Brits Are Making the Same Joke About the New Royal Baby

October 15, 2018 5:28 AM EDT

Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, is expecting her first child with Prince Harry. The news, announced Monday morning by Kensington Palace, has already been greeted by hundreds of messages of congratulations for the royal couple on social media.

But the baby’s due date, given as “Spring 2019”, has turned Brits’ attention to another big event scheduled for that time.

Things that are due in Spring 2019:

1. #Brexit
2. #royalbaby

I'm live next on @eNCA with an update on both...
— Olly Barratt (@ollybarratt) October 15, 2018

The U.K. is set to leave the European Union on March 29, exactly two years after Prime Minister Theresa May started the formal process for doing so by invoking Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty. The possibility that the baby could be born around that date has caused a stir on British social media.

#royalbaby Prediction the #royalbaby will be born on the 29th March 2019 & will be called #Brexit whether it’s #PrinceBrexit or #PrincessBrexit
— Angus Carl (I’m the bossy Jack Russell) (@moirangus) October 15, 2018

Official #RoyalBaby name odds revealed:

EVENS Victoria
2/1 Diana
4/1 Ariana
9/2 Kim
10/1 Kanye
11/1 Kimye
13/1 Corbyn
13/1 Boris
14/1 Lego
15/1 Brexit
16/1 Stormzy
18/1 Charizard
20/1 Avocado
25/1 Chad
100/1 Piers
— Marty Lawrence (@TeaAndCopy) October 15, 2018

With the U.K.’s negotiators so far failing to reach a deal with the E.U. on the terms of Britain’s exit from the bloc and an important E.U. summit scheduled for Thursday, many say the baby will be a welcome distraction for the Prime Minister.

Royals certainly doing their best for their PM by keeping Brexit below the fold.
They should be given a title or something. #RoyalWedding 👰#royalbaby 🤰
— @sinead_ryan (@sinead_ryan) October 15, 2018

The world’s 7,667,957,370th baby is the answer to Theresa May’s Brexit prayers. For one day only https://t.co/oaF7NFKFpM
— Kevin Maguire (@Kevin_Maguire) October 15, 2018

Others are offering the Duchess of Sussex advice on the increased immigration restrictions that Britain will have to contend with after leaving the E.U.

Make sure your baby’s born in Europe Megan - Ireland’s nice - then he/she will be able to get an EU passport and live and work on the continent post Brexit. Don’t think a German great grandmother is enough. 😉 #practicalities #RoyalBaby
— Hal Cruttenden (@Halcruttenden) October 15, 2018

Brits Are All Making the Same Joke About the New Royal Baby

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