{"id":21619,"date":"2013-07-22T16:14:23","date_gmt":"2013-07-22T20:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=21619"},"modified":"2013-07-22T17:12:35","modified_gmt":"2013-07-22T21:12:35","slug":"the-royal-baby-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/the-royal-baby-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Royal Baby Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am pleased to see that Kate Middleton<\/a>, the Duchess of Cambridge, has had a baby boy<\/a>, though I confess I was hoping for a little queen-to-be.\u00a0 Many of the designs in my signature jewelry line are inspired by queens<\/a> and other royal wimmins. I don’t usually work with contemporary personalities, so I’m not sure a baby girl would have resulted in a jewelry design anyway, but you never know. After all, I do have a design<\/a> in honor of this baby’s grandmother — the late Princess Diana.<\/p>\n

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Click the photo to read about why I was inspired to create a jewelry design and name it after Diana.<\/p><\/div>\n

Read more about my historical inspirations in this recent JustLuxe interview.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Some people wonder why I’m so intrigued by queens. That’s why I wrote this post in 2011:<\/p>\n

WHY I LOVE QUEENS, by Wendy Brandes<\/a><\/p>\n

The anecdote about the new baby’s great-grandma, Elizabeth II, is priceless … don’t you agree?<\/p>\n

UPDATED TO ADD: I’m jealous of the people who got to see Elizabeth drive into Buckingham Palace<\/a> — accompanied by a dog — ahead of the birth. I was thrilled to be on the receiving end of a queenly drive-by last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

UPDATED AGAIN TO ADD: Oh, and the baby was born on my 12th wedding anniversary with MrB! Good choice of date, princeling. Here’s a photo of MrB and I from last night, after our dinner with Zang<\/a>. A picture of the anniversary-dinner outfit will come later this week.<\/p>\n

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I am pleased to see that Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, has had a baby boy, though I confess I was hoping for a little queen-to-be.\u00a0 Many of the designs in my signature jewelry line are inspired by queens and other royal wimmins. I don’t usually work with contemporary personalities, so I’m not sure…<\/p>\n

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