Prince Harry and Prince William surprise crowds outside Windsor castle ahead of Royal Wedding

[niyad]

(not to be catty, but notice how BALD William is, and Harry is getting!!)

[WhiteTara]

1. Charles is bald too. It's a family trait, it seems.

[mnhtnbb]

4. The gene for baldness is passed on from the mother's father.

Diana's father was bald as he aged. Here he is with her at her wedding to Prince Charles




Past genetic studies suggest that some of the strongest genetic contributors to male pattern baldness fall on the X chromosome, the sex chromosome a man inherits from his mom, Marioni and his co-authors noted.

https://www.genomeweb.com/microarrays-multiplexing/male-pattern-baldness-study-uncovers-potential-genetic-predictors

[Aristus]

5. I see no evidence of that in my life.

I started going bald at the same age, 24, that my Dad did. And I went bald in the exact same pattern, right down to the little island of hair on the forehead, surrounded by bare scalp.

None of that came from my our mothers.

[mnhtnbb]

6. Here's a pretty good explanation. Not all Mom's fault, but for men, the only source of X chromosome

https://www.vox.com/2014/7/30/5948661/male-pattern-baldness-genetics-heritability

[rurallib]

2. I am not much of a royal enthusiast, but this was a much needed bright spot in a sea of gloom

We ended up watching several reruns and clips over the weekend.
Harry and Meghan were absolutely charming, William and Charles played their roles well.

In normal times, I would have ignored this wedding. Yet now I look at this as these young royals are going to be part of leading us out of the new fascism like their ancestors did.

We wish them well. We need some beacons, some bright spots right now.

[Kittycow]

3. I kept wanting to brush Meghan's errant lock of hair back behind her ear.

And also straighten her veil so it fanned out perfectly even behind her dress after she got to the altar.