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 ONE weekend, not their whole life! And sweltering? Really? The weather was pretty cold all weekend.

Friend of mine’s daughter once started playing with a little boy when out one day. Friend looked at his grandma and realised it was Carole Middleton, looked again at the boy and it was George. Dressed normally and just out for the day like a regular child (I’m sure with protection officers etc).

I can't bear people who are so judgemental about a few seconds of a just 4 year olds life.

The whole thing is just so weird. You’ve got a 4 year old out on the balcony, but not the Queen’s daughter, because one is now “more important” than the other. You’ve got the Phillips girls sitting about 4 rows behind them, because again, despite being the oldest Great Grandchildren of the eldest Grandchild, they just aren’t important. Surely this leads to really screwed up dynamics when you have fully grown adults being told they are ‘beneath’ a 4 year old.

Surely the nanny could have whisked him off when he was misbehaving? Save Kate the embarrassment of having to deal with him.

One reason I'd happily see the monarchy abolished tomorrow is that I think it's a horrible thing to be born into it. Three of the Queen's four kids seem to be pretty messed up in various ways and her sister (forget the name) had a pretty grim life. And in terms of long term relationships, no rational normal not-a-total-social-climber person is going to want to marry into that family.

I think William, Kate and all involved are doing a fine job and giving the children as normal a life as possible in their situation.

The narrative being pushed by the media regarding the behaviour of a four year old child is nothing but an attempt at distracting the British public’s view away from the current inhabitant of no 10 Downing Street’s imminent political demise.

Having a 4 year old act like a 4 year old is not embarrassing. It's really weird that you would suggest a parent should be embarrassed for their child's normal behaviour.

The only one who looks messed up to me is the Duke of York, I can’t see much wrong with the other three.

I find it really surprising that people feel sorry for the kids being made to sit through the events of this weekend.

My kids have been to weddings, funerals, big sister's (extremely boring) dance shows, meals out for 60th birthdays... there's no way they'd have missed an event of this gravitas if their own great grandma was involved. Hell, my 3 year old has had to go tile shopping and to the chiropodist with his great grandma 😂

duchess of kent gave it all up and became a music teacher
lady sarah is my favourite

Wow. Imagine being this nasty to very young children. Should Charlotte be demure like a “good” little girl?

It was a one off weekend, back to normal life for them again this week.

came onto say something similar to @BottlingBurpsForGrandma . It’s one event, and they weren’t being promoted as the main stars (unlike instergrammers kids etc). As a child, I sat on the back of a lorry for the annual village carnival and this was just a much bigger version of that.

I agree. Kids on social media is a shit storm waiting to happen.

exactly @Blossomtoes Charles and Anne had bad first marriages but other than that I don’t see how they are all that dysfunctional. Spoilt like other Uber wealthy yes, but no more or less dysfunctional.

Andrew is obviously an abomination

*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*

Kate did exactly what you've just said.
The level of pomposity on here is wild.

Some of the 4 yr olds I've had, probably would have behaved a lot worse tbh. Especially if they were tired. It's what 4 year olds do.

And anyone giving it all the " I would have not allowed this or done that". Yeah right like you do anything with millions and millions of other people watching and commenting.

I thought KM handled it well. Not that that it was a big deal anyway.

This is absolutely true and DM would have run hysterical headlines.

Meghan and Harry did well keeping their children completely out of sight, while here.

What's the narrative? that's he's a normal child?
4 year old capable of being a bit cheeky when he's bored.......... is that the narrative?!

It was a one off moment in history. Absolutely right the kids were involved. All the press attention Louis got was positive and no-one thinks anything other than he’s a normal 4yr old child

Where do Meghan and Harry's kids come into this? Their parents chose to step down from royal duties so of course the family wouldn't be on the balcony or be at the forefront of celebrations.
I'm sure this will be another set of circumstances where it will be alleged that they were snubbed, or that their lack of involvement was racially motivated - but it simply reflects their changed role. Hopefully they recognise that they are getting what they wanted when they stepped away.
As for Louis - it was a once in a lifetime event. I'm sure if he'd got really tired or fretful his parents would have sent him off with a nanny to play with toys.

I was amused by that! It was unseasonably cool.

Gosh posters describing little children as a "brat" or "a bossy little madam" (I thought that phrase might have died out in the fifties). Are you for real. Making those kind of condemnatory judgements on a child you've only seen through media optics - and then only briefly. You should be embarrassed.

This is absolutely spot on.