Cambridge Crown Headbands

Once upon a time, in a land far away (or very close by be that as it may), the bells tolled in jubilation, a new Prince was born. The little Prince is sure to be charming, for he will need to find himself a play date Princess to become his Queen one day. For this little Prince is destined to be King.

Hopeful Princesses stalked his home, flashing dimples and grins up to the Palace from the comfort of their Bugaboo's. Will the little Prince be out to play today?

They wanted to assure the Prince that they are a suitable play date, so dressed accordingly.

Only the finest of hair adornments would suit the young hopeful Princesses, for without such headbands, however would he notice them.

Limited edition Cambridge Crown Headband, to celebrate the birth of HRH Baby Cambridge. 

 Each headband is 6.50GBP, plus shipping. Made to order, sizes per age below. 

Size for age

0-6 months 6-12 months 1-2 years 2-4 years 4-6 years 6 years plus

The Royal Easel & Baby M's BBC Debut!

I've been nattering on about the Royal Easel now for the past few months, hoping that the Palace would continue the old tradition of informing the world of the Royal Baby via an official statement placed on the historic easel, in the same way that Prince William's was announced 30 years ago. When I saw photos of the easel I knew if I could only be part of one event, I had to see it. It is likely that the next time this easel is displayed at Buckingham Palace will be to announce this little fella's own child, and who knows where in the world we will be by then. 

We were up and about early this morning in a window of calm between two thunderstorms and so decided to make our way to Buckingham Palace in the hopes of catching a glimpse of the Royal Easel. 

I was a little concerned when I saw the line that snaked along the front gates and wrapped around the sides, but joined in anyway. There was a lot of cafuffle because there was limited viewing time prior to the changing of the guard, so Baby M and I were 3rd from the end of the line, before they started turning people away. 

We got to see it though!!! 

I had Baby M all ready for her close up, but were rushed along so quickly I couldn't take a clear photo of her with the Easel. 

Never mind, BBC helped us out!

BBC Video

I am totally not comfortable infront of the camera, but, when the BBC ask you if they can interview "you and your adorable little girl", you say yes!! (I MUST work on getting rid of my Aussie inflecTION though).

 So we've had Mum on BBC, and Mum & Bub on BBC... Mr M, it's your turn!!

It was so wonderful to be able to see this little piece of history, and share it with my "adorable little girl". I'll be telling her about this for some time to come!

Royal Cookies (GF) to celebrate Baby Boy Cambridge

It seems the whole world has been watching with baited breath for the arrival of the Royal Baby, and I was certainly no different. A day spent refreshing my twitter feed, cross-checking with CNN and BBC every ten two or so minutes, and generally having butterflies all day long! 

London is seeing quite the summer, which is wonderful and all, but I'm not sure if you remember me saying that I am heatphobic and don't function well over 26C. Today I made an exception though! If the Duchess can birth a baby in this heat, surely I can bake some cookies to celebrate this historical event! I would have loved to be down at Buckingham Palace waiting for the announcement to be placed on the easel, but Baby M is a hot little poppet and I worry she would just expire with the heat and crowds, and so I couldn't do it to her. 

We might pop down to the Tower of London tomorrow for the gun salute if we can, but I'm certainly not able to camp out on the Mall like we did two years ago for the Royal Wedding!! (the rest of my photos from the day are over on my old blog, Special Meals Meg along with our international BBC debut!!). That was one of the most incredible London experiences ever, and is going to be pretty hard to top!!

And so since I couldn't go out and take part this time, I battled the restlessness in the kitchen. Like most of the nerve-wracking times in my life, I am at my most calm when I am in the kitchen. 

These cookies are gluten free and royally delicious!

And then eat whilst reading every little detail about this new little Royal Baby Boy!!! So long as the name goes well with Princess Madeleine (aka Baby M, but she won't be known as that in 20 years time when Baby Cambridge is courting her of course) then we'll sign off on it!!!

I was quite sure Kate would have a little Princess today, but did make one crown of each colour just to be on the safe side!!!

What a great day for the Duke and Duchess, and indeed for all of us to celebrate with them!!

Happy Birthing day Baby Boy Cambridge!!!!!