{"id":1752,"date":"2013-07-27T14:46:02","date_gmt":"2013-07-27T13:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/londonerfromafar.wordpress.com\/?p=1752"},"modified":"2016-07-24T11:04:58","modified_gmt":"2016-07-24T10:04:58","slug":"the-royal-baby-publicity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alondonerfromafar.co.uk\/the-royal-baby-publicity\/","title":{"rendered":"The Royal Baby Publicity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>William and Kate&#8217;s baby finally arrived earlier this week amidst huge publicity. Only on<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"The Royal Baby Publicity\" alt=\"The Royal Baby Publicity\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.mirror.co.uk\/incoming\/article1512782.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/David%20Cameron%20will%20puff%20out%20his%20red%20cheeks%20for%20a%20royal%20baby-1512782\" width=\"165\" height=\"110\" \/> Twitter, mentions of the royal baby reached a peak of 25,300 tweets per minute. So, it&#8217;s no wonder brands have scrambled for royal baby publicity. Publications have done their best too.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the covers, pics, tweets and videos are lovely and a hit, some others might be a a bit of a miss. Many of them are simply hilarious though. I thought I&#8217;d compile some of the best below for your viewing pleasure.\u00a0Which one do you like the most?<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Let&#8217;s start with the <em>Private Eye.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"The Royal Baby Publicity\" alt=\"The Royal Baby Publicity\" src=\"http:\/\/i.huffpost.com\/gen\/1258449\/thumbs\/o-ROYAL-BABY-COVERAGE-570.jpg?6\" width=\"399\" height=\"537\" \/><span style=\"line-height:1.5;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Paddy Power had its babies travelling around London.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"The Royal Baby Publicity\" alt=\"The Royal Baby Publicity\" src=\"http:\/\/metrouk2.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/07\/ay_113331808.jpg?w=650&amp;h=433&amp;crop=1\" width=\"520\" height=\"346\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Even Las Vegas wanted to congratulate the couple, especially after the baby&#8217;s uncle had such a good time there recently. He also mentioned this week that he would show the baby how to have a good time. Err, a warning, maybe?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"The Royal Baby Publicity\" alt=\"The Royal Baby Publicity\" src=\"http:\/\/i.huffpost.com\/gen\/1261621\/thumbs\/r-LAS-VEGAS-ROYAL-BABY-403xFB.jpg?16\" width=\"403\" height=\"403\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">The proud dad is rumoured to be an Aston Villa fan. So there you go, a baby&#8217;s range of clothes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"The Royal Baby Publicity\" alt=\"The Royal Baby Publicity\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedrum.com\/uploads\/styles\/creative_review\/public\/creative_review\/112768\/cr_images\/royal-baby-aston-villa-kit-gi.jpg?itok=NjEh0GZJ\" width=\"488\" height=\"297\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Coral sent the Queen to the Lindo Wing of St Mary&#8217;s hospital and then, she checked the odds on the nearest Coral branch. Please note that George is amongst the names people were betting on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"The Royal Baby Publicity\" alt=\"The Royal Baby Publicity\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedrum.com\/uploads\/styles\/creative_review\/public\/creative_review\/112768\/cr_images\/QueenBoard.JPG?itok=J47b7OJO\" width=\"488\" height=\"325\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">This is one of the best for me.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"The Royal Baby Publicity\" alt=\"The Royal Baby Publicity\" src=\"http:\/\/www.adnews.com.au\/images\/dmImage\/SourceImage\/Royal_oxo001.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"518\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Want some Oreos?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"The Royal Baby Publicity\" alt=\"The Royal Baby Publicity\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/BPzWs6ECUAA7kvT.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Cambridge&#8217;s independent local radio station has adopted the baby as part of their re-branding exercise.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"The Royal Baby Publicity\" alt=\"The Royal Baby Publicity\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedrum.com\/uploads\/styles\/creative_review\/public\/creative_review\/112768\/cr_images\/SR1.png?itok=AxP1YwOo\" width=\"226\" height=\"211\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"The Royal Baby Publicity\" alt=\"The Royal Baby Publicity\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedrum.com\/uploads\/styles\/creative_review\/public\/creative_review\/112768\/cr_images\/SR2.png?itok=0qFET_95\" width=\"306\" height=\"149\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Argos asked users to name their baby. The alien dad was voiced by Bill Nighy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>No share or id values provided for youtube shortcode.<\/strong><br \/>\nThanks for reading this blog!<\/p>\n<p>A Londoner from Afar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William and Kate&#8217;s baby finally arrived earlier this week amidst huge publicity. Only on Twitter, mentions of the royal baby reached a peak of 25,300 tweets per minute. 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