Coo(l), Britannia, coo...

Yup, that (ie the header above) was the headline I wrote for a New York Times story -- marvelling at the way the Brits (and Yanks too) seem so besotted with the birth of the Little Prince -- we had planned to use in Wednesday's ST Opinion pages. But we had to drop it due to pressure on space, So, alas, my "witty" effort never saw the light of day.

I had felt pretty smug about the clever header I used in yesterday's blog entry... "Baby gaga". Then I discovered that there is actually an ice-cream with that name. One of its ingredients is human breast milk!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1360225/Shop-sells-breast-milk-ice-cream-London-restaurant-Icecreamists-Baby-Gaga.html

I -- who had enjoyed Sex on the Beach (see earlier blog entry) -- was nevertheless udderly flabbergasted!

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Some British newspapers heralded the newly-minted Royal with Brit humour, although most went with "It's a Boy!":

Regal has landed, said one cheekier newspaper (which also changed its masthead for a day to "The Son").

The Twitter of Tiny Feet, said another, noting that the announcement also went online, including on Twitter.

The UK edition of the Huffington Post carried these "news items" on its comedy section:

The caption above says "A hospital where a baby was born".

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Finally...

Waiter, there's a Minion in my coffee!