Kate Middleton has given birth to another royal baby -- a son -- who becomes fifth in the line of succession to the British crown, and Twitter is buzzing with love, hate and hilarity over the news.
While the official town crier was outside the hospital announcing the news to London, the rest of the world was tweeting, sending #RoyalBaby, Kate Middleton, William and Kate and even Princess Charlotte --- who becomes the first female to not lose her place in the line of succession to a younger brother -- to the top of the trends on the jokesters' social media platform of choice.
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View StoryAs we should have expected in our divided age, the tweets were split pretty evenly down the middle with many showing their support for the new mother and her family, while others decried that this is another mouth to feed for a family that the state essentially pays for. But all of that is way too obvious, way too expected, and quite frankly, way too boring.
We give our props and support to those brave souls who waded into the muck and mire of social media to crack us up by poking fun at the new royal baby, his parents, his family and the world that is so excited to welcome him into it. Below are the funniest about the royal birth.
Oh baby, it looks like the royal family is royally screwed. #royalbaby pic.twitter.com/C8eH5MRmiC
@AmericanDadTBS
Meghan Markle sees #royalbaby trending and immediately closes the curtains and changes into a hoodie and leggings. “Finally,” she says, “some peace and fucking quiet, for a day or two at least.”
@Philip_Ellis
Line of Succession
@stpeteyontweety
The Queen
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Prince Charles
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Prince William
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Prince George
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Princess Charlotte
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#royalbaby
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Prince Harry
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Simon Cowell
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Hugh Grant
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Po of the Teletubbies
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Rowan Atkinson
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Helen Mirren
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A cup of tea
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Kanye West
When you find out you've a new nephew but you've been moved down the line for the throne...#RoyalBaby pic.twitter.com/89UlROvMy0
@RowanMeegan
#Royalbaby fever grips the nation.
@JuliaHB1
Me on the phone to my dad (sarcastically): “Are you excited about Kate having her third baby?”
My dad: “I didn't know they'd had a second one.”
Just heard on the news that the #RoyalBaby is 'doing well'. 'Well'? He's only been on the planet five minutes, he's already a prince, absolutely loaded and will never have to work a day in his life. I'd say he's fucking smashing it.
@mattcoyney
Some #RoyalBaby names that work well with George:
@innocent
Michael
Lucas
Harrison
Of The Jungle
By Asda
Prince George when his siblings enters the room 😂 #royalbaby pic.twitter.com/ZicZ3OpVib
@ChocMilkSheikh
UKIP voters reading that a #royalbaby has been born on St. George's Day. pic.twitter.com/LkRNvCrEb7
@Pundamentalism
Caption writer at the BBC just got fired!#RoyalBaby pic.twitter.com/CNJ8IxV7YN
@sketchaganda
There is no truth to the rumour that the baby will be presented on the balcony, whilst playing the Circle of Life. Sorry. #royalbaby
@Charles_HRH
Netflix renews "The Crown" for another 47 seasons #royalbaby
@LevityTV
The #royalbaby is straight people's equivalent of a new Ariana single.
@Philip_Ellis
The #royalbaby is beautiful. pic.twitter.com/WTERl5Oe5w
@Diane_7A
A boy, a girl, and a boy, you say? 😱#royalbaby #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/rkbtyDZUHs
@Arya_No1
@helpsainsburys First Pictures of the new #royalbaby pic.twitter.com/1G3NfG30mc
@Alvinpiecrust
First pictures of the new #royalbaby released as a nurse shows off the new prince to wellwishers. pic.twitter.com/181j1g6xZv
@Deanzoz
When you see #royalbaby trending and think "Oh great, what did that orange infant tweet now?"
@Marmel
But this is better.
This is better.
RT @DailyMailUK: Kate Middleton's new son is the BIGGEST royal baby to be born in more than 100 years https://t.co/gRmhg5z0zI pic.twitter.com/U08CGbQrrh
@ThatElJefe