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>> let me bring in tom sykes. thanks for that, michelle. oks to me like the royal family has a german -- problem. the guy has 70 years to wait, 60 years to wait. do we lose the glamour and majesty when we have to have these long waits? shouldn't there be some abdications? >> it's an interesting point, chris, because i do feel that the boldness of prince william proves the ultimate failure of all attempts to find a cure for baldness. because if one could have been found, surely prince william would have had it. yeah, absolutely. but you're right. i think that the date we're talking about, kind of 2070 by the time we see this little kid taking over the throne. because they're all living longer and longer. and they won't abdicate. the queen won't abdicate. we've seen the dutch royal family abdicate, the belgian royal family abdicate. the queen won't abdicate. and you know, chris, sometimes when i have a slow news day, i call up the palace and i say to them is the queen thinking of abdicating? and they always say, well, allow me to refer you, mr

from london, tom sykes from "the daily beast." gentlemen, welcome. tom, i'll start with you. from watching this, we've seen will make fun of himself a little bit, saying thankfully the baby looks like mom. will is driving the baby home to the modest two-bedroom cottage, albeit it's on the grounds of a palace. nevertheless, there seems to be this appearance of we're just like any other young couple excited to have a baby. how much is the palace trying to strive for this at least illusion to the citizenry of the u.k.? >> i think it's just automatically the way that they do behave and they way they relate to each other and, you know, to people in general. you look at them walking out there, and what really strikes me is will with his shirt a little bit undone. you know, the sleeves kind of rolled up, putting the baby seat into the car. catherine helping him fasten it and jumping into the front seat and driving off. just like any other new parent. you wouldn't have guessed there were like 2,000 photographers and cameras waiting there to film that moment. i mean, he just looks lik

. >> "the daily beast" blogger, tom sykes, keep us posted. >> thanks, craig. >> we will have continuing coverage of the royal baby's birth on msnbc. >>> right now, a call for action in florida and beyond. thousands continue to cry for the repeal of controversial stand your ground laws. over the last few days we have seen protests in various cities all over this country and they have been demonstrating against the laws and demanding the justice department file federal civil rights charges against george zimmerman. trayvon martin's mother was among those promising to keep fighting. >> not only do i vow to you to do what i can for trayvon martin, i promise you i'm going to work hard for your children as well because -- >> those rallies followed history making remarks from president obama himself friday. in a surprise appearance in the white house briefing room, mr. obama spoke personally about trayvon martin and about race and talked about his own experiences. >> when trayvon martin was first shot, i said that this could have been my son. another way of saying that is trayvon martin could