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Welcome,
Princess Charlotte!
Rochel Burstyn
I Special to the Jewish News
H
ooray! Kate Middleton had a
baby girl!
Why do I care, you may ask?
Fair question.
I'm proud to say I go waaay back
with Kate Middleton. About, oh, 22
months or so. In fact, we're pen pals!
How's that, right?!
Well, because we have so much in
common. For example, we're both
brunettes, we both have two eyes and
two ears ... just kidding! Seriously, it's
because a) we were both commoners for
a large portion of our respective child-
hoods so I know how it feels, and b) we
were pregnant at the same time. Twice!
Back when she was expecting George,
I was expecting my Atara — we were
even due in the same month! When the
long-awaited prince arrived, all I could
think was how happy I was that a mob
of photographers weren't standing by
at the ready, all excited to broadcast my
post-birth flabby tummy to the entire
world and record it for all eternity.
Feeling rather emotional due to post-
partum haze, I decided to send her a
mazel tov card. Never having written to
royals or any celebrities before, I was at
first unsure how to proceed. Eventually,
I decided to write what I would to any
new mum. So a few days later, a let-
ter from Southfield, Mich., crossed
the Atlantic Ocean heading toward
Buckingham Palace, saying something
along the lines of: "Dear Will and Kate,
Welcome to the wonderful world of
sleepless nights — mazel tov on the
birth of your son. May he grow to be a
true prince among men."
The best part: A week or so later,
a thick cream envelope appeared in
my mailbox. At first I thought it was
a wedding invitation ... but wow! A
Buckingham Palace postage stamp! I'd
actually gotten something back! (See, I
said we were pen pals!)
These days, if you pop on over to
my house, you'll see, amidst the fam-
ily pictures and sports trophies on the
bookshelf, a picture of the young royal
family with a (sort of) personal mes-
sage scrawled (OK, fine, typed) on the
back.
Honestly, it's a great conversation
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Charlotte, Kate and Will
starter. (Especially the time a visitor
asked if it was a picture of my newly-
wed cousins.)
I'm already planning to send Kate
another mazel tov card in the mail,
for the new princess (in between feed-
ings of my own new princess, Zahava
Lasha.) I'm wondering if this time Kate
will send something back, more than a
card, maybe some nice English biscuits
or crumpets. And then I'll send her
some seven-layer cake from Zemans.
Hey, this could be the start of some-
thing really special!
Deep and meaningful point to
ponder: We all know that we're not
meant to give just to see what we'll be
receiving in return, but in the case of
the royals — eh, who cares? (I've even
been wondering if it's too late to send a
mazel tov card for the wedding. Then
we'll find out if anyone actually really
reads the cards.)
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