Pity this royal baby, its future a public obstacle course  The
idea of a 'royal family' has been a big mistake. Its members are
forced to live under the glare of a terrible spotlight     • The
Guardian,     • Jump to comments () William and Kate's official
wedding picture The creation of the ‘royal family' set apart a
collection of individuals, who could not do proper jobs and
often irritated the public by their behaviour, in a cocoon of
costly protection. Photograph: Handout/Getty  I have no opinion
on hyperemesis gravidarum. Maternity couture is not my forte. I
am weak on Salic law. As for the logistics of twins as heirs to
the throne, I leave that to the department of angels on
pinheads. Royal babies are ooh-aah journalism. They soften the
brain.  Yet after so much relentless bad news, we gulp down
anything heart-warming like parched travellers stumbling into an
oasis. In mid-recession, Britain went ecstatic when William and
Kate wed. It cooed with pleasure over a royal jubilee. "Olympic
heroes" sent it we