Princess Charlotte 'hugging' lady.

[lottiedelavega]

Is anyone else finding the newspaper headlines annoying this morning. Princess Charlotte did not hug the lady in the wheelchair, the lady hugged her. Which is inappropriate. You don't hug a small child in the street!

Defo not cute!

[nobodyimportant]

I thought the hug was inappropriate too. It's the first thing I thought when I saw it.

[ScreamingValalalalahLalalalah]

This is yet another reason why we need to retire the Royal family. The children have no hope of growing up normally when they are constantly in the spotlight like this - then people wonder why some of the adult Royals lead dysfunctional lives.

[FudgeBrownie2019]

We watched the news last night and I mentioned to DH that it was just a little off, a small child hugging someone they don't know. I know Kate was there, the lady was well-intentioned etc, but even royals deserve to have bodily autonomy, and I believe very strongly that we should teach young children that their bodies are their own from the moment we are able.

DH said it was cute and that I was looking at it from a teacher's perspective rather than an old lady fan of the royals perspective. He may be right, but I'm glad my DC can choose who they do and don't hug without the press watching.

[RollingOutOfBed]

Big deal. There are children going without food who don't have a bed to sleep in, in this country and you're worrying about some overprivileged brat being hugged. They're the most pampered children in the country. They have security with them at all times. I hardly think that she's going to be traumatised by a simple hug. As for greeting crowds it's what they're paid for. They'd better get used to it now because it won't be too long before it's obligatory. Yes it's messed up but then the whole concept of Royalty is. I'll never understand the fawning. Do the people gushing over them really believe that they're superior to them and their family?

[LittleSweet]

The whole point of this exercise is for us to talk about the children and not the fact that the Queen obviously doesn't think Prince Andrew has done anything wrong. I can't believe that he's been allowed to go to the family Christmas after what he's done.

[lottiedelavega]

@RollingOutOfBed well arnt you pleasant.

Brat? I see a very polite, gracious child. No brat like behaviour captured with those tonnes of cameras around them.

Maybe you should roll out of the other side of the bed.

[ScreamingValalalalahLalalalah]

I think RollingOutOfBed has a very valid point.

[LadyTiredWinterBottom2]

I'm not sure l understand the fuss. They aren't 'normal' children, and Kate was standing there with her. This lady is known to them so not exactly a potentially dangerous random. I'm not saying they are public property, but l expect they are used to it.

[Bluerussian]

After reading this thread I looked at the picture and read the text about the lady hugging Charlotte; the little girl didn't look at all displeased by it, she seemed delighted. I agree with others who say no one should assume a child wants to be cuddled (even by relatives!), and to be wary of doing it but I don't perceive anything wrong in this instance, it seemed quite natural.

I'm sure it won't set a precedent.

[Mrsjayy]

Yes I am sure people are perfectly aware and horrified that children are hungry @Rollingoutofbed calling a 5 year old a brat doesn't balance anything out though.

[BowermansNose]

LOL

[AspergersMum]

YANBU. They did NOT know this woman. "Ms Clark, 39, who travelled from Long Sutton in Lincolnshire with her family, gave Charlotte an inflatable flamingo and said she seemed pleased with the gift.

She said George and Charlotte were 'brilliant' and that they both hugged her. 'It made my day,' she added. 'I've never seen the royal family, ever. This is my first time at Sandringham and I would love to do it again.'"https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7826297/Christmas-gifts-cheeky-Princess-Charlotte.html

Also, boundaries for children anyone? Strangers giving you gifts then taking photos of you and wanting to hug you? So very weird.

[roisinagusniamh]

Seeing all these people outside the church waiting to greet them on a cold Christmas morning must give these children an odd perceptive of the British public.
Honestly, what kind of person gives up their Christmas morning to see the Royal family?
Either they have very little going on in their own lives or are kinda unhinged!

[Alsohuman]

Completely agree @RollingOutOfBed. Isn’t the cardinal rule on MN that parents set the boundaries? Who are you all to question the Cambridges’ boundaries for their children?

[LyingWitchInTheWardrobe]

Do you want wheelchair-lady thrown in the tower, OP? Or just in the nearest river?

What an enormous fuss you are making over so very little.

[lottiedelavega]

@Alsohuman did the Cambridge's tell you they were happy with the stranger hugging their daughter.

[lottiedelavega]

@LyingWitchInTheWardrobe well I would just like adults to learn not to get weirdly close to a child they don't know, but seen as you asked, the tower please

[Alsohuman]

did the Cambridge's tell you they were happy with the stranger hugging their daughter

They wouldn’t have let it happen if they weren’t. Jesus, this thread’s beyond melodramatic.

[DoesntLeftoverTurkeySoupDragOn]

They did NOT know this woman

There wasn't just one.

[ScreamingValalalalahLalalalah]

Ms Clark, 39, who travelled from Long Sutton in Lincolnshire with her family, gave Charlotte an inflatable flamingo and said she seemed pleased with the gift.



The answer to the eternal question - what do you give the child who has everything?

[SweetMarmalade]

Big fuss over nothing imo.

[RollingOutOfBed]

I use brat in the sense of a spoilt child and there's no doubt that they're spoiled and cosseted to a ridiculous degree. They have no choice in the matter at present, but it's still true. Though judging by the behaviour of some of the Royals the other definition might later prove to be true also.

It's utterly sickening to have people bowing and scraping before the Royals as though there's some inherent superiority that they possess, even more so when one of the Royals in question is a 4 year old. The whole thing is insane and hopelessly outdated and offensive.

Of course we can care about things large and small and I can complain with the best of them but an overprivileged pampered child being hugged with a security team by her side, and with the seeming permission of her parent, who could have stopped it in a second if she'd wished, is so far down the list of things to worry about that I don't think I could see it on there, even with an electron microscope.

[roisinagusniamh]

I hope 'Ms Clarke' also put a gift in the many charity boxes around for a child from a poor family,too.

[Junie70]

I thought it was horribly unfair to subject George and Charlotte to that, and Catherine looked pretty uncomfortable with it all too at times. It was a bad idea, and all to distract the media from Prince Andrew.