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Your support makes all the difference.You know how Americans love our royal family even more than we do? There are all sorts of reasons for that. Partly it's a residual affection for a form of patronage that they have themselves renounced; partly, perhaps, it's a grudging respect for the Old Country, as many of Uncle Sam's residents still describe us. Over at USA Today, there's a strong, clear report that sums up sentiment on the other side of the pond - and also tells you a little about how they view us.
Here's a flavour: "Interest is so high because bearing the next heir and the sooner the better — she's 30 — is sort of Job #1 for the duchess. William's mother, the late Princess Diana, and his grandmother, then Princess Elizabeth, both had their first babies within a year of their weddings.
The British, especially the reporters who cover the royals, have been waiting for this news almost since the couple's glittering April 29, 2011, wedding. Everybody loves a baby but a royal baby, especially one who will be a future sovereign, provides a symbol of continuity important to the monarchy and to Britain's sense of itself as an ancient culture.
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Er, you can say that again chaps.
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