SO Prince George is one year old and very bonny he looks too. Just like a one year old. Very reassuring.

Apparently he had two birthday parties, one at home and one at Granny Middleton’s.

And probably like every other one-year-old he was more interested in the wrapping paper than his presents and probably got more cake on his expensive new clothes than inside him.

And at some point burst into tears. They all do.

Parties for one-year-olds always seem a bit daft as they haven’t a clue what’s going on and don’t much like their routine messed around with either.

The person who really deserves the party is the mother – whose memory of the agony is probably still horribly raw. So let’s change the emphasis.

First birthday parties should mean champagne and cakes and treats for Mum – ideally while the baby spends the day with someone else. Blissful.