George and Charlotte to join procession

[Dodie66]

Just reporting on the news George and Charlotte will join the procession inside the cathedral

I strongly suspect that the children have already seen people crying this week.

Sounds awful for the children. The private ceremony only would have been a lot more appropriate.

Charlotte & George's relationship reminds me very much of DD & DS!

😂 What???

I don't think there is anything wrong with George and Charlotte being allowed to go to the funeral. I can't see why people think they have the right to judge. Their parents know them, the rest of us don't.

Clearly it would be too much for Louis at age 4, and he isn't going.

Seems like a good decision to me. Yes, even to walk behind the coffin if they want to.

Looks like they are joining the procession once in the abbey. Wonder if there is a way of getting them in there without the crowds seeing them

Maybe they should just go all in and let Louis go as well. Why ok for a 7 year old but not a 4 year old?

What is it with you and royal threads??

Their parents will have talked to them and established they’d like to do it. The nanny will be there to take them out if necessary.

Their parents are more qualified than you to decide what’s right for them, and 7 and 9 is not too young in general to take part in a service saying goodbye to a much loved great granny,

I am just waiting for someone to compare it to William and Harry walking behind Diana’s coffin (no it is not the same.)

Do you know any children?

William and Harry said it was traumatic being in the procession behind their mothers coffin. Why would he do that to his own children behind their grandmothers coffin?

George and Charlotte have been facing crowds and cameras since they were born. That is not unusual for them.

I agree with others saying that Kate and William know their kids best and know whether they can handle this. All the people criticising their decision on here would go batshit if someone - anyone - made judgemental comments on what they decided to do with their own children.

But I don’t think they are in the procession outside just in the abbey

No, I know absolutely no children whatsoever, never met any at all.

Putting the kids on show for what though? I very much doubt they have a choice. I'm sure they would rather be at home watching the Emoji movie on C5.

"William and Harry said it was traumatic being in the procession behind their mothers coffin. Why would he do that to his own children behind their grandmothers."

Attending the funeral of your 96 year old great grandmother can in absolutely no way be compared to attending the funeral of your own mother who died suddenly at the age of 36.

I think there is a lot of projection going on here with posters assuming that because their own children wouldn't cope, then these two won't.
I teach this age and there are as many children who would be fine with it as there would be those who would not.
I think we have become quite squeamish about death and funerals in this country. It is the natural order of things and it needn't be traumatic for youngsters if they're prepared for it by the loving adults in their lives.

This.
I think being at a funeral where you can have a cuddle from your nanny is very different to being part of a formal procession. They could have attended the family private funeral.
This is not about going to a funeral. This is about being in a formal procession amongst the public and a formal funeral.
I swear there are people in MN who if it had existed at the time would have said it was fine for Harry and William to parade behind their mother's coffin.
I am going to leave this thread now. But my views on this are nothing to do with it being the Royal Family. But simply to do with what is appropriate for children who are still very young.

They're not really joining in the procession. They are going directly to Westminster Abbey in a car with Kate. When the big procession reaches the abbey from Westminster Hall, they will be outside and walk in with Kate and William. I think that's quite enough at their age. They won't be with the procession in the streets at all or involved at Windsor.

They need to learn to join in the pantomime so might as well start now.

Their parents will have talked to them and established they’d like to do it

So what? What they want is irrelevant at those ages, the parents should be making the decision that's in their best interests.

It's awful. Hugely in appropriate and likely to upset them a lot. But there's nothing so likely to drum up support than the sad, sombre little faces of two cute kids. They know exactly what they're doing imo and the best thing for the children isn't what's forefront of their mind.

Westminster Abbey Is not a cathedral! It is not the seat of a bishop. It's a Royal
Peculiar. Just to be pedantic.

They both went to Phillip's memorial service so they have some experience of the size of the crowd and the service.

I assume the camera in the abbey will be focussing on the coffin as it is brought into the abbey. Hopefully, they have been told to minimise shoots of George and Charlotte

Shots not shoots

Bollocks that they want to do it. Children learn from their parents behaviours and want to do things to please them, so if they think this is what is expected and normal behaviour then they will do it. Just like a child saying they want to do mummies/daddies job when they grown up as they know the reaction is « aww » and lots of cuddles and love for doing so.

Yes, they’re only walking up the aisle in the Abbey, they’re not part of the outdoor procession.

Charlotte strikes me as a mature little girl ( remember when she stopped Louis from waving too much at the Jubilee). I imagine she’s there to support George, who seems less confident-but he’s a future king so perhaps that’s the reasoning for his inclusion.

William and Kate must’ve talked it through with them, but it does seem like a big responsibility for under-10’s.