A thought

I have read the tedious news that the new royal orfspring is being christened today. Well it's not really news, is it? Babies get christened with alarming regularity the whole world over. I don't know why they have to get it done when the baby is so young. What say has the baby got in it? Why can't parents wait until their child is a bit older, so it can make its own mind up about whether it wants it done or not?