I feel sorry for the Cambridge children on the first day at school.

[Ewetoo]

So insignificant I know but I can't help help feeling sad for George, Charlotte & Louis that their great grandmother passed away on the first day at Lambrook.
They obviously adored them & vice versa, it will be a very hard time for them & I hope the school will be very caring towards them. Kate was absolutely right to stay behind & be with her children.

I think Catherine has really done the royal family proud & showed great strength of character by putting the children first & staying with them. I'm sure she would want to be in Balmoral comforting her husband but the children were her priority.
She also got the difficult job of breaking the new to them. She will be a great Queens consort with the time comes. I'm sure the Queen would have appreciated her practicality.
(This is not Carole Middleton posting BTW!)

Wow! It is very unusual for children to meet never mind be old enough to remember one great granny. You must be very unusual to remember both of them.

They may have been close, but unless all your family live in the same few streets, it is unusual. Children go to school and bed early and there is a limited amount of time to spend with parents, both grandparents, Aunties and Uncles, and then Great Grandparents. It is just a lot of people.

I feel sorry for YOUR children tbh.

In the nicest way possible what ARE you on about ?

I remember my great grandmother very well and my son was very close to his as I said earlier. It's not 'very unusual' and you really can't make any assumptions about any family let alone the RF.

**nicest possible WAY

What’s has HRH the Princess Royal done to attract your disapprobation? She has supported many charities in an active role, of which I have personal experience and involvement in two. She is dignified, engaged , well briefed ( and GSOH).

@Meltingsocks how do you know they were not close
I was very close to my great nan and spent loads of time with her , closer than I was to my grandad

@pawkins thanks so much for your concern. My children are just fine, they lived a part of history last night, had there emotions validated not suppressed & woke up this morning with a hunger to learn more about Queen Elizabeth. The library awaits us after school 😁

@SheWoreYellow how they would be the same generation ?

@antelopevalley its not very unusual to know great grans especially in this day and age
I knew my great nan infact my children had her as a great great nan as well as she lived to 101
But nowadays if someone has a child at 16 , then that child has at 16 etc , its not hard tp work our great nans are around iN bigger numbers
My own nan is still alive and great gran to my children and neices and nephews who are young adults

Yes it is sad but almost every child who has a living great grandparent will lose them during primary years, so it won't be an unusual situation. Hopefully everyone will leave them alone so the can grieve her privately as granny not publicly as the Queen.

@antelopevalley also children do have weekends and holidays to see family
My family is spread over the uk and further yet we are still close , its even easier to be nowadays with technology

If your kid returned to school after a family bereavement upset and no one GAF I think that's a greater reflection upon your school than every one else's lowly position in society. Our school absolutely would care if DS went in upset over the death of a grand parent

@theworldhas some people can't just scroll on by
Nothing to do with the post at all

Im finding all the "Im sure they will be fine" and "she was only their great grandmother" and "they barely knew her" comments on this thread so wierd. Is that how it is in your family when your grandmother/father dies - your kids just say "ah well I barely knew her". So unfeeling and dispassionate.
Of course, they will be fine but imagine how difficult it will be for them to have to go into school for the next few weeks with EVERYBODY talking about whats happened.

When my DF passed away DD got quite upset and the school were very supportive

DS was in reception when my grandma passed away and he was really upset because it was his first encounter with death.

It's hard having to explain it to a kid.

Honestly think she just did what most Moms would.

"Right love, I'm driving up with Dad's brothers to see Nan. Can your Mom collect the kids if you want to come?"
"No it's fine, I'll stay. Probably better I'm here to tell them, you know George will want me not my Mom if he's upset. Just text me when you get there and let me know how everyone is"
"OK love, bye"

It’s all relative. 🙄

Interesting, my children are year 3 and year 5. They have a great gran who has just turned 100. She is fading so we have taken time to explain to the kids that she has had a great life but that bodies wear out and she won't be with us for much longer. We are not morbid about it but just gently priming them for the inevitable. I'm sure their parents have broached the subject with them well before her death. I know my kids will be sad when their great gran dies but hopefully it won't be a complete shock and they can enjoy their memories of her rather than being too sad.

@SleepingStandingUp exactly and I think we all are mindful when we are aware people have lost loved ones etc
Except some people can't just be nice it seems

My dad died on my son's birthday
shit happens
every year it's tough
son is thankfully now old enough to understand that I find it a weird day but understands that we've always made sure it's his day and special for all the right reasons

There are many children deserving of my pity, but the Royal children have never featured particularly on this, I must admit.

It is sad, but it will be the same for any children who lost loved ones. And I am sure the school will do best to support, same as for any children.

My teenager just shrugged his shoulders and couldn't have cared less. As did the 12 yo.

My youngest children don't understand. 7yo and 5yo.