How many tweets worth an heir to the crown? - Público.pt

The story of William and Kate looks like a fairy tale. The classic tale of the commoner who knows the royal person always ends with a wedding and the birth of a descendant. And the British case was no exception. The future King of England came into the world on Monday at around 16h24 in St. Mary’s Hospital, London, with 3.9 pounds.

reactions on Twitter are varied, with several demonstrations and wishes for a prosperous and happy life … but there are those who decide to do a little humor to the situation, resorting to sarcasm and irony to describe the birth Baby Kate and William. According to AFP, the references to the royal heir corresponded to 25,300 tweets a minute after birth. The hashtag # royal bab y was used 900,000 times, and continues to increase.

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network Twitter, the information was mentioned more than two million times and peak conversation was recorded at around 20h37, a few minutes after the birth of the baby, with more than 25,300 tweets per minute.

This number is far from 132 000 tweets per minute when Francisco was elected Pope. Even more impressive, the re-election of the first U.S. President african-american, Barack Obama, reached 237 thousand tweets per minute.

still do not know the name of the child, who is third in line of succession to the British throne. In Europe there are other houses with real estate still small, as is the case in Swedish, in which Princess Estelle, born January 23, 2012, is the second in order of succession to the throne after his mother, Princess Victoria. The law that prevented women from being queen was abolished in 1980 in Sweden.

In 2005 born the heirs of Denmark and Spain. Prince Cristian, born October 15, is the second in order of monarchical succession after his father, Prince Frederik, the eldest son of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. In Spain, the Infanta Leonor de Borbón, born on 31 October 2005, is in second place for the succession of King Juan Carlos, after his father, Prince Philip. Maintain this position, if not will have no brother.

Born on January 21, 2004, Ingrid Alexandra is the first daughter of Crown Prince Haakon Magnus and succeed the father at the helm of Norway. Princess Catharina-Amalia, born December 7, 2003, is the first daughter of King Willem-Alexander and Maxima of the queen, and will be the future queen of the Netherlands.