Put the mobile phones away!

[AlwaysGinPlease]

Watching poor Charles, a man who has JUST lost his mother, shaking hands of the great unwashed public, many of who had their bloody mobile phones shoved in his face whilst grinning inanely at him, it really made me cringe.

The Protection officer kept telling them to put their phones down and at one point said " put the phones down , just enjoy the moment" but they just bloody kept on. Shouting and jeering. Ugh. Have done decorum people for goodness sake 🤦🏻‍♀️🙄

I had to turn it off.
Im not sure that grinning at people and shaking hands is the best thing to do when your mum has just died.

i waiting for the pictures of the coffin all over social media

however id seriously hope phones and cameras were banned

I agree. The hip hip hooray chants were extremely distasteful too. I understand they are aiming it at him but his mother has just died, he doesn't want to be hearing that!

Why can’t the man have some time off for goodness sake.

I watching and thinking the same!😡
Some are only there to film, not pay respects. Its such bad taste

My heart was in my mouth all the way through the walkabout so Lord only knows how the CP team felt.

I was thinking the same, they were watching the moment through the lense of their cameras instead of even looking at him!

One couple really annoyed me. Grinning like you would if you met a celebrity. Then her partner grabbed her phone and filmed.
If you are genuinely there as a mark of respect and get chance to say a few words of condolence, then you don't need your phone to film close up.

the cheering and smiling is awful. what is wrong with these people

Peasants

It's so so rude and they just look like idiots

I thought the same. A woman grabbed him, kissed him and looked far too happy about it. No respect.

Bloody commoners.

Plebeians.

And if you are going to start a round of God save the King - please do sing in tune and not tail off after a few lacklustre lines.

Again, Plebeians.

Very true. And the fact they were asked to put phone away. Id be so embarrassed,
But they just carried on!!!

I was cringing too , especially when that woman kissed his hand .

I had to turn it over it was too much the cheering the phones a lone one line of god save the king ! I don't know what is wrong with people

I thought it was fine. I also thought he looked quite pleased that people were acclaiming him. He's only the King if the people want him to be. It's all the people so you don't get to pick and choose. No one grabbed him for a selfie. They were obviously saying nice things about the Queen too. He chose to get out the car and not be aloof. I'm sure he's used to meeting similar types of people.

It's also a strange thing anyway; mourning a Queen, celebrating the new King. There's no division between the two.

Relax

Shouting and jeering.

Why were they jeering him? ☹

I agree. The poor man has just lost his mum and all those cameras in his face.

Actually you are right people probably didn't know how to react it was all a bit intense for me.

People are very snooty on this thread. God knows who they think they are. Above the others apparently

The phones are awful but I was so glad for him that people turned out and looked genuinely happy to see him. I think he must be filled with dread at the prospect of filling HMQ's shoes. Imagine if only a few people turned up to see him - would have been awful. I hope it gave him a boost.

He was smiling and so on