To think that Prince George isn't all that.

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I mean, he's cute and all- as much as any of our three year olds undoubtedly are. But it pisses me off when everyone fawns over him because he's supposedly sooooooo delicious and gorgeous when, actually, if he was flicking garlic bread at you from the next table at pizza express, he'd be as uncharming as anyone else's kid in the same scenario.

Nothing against him personally- I'm sure he is great. Just not any more or less great than anyone else's pre schooler.

I haven't seen a picture of George since he came out of the hospital and I haven't a clue what Charlotte looks like now. TBH, he probably looks like any other normal, random 3yo, except for the fact he was born into the RF. Not that I'm remotely interested in them anyway. I'd much rather read up on Astrophysics TBH.........much more interesting IMHO.

There's a lot of old ladies who will never be grandmothers for whatever reason (or have no contact with their biological GC). Some of them are absolutely fine with that, but some really aren't. I reckon Prince George is serving a valuable function as the Nation's Grandson

I have heard it all now. Well, if you genuinely think that, no wonder there are such massive inequalities in this country (a value that you're teaching and passing on to your own kids).

Also how much of a loser would you have to be if your supposed longing for grandchildren (presumably to love and be loved back and to interact with) was satisfied by seeing an annual photograph in the paper of a boy you had no relation to and had never met and who did not give a single shit about you? Wouldn't it be easier to befriend the next door neighbour's kid? Mind you those people are probably the ones who stand out for hours in the freezing cold to wait for the royal family to attend church at Christmas (presumably missing out on celebrations with their OWN family) and then cry in frustration because they didn't bring George to church with them. Serious weirdos- you can kind of understand it happening in the past, but now, seriously? If you actually look at the people you are revering, they are for the most part workshy freeloaders who are on permanent holiday.

I disagree that op is making a simple point about deference to the royal family Lottielou7.

She is being absolutely goady with her thread title, no question about it. But fair dos, if you do (for unfathomnable reasons) feel the need to start yet another thread questioning the very existence of the monarchy then you probably do need to go at it from a different angle because it is a subject that has been done to death on Mumsnet not to mention most secondary school debating classes so a "I don't reckon much to the Royal Family what about you?" thread title might have been ignored. But saying something spiteful about a toddler - well that guarantees lots of clicks and attention and fuss doesn't it?

Goady as fuck.

Bibbity, why shouldn't people be allowed to question the existence of the monarchy? Just because it's "been done to death" why shouldn't people allow to continue to discuss and debate it ad infinitum?

Surely those people who believe that the existence of a royal family is fundamentally wrong in the 21st century aren't supposed just to stop discussing it for fear of boring those people who love all the pomp and pageantry?

As to the thread title and discussion of George himself, as someone up thread said the ludicrous comments on here about how "special" he is are part of the bloody problem with the sycophancy, deference and inequality which this "future king's" role perpetuates. Some of it is quite nauseating.

Lol this thread reminds me of daily fail commentators who comment on a royal birth announcement with some twat fuckery comment like, "well when I had a baby it wasn't in the news".

I don't really do kids besides taking interest in my friends LOs but even I like to see the latest pics of the Royal babies. Never really thought about judging them on appearance, they're young kids!

Whether you like the royal family or not, saying unkind things about the appearance of a a toddler is really unkind

A 3 year old is not a baby.

But Totally the OP didn't make unkind comments about his appearance!

She said he's cute but no cuter than any other baby so what's the bloody fuss about?

Hardly deeply offensive or worthy of the ludicrous comments of some above!

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OP didn't explicitly make comments but title was goady and so inevitably the thread resulted in comments such as
I don't think he is at all cute. He seems spoiled and the blond hair& brown eyes combination is odd.
which is unkind.
I think the 'show us pics of your kid OP' comments are vile too, but surely starting a thread with that title is asking for bitchiness?

Really?

I read the thread title and OP as being a comment on the nonsense and sycophancy directed towards a very ordinary family who live a life of spectacular privilege at our expense.

And of course he's spoiled - how could he not be?!

It's like all the comments about how gorgeous William is - it's just such nonsense. No one would look twice at him if he wasn't a bloody prince.

The fawning is nauseating.

Well I think he's gorgeous and actually, yes I do think he's cuter than most (my own excluded of course!) His mother is gorgeous too.

I get that people question the existence of the monarchy. I understand that the constant fawning irritates people. But lots of people are interested. If I saw a child like George walking along the street in normal circumstances I'd still look - he's so sweet I could eat him with a spoon!

Op has put into words what I have thought for a while but should we be judging a three year old on his looks? It is human nature though isn't it, to admire a really cute toddler or baby. I can't stop fussing around my gorgeous (to me) new grandson and he is loads cuter than George!

Those criticising the op lost the moral high ground when they asked her to post pics of her children so they could criticise their looks fgs. MN primary school behaviour at it's worst.

Not a royalist myself particularly but the monarchy is clearly relevant given the strong sentiments aired on this thread!

He is 3. Pleeeeeeeeeease

What intrigues me, though, the very vintage/retro style of his outfits - my brother is older than William, and those clothes would have looked old-fashioned on him as a toddler. Do the royals and the aristocracy always dress their little boys in frilly shirts, shorts and scrappy shoes? Or does Kate just have a particular 'thing' for that look?

he's so sweet I could eat him with a spoon!

Please stop.

That is all.

Well I think he's gorgeous and actually, yes I do think he's cuter than most (my own excluded of course!) His mother is gorgeous too.

Well you see this is the interesting thing about this thread. The aura of royalty making perfectly ordinary people appear different to how they are. The child is a perfectly ordinary toddler appearance wise, his mother is also perfectly nice looking woman. But somehow the fact that they are in a specific family means that some people see more when they look at them.

It's an interesting phenomenon.

I actually agree, go to any toddler group and you will find similar if not cuter...accept they won't be dressed in the sickeningly old fashioned clothes.

Since we are judging on looks I also do not think William not Kate are particularly attractive people.

I have now looked at some pictures. He's reasonably cute but it's hard to get past how oddly he's dressed.

is that what people find cute? That he's dressed like a tiny adult?

Aww I really like the way they dress him. I would love to dress DS like that but 1. They don't do clothes like that in matalan and primark and 2. It would all be wrecked within half an hour and covered in spaghetti stains.

Rhiwrites- what adult do you know that dresses in round collard shirts, shorts and buckled shoes

They obviously can't put him in skinny jeans and a led Zeppelin top, those pictures are going to be looked at hundreds of years down the line. And traditionally, that's how little boys should dress.

What a lovely sentiment OP

I just wish they would dress him like a normal 3 year old, mainly because every time he appears in the paper my sister goes out and buys her 3 year old ds the same outfit

It's the collared shirts under a jumper. Children tend to wear T shirts or a long sleeved top so they don't have shirt collars poking out of the clothes.

I'm afraid the "traditionally little boys were dressed like this" argument cuts no ice with me. Traditionally people did all sorts of silly things.

He's their child they can dress them how they like but it makes him look like a child time traveler or a tiny adult.

He is dressed very strangely but I thought it was all part of a security plan, so when he not on 'duty' they dress him like a normal child in the hope he's not recognised