The 19 funniest royal baby jokes
"It's a boy," they said, and with that, the waiting was over.
The royal heir made his way into the world yesterday, to be greeted with joy from proud parents and immediate family; immense relief from a press pack clinging on to reality by their fingernails; 'euphoria' from the crowds gathered outside Buckingham Palace (copyright: Sky News) and a giant 'WHO CARES' from thousands of people who stayed up into the wee hours writing stuff on the internet to show how little they were bothered.
As expected, the online jape-merchants were in full form before and after the royal birth - in fairness, they had nine months to polish their material - and Twitter was abuzz with puns and gags, some of them even funny.
Here's our roundup of the , from Twitter and beyond.
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With Kate in labour and the world's press embedded outside the Lindo Wing, the strain was beginning to tell. It was left to Simon McCoy of the BBC to say what everybody was thinking.
For the wonderful Elizabeth Windsor parody account, everything up to this has been a dress rehearsal. Her loyal subjects were not disappointed.
Every comic writer and comedian on the planet dusted off their 'royal baby' material and went out to face the mob.
How can you tell when there's about to be a royal baby? When they start crowning. I'll be here all week.
— Ellen DeGeneres (@EllenDeGeneres) July 22, 2013
The World's Most Ascerbic Scot had plenty to say in the runup to royal sprog-popping.
But curiously kept his counsel after the fact...
Wondering if Pippa's bum will turn up and steal the limelight #RoyalBaby
— VeryBritishProblems (@SoVeryBritish) July 22, 2013
Rumours that Pippa was locked in Kensington Palace for the duration with a Game of Thrones box set and a family pack of Doritos have not been confirmed.
Finally, at 8.31pm last night, came the announcement the world had been waiting for.
You had to feel for Kay Burley. Running the world's longest vox pop marathon for the entire day and then THIS GUY takes the wind out of her sails.
And the medal for Unfortunate Caption Juxtaposition Of The Day goes to…
As the congratulations poured in from around the globe, it was another royal couple that stole the limelight.
Right now Kim and Kanye are back at the hospital, demanding to speak to the manager because they didn't get a Royal Baby.
— comedycentral (@ComedyCentral) July 22, 2013
Job. Done.
Ah yes. The Lion King meme.
Not normally known for his views on the UK monarchy, the Leinster and Ireland prop surprised us all with a touching paen to the joys of new motherhood and the journey that awaits the family Windsor.
No, wait… this is Cian Healy we're talking about.
My only input into the whole royal baby thing is that Kate Middleton is now a Milf... #shawiiiing
— Cian Healy (@ProperChurch) July 22, 2013
Although he did redeem himself with this 'aww' moment a bit later.
But on a more serious note...... #RoyalBaby pic.twitter.com/LX20qKE3PR
— Cian Healy (@ProperChurch) July 22, 2013
After the birth, next comes speculation about the name.
Predictably, this morning's UK press went into royal baby overdrive, none more so than The Sun.
Private Eye. Home of biting satire since… (look it up yourself, we're in a hurry)
Dublin's very own Metro Herald freesheet, which takes the honours for the best front page AND the funniest royal baby joke.
Chapeau, lads.
Chapeau.
Now let's never mention any of this again.
*Goes for a lie-down*
