Twitter Reacts to Royal Baby’s Birth
When the Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to her baby boy on July 22, the news broke via the Clarence House Twitter account. This was quickly retweeted across the social network and the plugged in population of the world began sharing the information both online and offline. Try as they might, the major news websites were slower to the punch, updating their Kate Middleton hubs 20-60 minutes later (some even later than that). As is the case with most major events today, the Internet was the first man up, and provided a good snapshot into what the general public thought about the arrival of England’s newest royal.
Socially-savvy dignitaries sent their well-wishes early on (in fact, Canada’s Governor General was one of the first!):
Wonderful news! Sharon and I are overjoyed to learn that the Royal couple are the proud parents of a baby boy.
— David Johnston (@GGDavidJohnston) July 22, 2013
Celebrities sent out their congratulations in characteristic style:
It’s a boy! So happy for my cousin Kate and the future King of England!
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) July 22, 2013
It’s a boy! Perhaps Anderson? Or Cooper? @andersoncooper @DevnaShukla
— Joan Rivers (@Joan_Rivers) July 22, 2013
Congratulations to the Royal Family on their new baby boy! — Bethenny Frankel (@Bethenny) July 22, 2013
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) July 22, 2013
It’s a boy!!! Special times ahead for Kate and William. Xxxx
— Arianna Huffington (@ariannahuff) July 22, 2013
Congratulations New Future King of Englandia!!!!! SO exciting!!! Just heard the news!!!!
— Kirstie Alley (@kirstiealley) July 22, 2013
The comedic and parody Twitter accounts went into overdrive:
FAIR WARNING: If the number of terrible #RoyalBaby parody accounts goes over 9000 today, we WILL destroy your planet.
— Death Star PR (@DeathStarPR) July 22, 2013
Cheers to Will & Kate on their #MiniRoyal bundle of joy! #RoyalBaby pic.twitter.com/xo7nJooXRb
OH NA NA WHAT’S MY NAME
— RoyalBaby (@RoyalBaby_NOT) July 22, 2013
Of course, the news was not embraced by all. The contingency of #RoyalBabyWatch detractors was well-represented:
It’s depressing that the Royal Baby is getting more coverage than Chris Froome did after he won the Tour De France yesterday
— Mark Beck (@MB_Ktubes) July 22, 2013
Don’t care about the royal baby, infact I’m going to tweet, expressing my non-care, just incase people thought I did care. Which I don’t.
— james (@_JamesSisterson) July 22, 2013
I dont care about the royal baby, such a bunch of over exaggerated crap. Urrgh.
— Jack Hughes (@HughesJackk) July 22, 2013
Not one to miss out on a potential marketing opportunity, some major brands cashed in on the event as well:
Cheers to Will & Kate on their #MiniRoyal bundle of joy! #RoyalBaby pic.twitter.com/xo7nJooXRb
— Magnum Ice Cream (@MagnumIceCream) July 22, 2013
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