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'm sure they'll be fine too, but if my dc lose a relative, they don't then have to watch a Newsround episode on it or have any remeberence events at school on it.

Do people really think that she knitted them cardigans and sneaked them lollipops when Will and Kate weren’t looking?

Remember Megan’s interview? They had to curtesy when they saw her. She was the Queen first and no one forgot it.

It will clearly be tough for them. Hopefully they are not given too prominent roles in the funeral and the press won’t hound them. Ultimately though it has moved the children much closer to the reality of the throne and what that means. I’d have thought they’d be some sort of portrait of the king and heirs etc and potentially other ceremonial stuff for George.

There will also be questions re how quickly they can get back to normality re school or whether they’d be stuck in mourning for weeks. it is hard on young children losing a grandparent/great grandparent. They will have to do that in the public eye in a way that isn’t normal.

It must be tough for them to be a public figure. But then, if normal children's relative/family dies, it's very personal and lonely. But in this case, whole country and the world are mourning. Maybe it's a comfort in some way.

My 8 year old is very close to my nana (so his great nana).We have no way of knowing how close they were

Considering that most accounts confirm that the Queen was only at best marginally interested in her own dc, I think it's a fairly safe bet that she wouldn't have been Disney Granny to her G Grandchildren.

Considering that, along with the whole stuff upper lip thing from the older generations that they're seeing as an example, I'd be surprised if the Cambridge kids were affected at all.

It's more the attention from the world media, starting off a new school is very unnerving, obviously the family is distracted... George is at an age he can read the papers, imagine he came accross the headlines about his dad pegging... It's not easy being a royal kid & now he's 2nd in line to the throne...

@Ewetoo these are the wealthiest and most privileged children in the entire country.

They are fine.

That has just made me well up.

So? wealth and privilege doesn't protect you from grief.

@Ewetoo these are the wealthiest and most privileged children in the entire country

This is such an odd thing to say. Do you really think that money protects you from grief? If you really believe that then you have no understanding of basic human psychology. Everybody in the whole world, rich or poor, grieves in the same way. Why on earth wouldn’t they?

Even if you have never met a privileged person, surely you have read about their lives. Was Princess Diana a happy person? Or most celebrities you can think of. Haven’t you noticed how their marriages break down, that they have mental health problems. Just like all of us.

Privilege is not only no protection against unhappiness, it can cause unhappiness. Imagine strangers all over the world discussing what you look like, what you wear, what you say and do. That is the world the royal children have been born into and there is nothing at all that money can do to ease that.

There are accounts of William ^pegging>?!

No, money doesn’t protect from grief.

But these are not orphaned children. They are not suddenly exposed to the harsh reality of life.

They have lost a great grandmother. How common is it to even know your great grandparents?

And should they struggle they will I am sure have access to the very best support money can buy.

Money can’t protect you from grief but come on - it buys longevity of life, for starters.

Yeah, I heard dead relatives hardly matter after the first million.m 🙄

Money can’t protect you from grief but come on - it buys longevity of life, for starters.

no it doesn't.

Nonsense. I was 10 when my great-grandmother died and I was devastated.

Perhaps not, but it will buy you years of private healthcare, a "job" that involves travelling in the lap of luxury and doing a few charity dinners and light tasks, and palaces coming out of your ears. Not to mention no worries of food scarcity or energy poverty. Those will all add to a long life.

She had to have dinner with Trump, she had to have the Johnsons to stay at Balmoral. I'd rather dig coal.

My thoughts are over shadowed by how my poor little cousin coped starting in Reception after losing his mum in her 20's. It puts it into perspective.

If money doesn’t buy longevity of life, why do the poorest areas have the worst life expectancy?

Feel more sorry for Louise… she will miss Freshers’ Week and induction etc. and generally be on her own as an adult for the first time.

S*he had to have dinner with Trump
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A small price to pay for what is very easy work.

Why won't they have been close to their great grandmother?

I was very close to my great grandparents and dd was very close to hers. She was very upset when they died, at various ages (for her.)

I don't think it's at all unusual to have a close relationship with a great grandparent.

It is sad that it will have taken the shine off their first day of their new school, not just for them but also their parents. It will be a tainted memory looking back, more so for William and Catherine.

Yes, they will be fine. But equally, it's likely they will be sad and upset at the loss of their great grandmother. I would suspect that they've been prepped for the event - I know we prepped dd when hers where become much older and frail, especially when they become much more ill. And, of course, it will be trickier as others at school will be more aware of it happening and who she is, and it will be on the TV, newspapers, computers, etc.

I lost my 9 year old cousin when I was 12. I was upset but not to distraction. The worst times were when I married and put my bouquet on her grave and when I had my first child. The thought she didn't make these events, joining us or for herself, really hit hard. And I understood then how gut wrenchingly awful it.must have been for her parents and my parents to go through.

It was right for Kate to stay and tell them and be there. However, I suspect they will be absolutely fine.

I think you'll find that their teachers and close family/friends will care if a child loses their grandparent/great grandparent. When we are told a child has gone through a bereavement we definitely treat them 'with kid gloves' whilst they process the information.

Obviously, it's not done on as big a scale, with others less close knowing what's happening - but that's not their fault that their great grandmother was known right across the world and the news will be dominating every news channel in the country for several days. Of course they need some extra care in such circumstances. Surely no one begrudges the children that!

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.

Is it?

I knew 4 of my great grandparents growing up. The last died when I was around 16.

My dd had 5 great grandparents growing up. The last two, both of my nanas, died last year in their 90s, when dd was 19y.

One of my Nanas was a great great grandma 3 Irma times over.

To me knowing great grandparents isn't very unusual at all.