Princess Charlotte 'hugging' lady.

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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!

The woman is in a wheelchair FFS, she didn't pounce on a random child in the street. Don't try to make it like some random adult terrorising a child with an inappropriate hug.

I agree. Total over reaction by some on here.

YANBU

I doubt the Queen would ever have let Princess Anne be hugged as a four year old by a member of the public. And the public then would not have even tried frankly. Kate doesn’t have to let her children be manhandled after yesterday.

Couldn't agree more RollingOutOfBed
Ridiculous way to treat a child, any child.
No wonder some of the royals grow up and fuck up so 'royally' 😅
Some have a hideous sense of entitlement!

There's a lot of overreacting going on here. William prompted Charlotte to come over to the woman and greet her. She wasn't forced to hug her- the woman obviously spoke to Charlotte and invited her to hug- it was hardly a close invasive hug- it was one of those symbolic hugs where you don't really have much body contact- more a little pat on the arms. It's the kind of hug we all endured as children with acquaintances we hardly knew- people who were friends of our parents, distant relatives, people in church on a sSunday etc. It never did any harm and teaches children to grow up being able to handle social occasions as an adult.

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 The whole thing is insane and hopelessly outdated and offensive.

I could not have put it any better. The whole concept is just ludicrous to me. And I honestly think the fans that turn up have a screw loose.

Who are those peculiar people that leave their homes on Christmas day to fawn over the queen et al leaving church?

Indeed!! Very strange.

I agree with you Op. I am a fan of the Royal Family and also believe that as they're publicly funded, the public have a 'right' to some extent to see / know what's going on, but I don't believe anyone has the right to touch them and shouldn't even try, especially with the children. I hope the kids are kept further back in future.

I'm going to hasard a guess that anyone who thinks regularly hanging around outside in the cold and damp to catch a glimpse of the royals is a good idea is not going to be hugely clued up on social cues. It's harking right back to when touching the king was supposed to cure scrofula, it's embarrassing.

And the woman who knitted a doll for Charlotte and presented it in a wrapped box - what next? Members of the Public giving wrapped boxes over - could well be disguising a bomb. Even a small one.

The people who are outside the church go through several security checks before they get in there

I have a relative who lives near who curses that the royals didn't return to Christmases at Windsor Castle because there's no point trying to go for a quick walk anymore as the security checks are a nightmare because the whole royal family is there

Why is the fact this woman is in a wheelchair so relevant? Every headline mentions it. The most bizarre thing about the whole story to me was the pink inflatable flamingo, was that a present or did she bring that from home? I can;t imagine Liz bought her that as an early Chiristmas pressie.

The woman is a stranger to Charlotte and it’s all credit to her manners that she accepted the hug. But I think it’s inappropriate of an adult to put her arms out like that to a child she doesn’t know. Maybe Charlotte was ok with it but maybe she wasn’t but has had it drummed into her to be polite so felt she had to.

I feel sorry for those kids, they seem very young to be getting treated like a celeb/rock star with crowds of strangers shouting their names. I dunno what age William and Harry were subjected to this and if the crowds were as bad then. Apparently people now camp out overnight at Sandringham to get a good spot. They must be bonkers, it’s freezing!

YANBU - it was weird and a small child really doesn’t need to be indulging total strangers like that!

That photo made me very nervous when i saw it im suprised they were allowed to get that near here without a barrier between them and i think Charlotte looked a bit uncomfortable with been hugged by a strange lady

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

That’s perhaps a little strongly worded but basically I agree. I find the adulation of the royal family really weird. They are just a group of very privileged people who happen to have been born or married into the royal family. It staggers me that anyone thinks there is a place for them in modern society.

They all need to step down - they would if they had any morals. The Royal family should be part of the UKs history and not something that forms part of our modern democratic society.

The fawning makes me vomit.

If this interview with Prince Edward - in which he reminisces about his first walkabout experience is anything to go by - the Royals don't seem particularly clued up about preparing the next generation for the strangeness of it all.

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.

Quite, @RollingOutOfBed, and if their parents don't like the children being exposed to this stuff, William can renounce his right to the throne and go and be very private in the way that his aunt is.

I'm far more concerned that Betty Battenberg doesn't seem to care that her son has been accused of sex offences against a young woman and still sees fit for him to parade about in public.

I saw the picture on the news didn’t read the story but the princess looked uncomfortable and I thought it was a very odd thing to get a small child to do- hug a stranger.

I remember a member of the public hugging Harry after his mother died....it was awful.
The poor kid being pulled into a hug by a stranger who thought she had the right because he is a public figure.
Who wants a hug from a stranger?
It's all about the hugger and their misplaced emotions.

I doubt the Queen would ever have let Princess Anne be hugged as a four year old by a member of the public.

No, she just stands by while the public are allegedly abused by her son.

Honestly don’t get the fuss. It’s a hug. Big deal

I think @Genzeee sums up 'huggers' attitudes.

Some people genuinely think hugs are no 'big deal'.

I'm of the the type who thinks they are intimate.

I hate being hugged. But I'd put up with it in return for a life of unimaginable luxury that I didn't have to fund myself.

Get a grip people. It was in a public place.