girl born to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge last weekend. But because royal baby news is one of those events that everyone feels the need to express an opinion about, some people on Twitter are completely losing it over the little princess’s name.
Some are thrilled about the name, particularly because it contains a tribute to the late Princess Diana:
Charlotte Elizabeth Diana is a beautiful and poignant name.
— Rachel Sklar (she/her) (@rachelsklar) May 4, 2015
Others are riffing on the triple name.
HRH Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana Daenerys Arya Sansa Leia Amidala Hermione Mary Sybil Edith Joan Peggy Betty of Windsor
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) May 4, 2015
And others are disappointed that Kate stole their baby name ideas:
Princess Charlotte – well there's another one of my future baby names vetoed… (don't get me wrong the name is all kinds of beautiful)
— Suzie ☽ (@suziebonaldi) May 4, 2015
There were those people who reflected on the money they lost or won in royal baby-naming pools:
https://twitter.com/morninggloria/status/595229401547186178
Bookies are saying that Charlotte has cost them £1 million – I'll be collecting my winnings from them too!
— Rebecca English (@RE_DailyMail) May 4, 2015
And some are just confused about Charlotte’s origins.
Everybody does realize that the princess isn’t named after the city of Charlotte, right?
— Sergio Tovar (@sergiotovar) May 4, 2015
CHARLOTTE #royalbaby pic.twitter.com/fW6Zl8jkWJ
— BuzzFeed UK (@BuzzFeedUK) May 4, 2015
Name your princess Charlotte, and you're honor-bound to follow up with Princesses Carrie, Samantha and (let's be real) Handmaiden Miranda.
— Matthew Schneier (@MatthewSchneier) May 4, 2015
https://twitter.com/oliviasolon/status/595233476426735616
Princess Charlotte here is your role model pic.twitter.com/mCc9u8UOZ6
— (Ca)rida (@dreams_thatglow) May 4, 2015
But no matter how many smug jokes people make on social media about a less-than-week-month-old baby, no jokes will be as smug as the ones about People Magazine‘s royal screwup on their own royal baby post:
https://twitter.com/brbarrett/status/595232735259680768
https://twitter.com/MelissaRyan/status/595230874691579904
“Alice.” That’s clearly a name for commoners.
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