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

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kateward11 · 05/06/2022 19:12

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

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Benjispruce4 · 05/06/2022 22:12

I work with this age group and those gestures were rude, especially towards his mother at an occasion where he would no doubt have been told what was expected of him. I do think he shouldn have had a blanket, a lap and a toy or maybe someone to take him home when he got tired. It was a late night for him. I think Kate handled it very well in the circumstances.

Haydugee · 05/06/2022 22:15

I feel stressed for Kate just watching this. Am in awe of her composure 😂

TheFairyCaravan · 05/06/2022 22:17

AngelinaFibres · 05/06/2022 21:59

I have brought up 2 sons and I taught children from nursery to year 6 for 20 years. I have watched the clip several times and I am a bit surprised at the gestures he uses. Covering his mother's mouth twice and then waving dismissively at her whilst looking away is very rude. I would expect a child to use the thumb on the nose gesture to another child , but not to a parent ,and never ever in the company of both parents and grandparents. Maybe times have changed but I wouldn't have done that to my parents and my children wouldn't have done it to me. Physical punishment was never used to me or by me to my children. His situation is unusual and the children have probably done too much this weekend but I am surprised by his behaviour. Maybe I am out of date with how things are.

I completely agree. I was a bit shocked at the way he put his hands over Kate’s mouth.

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TheFairyCaravan · 05/06/2022 22:18

Why do people keep saying Louis had a late night? He didn’t go to the concert last night, this was this afternoon before tea time.

knittingaddict · 05/06/2022 22:20

ItsSnowJokes · 05/06/2022 19:24

He's 4! That's quite normal for 4 year olds! It's not about being compliant it's normal childhood behaviour.

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I'm not being goady, but I really don't think that is normal for a 4 year old. My children and my grandchildren would stop that behaviour as soon as challenged. To my eyes it looks incrdibly cheeky and rude.

I do feel sorry for him though. No child should be expected to sit through that. He needed to be taken away and have a bit of a run around and some fun. Poor thing.

PandoraP · 05/06/2022 22:22

I think they are extremely well behaved children. Dread to think what mine would be like on the balcony😂

toomuchlaundry · 05/06/2022 22:23

How many of us have 4 year olds who have to sit at something like that and have many many people looking at him. Because he will have realised from the carriage drive on Thursday that the crowds of people were looking at him

TitoMojito · 05/06/2022 22:25

They definitely should have brought an iPad and he could've watched someone play Minecraft on YouTube 😂 poor kid must have been bored out his skull

Ithoughtsummerwascoming · 05/06/2022 22:28

I was never a fan of Kate and William but felt they were a breath of fresh air after Charles etc.
However Just before COVID and then during COVID I started going off them, comments that willam made, poking fun with the medic's over People being worried about a cough and so on. Then the endless pained faces staring into zoom.

However, I think Catherine was /looked absolutely sensational this weekend!
She looked amazing, her eye makeup looked fab, she got through some Very tricky day's,she looked extremely uncomfortable in at Paul's.
It must have been arkward and embarrassing for her with Megan there after her speaking her truth re the bridesmaid cry.

She's got a handful 4 year old and two other Very young children, to handle but also cope with being on display. Knowing that they will also be abused in SM...as well as lauded.
She looked amazing on the balcony and I just think thank goodness the royal go outside that aristo gene pool.
How utterly proud carol must be!
Louis is the spit of Micheal.

Olderwoman57 · 05/06/2022 22:29

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Well it was dealt with. He was told off and stopped.

RightOnTheEdge · 05/06/2022 22:31

I think that kid in the wedding photo has three fingers up when you zoom in. It's his middle three fingers with his thumb and little finger tucked in.

I can't believe some of the nasty comments about a 3yr old on this thread. I feel for Kate having her parenting judged by the whole world and think it's great that they seem normal and he doesn't seem to have the rigid, formal upbringing that Charles had.

valerianaofficiana · 05/06/2022 22:32

I always wonder about the random capitals, why?🧐

Prettypussy · 05/06/2022 22:32

Frenchyfrog · 05/06/2022 20:22

I think it seems a bit unfair on the children. They don’t appreciate it, it’s all for show and the general public to say ‘Awh, isn’t that sweet’. Why didn’t they just join for a bit, then leave. I know the royal family have to be there and get paid handsomely for these things (we’ll just paid handsomely in general and in return they have to show up for this), but a bit mean to expect children to have to.

Toatally disagree with this. I think they have involved the children in the celebrations because, like the rest of of us, they will never see an event like this again in their lifetime. And even though they may not quite understand the significance of the celebrations right now, when they look back in years to come they will be able today they 'were there', they were part of it and they will have those memories forever. Not so if they had been behind the scenes with the nannies!

Olderwoman57 · 05/06/2022 22:35

AngelinaFibres · 05/06/2022 21:59

I have brought up 2 sons and I taught children from nursery to year 6 for 20 years. I have watched the clip several times and I am a bit surprised at the gestures he uses. Covering his mother's mouth twice and then waving dismissively at her whilst looking away is very rude. I would expect a child to use the thumb on the nose gesture to another child , but not to a parent ,and never ever in the company of both parents and grandparents. Maybe times have changed but I wouldn't have done that to my parents and my children wouldn't have done it to me. Physical punishment was never used to me or by me to my children. His situation is unusual and the children have probably done too much this weekend but I am surprised by his behaviour. Maybe I am out of date with how things are.

Bringing up two children does not an expert make.

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valerianaofficiana · 05/06/2022 22:37

@Angelina - and children only spoke when spoken to, in your day🙄.
They are perfectly well behaved children and credit to their families.

valerianaofficiana · 05/06/2022 22:37

@Angelina - and children only spoke when spoken to, in your day🙄.
They are perfectly well behaved children and credit to their families.

Olderwoman57 · 05/06/2022 22:39

It was such a short incident though- brief incident of bad behaviour which was stopped short….

VaccineSticker · 05/06/2022 22:40

He’s 4 years old, give me a break!
My children would have had a complete show of a meltdown had they been put in the same situation.
Children being children- move on nothing to see here.

DorritLittle · 05/06/2022 22:41

Good lord, some of the comments. I've seen little kids act out in the same way and turn out to be perfectly nice, not entitled kids. It's called being four. I recall having a msssive tantrum at four because I didn't want to wear my shoes to school. I was fine half an hour later and my mum walked me into school, in my shoes, late, happy and smiling.

WibblyWobblyJane · 05/06/2022 22:42

Teaching doesn’t make an expert either. So many parents express that their children behave very differently between home and school.

WTFdidwedo · 05/06/2022 22:42

My youngest is the same age as Louis and also does the hand over my mouth thing sometimes. The elder two have never done it and all three have been raised pretty equally. Some kids are just more "challenging" than others 🤔 I'm sure they'll grow out of it.

Comedycook · 05/06/2022 22:45

I thought the whole thing was adorable. George and Charlotte are obviously old enough to know they need to be on their best behaviour and they were. Louis is still at that unpredictable age. Kate must have nerves of steel! I was nervous just watching them on the balcony during the national anthem. It felt like a really serious, important and historic moment. Probably the last time we will see the Queen on the balcony I think. I can't imagine standing there with a four year old praying they can just behave for a couple of minutes! She seems like a great mum.

Antarcticant · 05/06/2022 22:46

From the perspective of someone who doesn't have children, they just look like any other children in terms of their behaviour. You'd expect them to be restless and fidgety at long events, however exciting the event from an adult perspective.

It's an event of deep family significance, so of course their parents would want h
them to be part of it.

Prettypussy · 05/06/2022 22:46

WibblyWobblyJane · 05/06/2022 22:42

Teaching doesn’t make an expert either. So many parents express that their children behave very differently between home and school.

Teacher's kids are some of the worst behaved in my opinion!!!

Legrandsophie · 05/06/2022 22:48

My three year old would have 100% done this. She is a well behaved lovely girl now. But at three she was very energetic and liked to push boundaries.

Good on Kate for staying so calm.