In a week when children have filled the news there has been both
joy and sadness.
Joy when royal baby Prince George Alexander Louis was
baptised by the Archbishop of Canterbury
in the historic Chapel Royal in St James’s Palace. It was a quiet ceremony – photographs
afterwards showed George to be remarkably like his father, Prince William and
yet I caught a glimpse of the Queen’s determination in that small face. He wore a christening gown of magnificent
cream lace; a replica of one used by Queen Victoria and he was supported by seven
godparents, carefully chosen to guide him through life.
The Queen and Prince Philip looked proudly on, as three male
heirs to the throne ensure the continuity of the Royal Family and renewed
popularity from the people.
In contrast the McCann family continue their six year search
for Madeleine, with a photograph of her in a pink floppy sun hat that would
melt the hardest of hearts.
The Portuguese police have re-opened the case while Scotland
Yard also focuses on the abduction.
By co-incidence a little girl with blond hair and blue eyes
was removed from a family of Greek gypsies and proved to belong to a Bulgarian
family of a similar type. Was she given
away or was she sold? Either way it is a
sad start to her life and we can only imagine how mystified she must be feeling
now. No wonder her press photographs
show her looking so forlorn.
