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

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Ewetoo · 09/09/2022 06:43

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.

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ancientgran · 09/09/2022 16:52

TwinGirlsOnTheWay · 09/09/2022 16:18

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

Depends how you rate things. For me, as I said before, I'd rather dig coal than have to sit down to a fancy dinner with him, or spend part of my holiday entertaining the Johnsons or read the headlines that the Blairs conceived their youngest child while on a visit to Balmoral. Talk about too much information.

Chailatteplease · 09/09/2022 16:53

Meltingsocks · 09/09/2022 07:02

She was their great Grannie, they won't have been close, they'll be fine.

Your children were likely picking up on your feelings. Mine were supremely uninterested

Not necessarily true at all.

My DS lost his great grandma aged 8 and grieved for a year over her. They were close.

Iliveonahill · 09/09/2022 17:32

Abraxan · 09/09/2022 16:47

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.

Lucky you. I never had grandparents growing up and I lost my mum to cancer when she was 48. My kids by the age of 15 had lost their four grand parents and a step grandfather age 57. Some families just don’t have longevity.

mumof1or2 · 09/09/2022 18:43

Meltingsocks · 09/09/2022 07:02

She was their great Grannie, they won't have been close, they'll be fine.

Your children were likely picking up on your feelings. Mine were supremely uninterested

I disagree. My son is very, very close to my gran. Just because it's their great granny doesn't mean they won't have been close.

Willbe2under2 · 09/09/2022 21:26

SleepingStandingUp · 09/09/2022 11:43

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"

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Lol, though I actually envisage the end of the conversation went like this:

"Just text me when you get there and let me know how everyone is"

"Aww love, you know I never get signal up there, can't you turn on the news like everyone else?"

Rolls eyes "Fine, see you in a couple of days. Play nice with your brother"

Testina · 09/09/2022 22:45

I think you can tell something about people who like to refer to “Lambrook” when “school” would do.

No surprise you were weeping and wailing even before the Queen died.

Grief tourism and bizarrely trying to feel like you “know” the royal family. We can all read their school in the Daily Mail you know 🤷🏻‍♀️

Take a step back!

Tiredmum100 · 09/09/2022 23:13

antelopevalley · 09/09/2022 11:17

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.

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It's really not that unusual to know great grandparents these days. In my line of work I come across multiple generations, all close to each other. We actually have 4 generations in dh family. I find it surprising you think it's unusual these days, especially with people living longer.

PayPennies · 10/09/2022 06:42

Testina · 09/09/2022 22:45

I think you can tell something about people who like to refer to “Lambrook” when “school” would do.

No surprise you were weeping and wailing even before the Queen died.

Grief tourism and bizarrely trying to feel like you “know” the royal family. We can all read their school in the Daily Mail you know 🤷🏻‍♀️

Take a step back!

I think this is really key. There’s a specific type of person whose sycophantic “fandom” of celebrities takes this form of talking where they speak about celebrities in a familiar, they-are-just-like-us way. It helps these people feel like they know the celebrity, feel close to the celebrity. A lot of threads for example on Kate Middleton as “Kate managing 3 under 5/7” etc over the years are an example. Talking about this sort of familiar/everyday ness of celebrities helps this particular kind of fan of you will feel close/intimate to the object of adoration.

SoupDragon · 10/09/2022 09:41

I think you can tell something about people who like to refer to “Lambrook” when “school” would do.

"school" wouldn't do as the key point is that it is a different school to before. "Lambrook" is shorter than "new school".

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