The christening of Archie, the infant son of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, at Windsor Castle’s private chapel last weekend drew much speculation about the identity of the godparents, much comment on the ladies’ apparel – Kate was “wearing a pink Stella McCartney dress with Diana’s Collingwood pearl earrings” – and criticism, too, of Meghan and Harry’s decision to keep the ceremony private. But there seems to have been scant interest in the actual baptismal ceremony. What rite was used? Was Charles’s beloved Book of Common Prayer pressed into service, or, as social media is suggesting, did Meghan insist on something more “woke”? (I am told that the gender-neutral version of Father, Son and Holy Spirit is “Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer”.) There is frequent criticism in Ireland of the way that First Holy Communion has become more about the money and the frocks, while the meaning fades into the background. Something similar seems to be happening with royal christenings.