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There are so many royal stories knocking around this week, it’s hard to keep up. Most of them are utterly random, like some psychic claiming that Duchess Kate and Prince William’s newborn baby daughter, Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, will of course be JUST LIKE Princess Diana. But some of the stories are actually interesting and noteworthy. Let’s discuss!

First off, Queen Elizabeth finally got to meet her newest great-granddaughter yesterday. The Queen had been staying at Sandringham over the weekend and she didn’t get back into London until Tuesday. She immediately stopped by Kensington Palace to see Princess Charlotte. There was talk that William didn’t want to release Charlotte’s name until the Queen saw Charlotte in person. But I guess someone told him that he was being ridiculous.

E! News had a fawning piece on how William and Kate will raise their kids to be “normal” and how a big part of that will be moving full-time to Anmer Hall because Kensington Palace is just SO claustrophobic, especially after the multi-million-dollar renovation. I don’t know, you guys. How “normal” is life going to be for these kids if they’ve moved to a grand country mansion because their parents’ palace was too claustrophobic?

On Tuesday, @KensingtonRoyal released a copy of the official birth certificate or baby registration or whatever it’s called in the UK. I’m including the tweet below. I could honestly analyze this document forever. William’s handwriting! His signature is crazy – it’s looks like he just signs official documents “Will [swoop].” Again, he cites Kate’s occupation as “Princess of the United Kingdom.” Best job description ever, right? And why isn’t Prince William’s occupation listed as “air ambulance pilot”???

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have formally registered the birth of Princess Charlotte pic.twitter.com/nY2hUxaEKi

— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) May 5, 2015

Last thing – by all accounts, Kate did not have an epidural or any kind of drugs during the birth. Sources claim that Kate and the midwives did all the work and the doctors were just there to “supervise.” The labor went by really quickly, about two hours, and everyone was surprised by how quickly it was over and how well Kate did. Reportedly, Kate didn’t do an epidural with Prince George too. Props to her. No shade!

Photos courtesy of WENN.
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