Prince George & Princess Charlotte, so poised & well behaved.

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Loved seeing those beautiful children honouring their great grandmother today. Exemplary behaviour & poise for such young children.

I sometimes wonder what would happen if the heir to the throne was autistic. My child is wonderful but would not be “impeccably behaved” at these events however “well trained” he was.

Well they were hardly going to start breakdancing.. I was at a family funeral at George’s age and I knew “how to behave “. It’s not difficult to be quiet at a funeral.

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Actually things are changing ... my dd sings as an adult woman (alto) and most cathedral choirs are whilst nominally boys and girls, in reality heavily reliant on female singers including teen girls. Many female cantors now too

Choristers, in my limited experience, are often from musician families, who thus gain access to an exceptional musical education and a good private academic education where the family may not necessarily have the size ir predictability to support this otherwise. They may well go on to gain generous music scholarships and bursaries to public / private schools, so accessing the chorister training can set a child on a particular educational trajectory for life.

“may not necessarily have the size ir predictability of income ‘

Sorry

Edward was noticeably weeping and wiping his eyes with a large hankie. As was Sophie.

there were tears in the Kings eyes at the end.

they all looked emotional, not just Harry, even though he must be filled with remorse. At least I hope he is.

Children need to be raised to accept that there are times when they need to sit quietly and be bored. They grow up well behaved and resilient because they know that a) they can do it and it isn’t the end of the world and b) they realise that sometimes life isn’t all about them. Good parents reward this good behaviour with praise which in turn helps the process.

Badly behaved children shouldn’t be a default.

Expecting a child to sit still and behaves itself equates to child abuse these days ! And so does playing while their mum watches the funeral. Absolute joke. No wonder kids out of control

Try saying that to someone who has a child with ADHD or certain types of autistic children.

Charlotte was also flapping her order of service and swinging her legs and whispering to Kate but yes they were beautifully behaved, I suspect there may have been promises of robux / football kits / match attack cards and LOL dolls in reward for behaving today,

I loved seeing Charlotte's swinging legs.
And I noticed her yawning towards the end of the service.

Thank goodness they have their holidays at Anmer, Balmoral etc where they apparently run wild and enjoy carefree adventures with the other young royals.

It's a shame Louis wasn't there 😉

Does anyone know why one of the young choristers had a blue ribbon round his neck with a stone or some other ornament on the end of it. He appeared to be the only one wearing it.

There are awards available to choristers (for example those from the RSCM www.rscm.org.uk/our-resources/rscm-medals-and-ribbons/ )

Or is may be a similar award scheme run by that specific choir, or represent 'Head Chorister' etc

Love him!

Yes they are to be congratulated on having neurotypical children. One of my children would sit still, be quiet and serious, through a service like this. My other one would find it impossible. The one who would find it impossible actually tries much harder to behave, whereas his brother can be a menace, but because he knows how to shut up and smile sweetly for adults, everyone thinks he's an angel. (I love them both more than life of course, but do sometime feel sorry for the neurodiverse one when he is perplexed and bemused why he gets told off for existing - simply because he's fidgety, has "bad" habits and doesn't pick up on socal cues)

My DS went to my DGM funeral age 7 and he and sister went to DH's DGM's funeral aged 9 & 7 so George's and Charlotte's age. They were used to church services, they even had a little part to play in the second DGGM's service. When DS was 7 I remember how much he wanted to be there. I think by then they could both be relied upon to behave themselves.

Hastingsontheup - Eh?

He's 4. Given the type and length of events he was involved in during the Jubilee, I would just say 'he's 4'. He's only just starting school, so will have had much less exposure to the formality of assemblies etc than his older siblings.

Or maybe just "high energy" I though possible ADHD looking at his Jubilee antics.

Yes, there are girl choristers. You decide which Cathedral you would like your child to join and make enquiries and proceed accordingly

The Chapel Royal choristers (the ones in red) are choral scholars from City of London School www.cityoflondonschool.org.uk/school-life/the-chapel-royal

??? No?!

Not for Westminster Abbey- only men and boys.