to be fed up and genuinely mindblown by all this Prince Louis drama??

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I have a 4YO almost exactly his age... please tell me that most people don't think that his behaviour was that of a future delinquent?! I honestly don't see much problematic or out of the ordinary about his behaviour especially after hours of being made to sit still.

Some of it wasn't ideal don't get me wrong but it's absolutely in keeping with my own dd who I believe to be absolutely typically developing and on the whole becoming an incredible, mature, kind and loving little girl

Also, what's with all the ownership being on his mum to keep him toeing the line?! Are we really still that behind the times?

Is this one of those situations where people are just talking shit about him because they're jealous of the RF? Or does anyone actually think that his behaviour was especially divergent from most kids his age? I'm genuinely interested and wondering how much to worry about my own kid 🙈🤣

I think that given they couldn't/didn't give him a toy or game or screen as a diversion, he did bloody well to last for all that time without having a meltdown. Kate must have been stressed to the max.

I'm bored of hearing about this. And did wonder how much of this was just him being 4. Do people really think he would have just stood there and behaved?

Agree. I’d have thought it was more odd if he’d just sat there for hours not moving!

I have to be honest I haven't read much of the commentary because it's a non-story but have people genuinely been suggesting there's something wrong with him?

I saw the pictures and just thought people were saying 'LOL, look at him being a totally normal 4 year old cute kid pulling faces'?

funny I was talking to dh about this, yes yet again he was shown being a 4 yr old.
kids are brilliant at knowing when mum/dad can't tell them off, I think he is cute and just being a small boy.

Much drama over nothing. Kate and the other adults handled him well without it descending into tears. He is in the way to learning he is expected to behave.

I agree OP. Both my DSs would've probably behaved much worse at that age. Because he's royal and the whole world is watching they couldn't give him an iPad with some cartoons to watch, but poor kid, no wonder he was bored.

I think he was cute and it's nice to see something in the news that isn't depressing.

All the behaviour seemed perfectly reasonable to me and Kate needs a medal for keeping smiling throughout. William, not so much. Not a lot of evidence of the hands on father 😆

I keep seeing posts suggesting he has Autism.

On the way to learning*

The best picture from the whole weekend was the one showing the Queen smiling down at Louis while he's talking to her. Just a normal Great Grandmother interaction.

He's a kid, it was his first major event.

He seemed like a normal kid that age to me. Yes, the trying to put his hand over mum’s mouth and thumbing his nose was rude but most kids I know have tried the same - and let’s face it Kate’s options to deal with it were pretty limited. I would imagine he has been told that he will be staying at home until he learns how to behave which is what most parents would say in private after the event.

For me though that is kind of the point - Louis acted like pretty much every 4 year old would (and to be honest given what he was watching those older as well) - so why did they decide he should watch it. It was no way the kind of thing any 4 year old would want to watch so why make the decision to put him through it.

We see at these events an awful lot more of the Cambridge siblings then we ever did before because the monarchy I think is trying to show them off - George was wearing a suit - how many his age do that (given the looks my DS the same age gets when he decides to wear a suit on mufti days none)

Giving a child many sweets and then getting them to sit still for 3 hours at the age of 4 😂🤷‍♀️😂🤷‍♀️😂

it’s never going to work, hard enough without the sweets 🍭

Delinquent, no.
Notably different to other RF children's behaviour that I recall, yes.

If you are going to have they RF on a pedestal with huge privilege and wealth, part of the function of them as an institution is to be observed and people will observe, and therefore comment. There is little point having a RF everyone ignores.

For me what was interesting was that he behaved less like a 'royal child' than previous young RF children which highlights the difficulty the RF have now - should they be relatable or aspirational? The issue is they appear increasingly anachronistic and neither they nor the country knows what to do about it.

Who has been criticising? I've just seen comments that think he was funny.

Charles apparently practised sitting still for hours from a young age. Obviously I have no idea if that is true but I read that.

It appears Louis has not yet started this training!!

What prince Louis drama?
(Maybe i read the wrong papers... 😆)

He hit out at her, put his hand to her mouth to shut her up. At least he didn't throw himself to the floor like mine used to. 😁

A lot of people see royalty as arrogant and I think that instead of seeing a bog standard four year old acting out as small children do, people are seeing an arrogant royal. Expecting a small child to behave like an adult is ridiculous.

I want to know what Kate said to him because he was ok until she learnt over and whispered something to him😉

Thank you! Generally people also seem to be saying it's totally normal. However there have been people suggesting he has ASD (ridiculous! He blatantly doesn't. I've been at airshows as a kid and those fighter planes are impressive but bloody loud!) And then there's the inevitable 'my kid would never have done that' brigade.

I don't follow them religiously but I think Wills and Kate are very patient with the media and quite savvy at knowing how to show the media just enough of their kids to placate them. If they start to paint their perfectly normal and delightful young child as a troublemaker though I can see them undersrandably more reserved and I'd want them to shelter him from this ...

Also, what's with all the ownership being on his mum to keep him toeing the line?! Are we really still that behind the times?

This hasn’t been my impression at all. Lots of praise for how the Duchess of Cambridge handled things, sure, but then she was sitting next to him. I’ve also seen articles praising William, Charles and Mike Tindall for their interactions with Louis at the pageant.

I really feel for Catherine
Imagine having your child play up and you can't say right, enough, if you don't behave we're leaving, then slinging them over your shoulder and taking them home if they carry on.

It's awful in Tesco with your child acting up and a couple of people looking and tutting. I can't imagine how it feels knowing the world is watching and however you deal with it, you'll be judged.

Honestly I don’t see any criticism.

everything I have seen in social media is of the opinion it was funny and cute and some sympathy for the parents as they couldn’t handle it like a lot of us could.

Its probably just rumours / made up bullshit. There were rumours circulating online for years that Prince Edward's son James was autistic because he was always quite shy in public. No idea if that is true or not (and it doesnt matter if he is autistic) but the rumours seemed to have vanished since he's become a teenager.

I cant imagine how hard it is for these royal children growing up in the public eye in the age of social media. Poor kid will be 'meme' for years to come.

Perfectly normal behaviour for a 4yo, its just the media / those on social media have made a big song and dance about it.