Mike Huckabee has taken a slap at the British government for gushing over the birth of Prince William and Kate’s new baby boy while strong-arming a frantic mom and dad as removed it life support from their ailing 23-month-old son.

"Tragically, there has never been a starker illustration of the difference in importance placed on two babies' lives than you’ll see today in Britain," the former Arkansas governor and two-time GOP presidential candidate wrote Friday on his blog MikeHuckabee.com.

"The official celebration of the birth of a royal baby and the heartbreaking battle of two everyday parents to save their baby from being condemned to die by that same government’s arrogant health care system.

"On the very day the nation was celebrating the Royal baby, the UK government was removing the life support system from 23-month-old Alfie Evans and stationing a line of police to keep his frantic parents from trying to move him to another hospital that would grant him care."

Courts in Great Britain ruled Alfie’s father and mother are not legally allowed to take their son to Italy for treatment. Tom Evans and his wife had planned to take their child to the Vatican's Bambino Gesu Pediatric Hospital.



And the Washington Post reported the Italian government had even granted the boy Italian citizenship and put together a transportation plan to get him there.

Baby Alfie was removed from life support Monday and is said to be in a "semi-vegetative state" as a result of a degenerative neurological condition.

The royal baby -- born on Monday at 8 pounds, 7 ounces -- has been named Louis Arthur Charles and is fifth in line to the throne after his grandfather Prince Charles, his father and older siblings.

Huckabee sent his congratulations out to the royal couple, but added that "all life is sacred" and "all babies are a precious gift and nobody’s life is worth more than anyone else’s."

"If that is true, then any effort that might save little Alfie should be allowed to be tried, just as it would be if he were a Royal baby," Huckabee said.