Or is it just me thinking the narrative being pushe& by the media around Louis is wrong??

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I know, I know. Born into a life of privelage blah, blah, blah.. But it isn't a life they ask for.

Personally I think the children in the royal family should be kept out of the spotlight until they're adults and can decide what they want to do. They should just be kids until then. Maybe with the odd photo released with granny or whatever.
I can see history repeating itself with the 'rebel prince' that his uncle went through........I cant help but wonder what the hell his parents are thinking allowing this. 😳 It didnt work out well for Harry who was used to deflect attention away from the shit his brother was getting up to for years 😬

It was a very special occasion, a unique one, and he was only included in the shorter or less formal activities, not wheeled out and expected to behave like an older child for hours on end during the solemn occasions. From the bits I’ve seen on Twitter, Louis seems to have been just like any other four year old, and to have behaved just like any other child that age would have. And the press seem to have thought it all adorable. I haven’t noticed any criticism of his behaviour.

He will need to get used to being in the spotlight and behaving with gravitas, and the way that seems to be done in the royal family is by gradual exposure. I can’t see how this one weekend will have been deleterious to him, other than his having to be bored a few times - but no more so than any other four year old at a wedding, for instance.

Everything I've seen has been positive about him being a normal cheeky 4 year old, words like adorable, funny, excited are not insults. Also lots of parents relating to that behaviour in their own under fives

It’s George who gets my sympathy. Many comments comparing him and Charlotte to Charles and Anne and how confident and poised she is.

All I've seen is mums posting memes along the lines of 'thank god Duchess Perfect gets it too'. It's been incredibly good for their image.

I think without the parasocial press relationship and tragic death of his mother, Harry might have grown up to quite enjoy his role as the fun brother. I certainly don't envy George or William, although William does seem to have turned out pretty well, which I actually put down to Charles who I believe to be fundamentally a nice chap.

I loved seeing him making faces at this mum and covering her mouth. I have a four year old and that seemed normal to me!

lovely to see that he has bags of personality and has the most adorable chubby little hands.

And again

There’s having personality and there's being rude. I would never have allowed my 4 year old to cover mouth and would have moved their hand away quickly and told them off whether there were cameras or not. We’ve all been there with cheekiness, children can have personality without being rude.

Everyone parents differently though, I personally wouldn’t have allowed that.

I have to admit that I didn't really enjoy seeing the royal kids out this weekend. My own DC are the same ages as George and Charlotte (my youngest actually shares the same birthday!). I saw my kids spending half term playing with their mates out in the street while those poor royal kids were sweltering out in the sunshine on parade in front of the world. It's a shame they don't get to just b3 normal kids.

But then, they will grow up to never have to worry about making ends meet. So I suppose their upbringing can't be that bad. 🤷‍♀️

Think it’s inevitable from the press whatever they do sadly. I do think the kids were asked to sit through an awful lot. It’s George I feel for who looks already like he has the weight of responsibility on his little shoulders. Can you imagine being groomed for that at that age? He always looks so serious.

those poor royal kids were sweltering out in the sunshine

What sunshine? It wasn't sunny or sweltering in London today.

It's a shame they don't get to just b3 normal kids.

They are rarely seen ‘on duty’ at official functions - maybe once or twice a year. I dare say they spend the other 363 days being ‘normal kids’ - whatever that looks like when you are stinking rich!

The thing is if they try to keep them away from any media then the media will hound them and harass them til they get photos. So k&w decide to release photos and have them at spacial occasions and basixally make a deal with the press that they can photograph them at these occasions but leave them alone the rest of the time.

They recognise that the press is going tk be part of their lives so they may as well make it as amicable as possible

And if works

I feel more sorry for the YouTuber kids and the Instagram kids, tbh.

The RF at least have the experience of decades of media exposure and the money to mitigate some stuff.

Get a grip! He attended a family event! People had a giggle at the fact that even royal children misbehave. That hardly suggests he’s the monarchy’s scapegoat in waiting.

Agree. And why does he have to wear a blooming suit and tie for every occasion, even the pop concert. Ridiculous for an eight year old.

“Poor royal kids” is quite a masterful contradiction in terms.

If the price they have to pay for the ridiculously privileged life that lies ahead of them is spending a drizzly Sunday watching a parade from the royal box instead of sitting on their arses in front of the tv playing Minecraft or whatever then that seems like a more than fair exchange to me…

Maybe it's a case of the sooner they get used to it, the better?

Also, they can hardly have missed what was going on so better to include them!

It was a massive event relating to their own family and their very existence.

The RF have decades of experience in how to groom the royal children to take on roles as senior Royals. Trooping the colour and going to Church at Christmas are the few events that the children will attend annually the parade today was a one off.

The Queen & Margaret did their first radio broadcast at just 14 & 12.

And in the programme about the coronation there was a wonderful clip of a rather naughty little Charles hiding under the train of the Queen's robe

It’s the price they pay. It’s the price they all pay. They don’t have a choice, unlike celebrities (unless children of extremely famous Celebs and even then they can stay out of the lime light)
They are extremely privileged but it’s not for free. Nothing in this world is. Their life isn’t their own from the moment they are born. There is really nothing they can do about that nor anything their mum or dad can do. If you are born a direct descendant of the monarch your life is a public property from day 1. That’s the price.

Because it’s expected and the price to pay for being directly in line to the throne?!

William was the naught one initially, when they were very small. Then the roles switched. There is always time for roles to switch.

I agree with this. George is clearly very shy and yet he’s being thrust into the limelight to act and dress a certain way. I know it’s because he’s a future heir, but it feels like they should at least let him be a child.

Completely agree with this. Two siblings in my DS’s school have a “blogger mummy” who have documented their whole lives. Everything they do, their starting school nerves, first pairs of shoes, eye tests etc all for likes and free stuff from brands. I wonder what they (bloggers offspring) will feel like in years ahead, whether they will be glad of this record of their lives - like Samuel Pepys diary was studied by historians, or if they will be resentful at the lack of privacy.

@Antarcticant I feel ignorant, who is the child in this photo?