I’m not a royalist but I love Kate for this..

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I’d love to know what she threatened him with under her breath 😂

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I was about to say same. What are you loving her for? There is nothing of note going on there. She’s talking to her kid…what of it?

I thought this too - I don't think MN would be as forgiving if this was MorH but time will tell - the response below about George just mirroring what he sees at home are judgements that the so called professionals reserve for a different section of society so it is turned on its head when it's W&K. I wonder if some MN would feel the same if this was at their nursery or reception. On other threads Im more used to reading - it all starts from the home 2. At 4 he should know how to behave 3. He is the youngest so being spoilt. Hmmm.

Oh yes, let's get cross about something that didn't happen?!

Well imagine is all we have as they decided not to attend.

Again, why do they have to be brought into everything.

I can only think it's to stir up needless debate #5053 about Harry & Meghan? Every RF thread, it's so tedious.

What a little brat he is.

Exactly

Sounds like you don’t know much about four year olds.

He really isn’t. He’s a perfectly normal 4 year old. I guess you don’t know many of those.

HARRY & MEGAN never heard of them

Not sure what the OP loves Kate for?

Anyway, I’ve just watched the footage and that little boy was being a bit of a brat. Yes, he’s only 4, but much of what he was doing was rude.

Have no idea why they had to bring their kids along to these events. It must’ve been really boring.

He is 4 and they test boundaries at that age. He knew that his mum was not going to shout at him or whatever way he is normally disciplined ( time out etc) so he pushed the boundaries further. Kate did brilliant she handled it without a fuss. I am sure afterwards she will have corrected him.
I felt sorry for George more than anyone. He looked so serious in his suit. He is still a little boy and he looked like he had the weight of the world on his little shoulders.

It was amusing at one point that whenever the camera panned to the Royal box, someone different was holding him.

I don't think Louis seemed anything other than a very full on little boy who was quite probably tired/bored/overstimulated during long events and a lot of the time over the weekend was actually watching/waving nicely, etc. Kate's wrangling of him was obviously informed by the fact that a billion (literally) people were watching, 1/7th of the population of the planet. None of it was an indication of poor parenting or what his adult character will be (FGS)

And yes, I'd say exactly the same if it had been Meghan and Archie.

My children and my grandchildren would stop that behaviour as soon as challenged

Isn't that what she did? It was dealt with and over in a few seconds, all played out in love TV.

I also work with this age group, and a little older, children do push boundaries and can have moments of cheekiness/rude behaviour, and most often down to their parents (as that's who they feel safest with.) it's a natural part of growing up and learning how to behave. He was reprimanded (in a discrete manner due to the location and being on TV no doubt) and the challenging behaviour was stopped very quickly. He was distracted and jollied along for the rest of the (very long) event by his parents and grandparents.

We saw a few short moments of rudeness which was quickly stopped by a parent. 🤷‍♀️

Quite frankly, I'd much, much rather have a little rascally character like him than a placid child who does exactly as told, every single time.
I find placid children somewhat unsettling, like their spirit has been quashed.

Exactly @Abraxan Kate stopped the behaviour as soon as it started. If that had been one of our DC we would have been able to scoop up DC and take them away from the situation for a time out if necessary. Not really possible with the eyes of the world watching you.

I am probably projecting but I did find the way he put his hand over his mothers mouth momentarily disturbing - as in - has he seen others in his home do that to his mother.

I doubt it tbh. I've seen many a child do that to their parents/grandparent and to their classmates. It's very unlikely all of the, have witnessed it happen to their mother at home.

Much more likely that it's a natural, if cheeky/rude, reaction to someone saying something they don't like - the words are coming from the mouth so to make them stop them they block the mouth of the person speaking so it can't be heard/said. It's obviously not appropriate behaviour and one that needs to be stopped, but it's also something fairly normal to experiment with by a young child who,is still learning about social norms and correct behaviour.

Haha I think we all recognise Kate's grimace trying to keep a rowdy 4-yo under control! Relatable

I am probably projecting but I did find the way he put his hand over his mothers mouth momentarily disturbing - as in - has he seen others in his home do that to his mother.

He was clearly just trying to stop her bollocking the words coming out of her mouth? Nothing disturbing about it at all.

I did think it was quite rude actually, and the thumbing the nose, but then I think about the scenes my kids have caused in public in their time and I know I am not one to judge - my kids just had different tactics is all!

he looked disrespectful and disengaged. I wouldn't blame him, but he is 4 and I would not allow those hand gestures he gave her and it is not ah isn't he cheeky, it is no way do you do that.

She didn't allow the hand gestures either? She took his hands and put them down, and said something to him which caused him to stop doing it and huff back in his chair.

And all whilst the eyes of the world were watching, literally!

I found age 4 much, much worse than the so-called Terrible Twos with all three of my children. The fucking fours and no doubt. They're trying out measures of independence at this age and are a lot more difficult to pick up and contain!

It was over in a very short time, Kate DIDN'T allow him to put his hand over her mouth, she told him off for it. Honestly, what weird responses to the video.

Yes, it's a developmental stage at 4 to push boundaries to the max and see what you can get away with. As a parent it's much easier to deal with this stage when you don't have cameras trained right on you!