Jolly nice photos of Lilibet

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www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2022/06/06/new-photo-smiling-lilibet-released-prince-harry-meghan/

Because I think the speculation is unpleasant.

The whole point of the royal family is genetics though. That is why it’s hereditary.

There's nothing odd about it at all 😂 "highly developed teeth"??

Teething varies hugely, one of mine had teeth at 4 months and a mouthful by a year, one of them was 14 months and I was starting to panic that he'd never get teeth. Dentist was very laid back about it and just said they are safe in the gums don't worry.

I think some babies are both with teeth.

Seems an odd thing to comment on.

@Cam22

It’s an odd photograph: the highly developed teeth, no visible legs etc. Not surprising because the parents are extremely weird.

Writing something like that about a baby, especially a strangers baby, is genuinely really, really fucking weird.

"The resemblance is very marked if you look at photos of both from just under the nose upwards, Charles as well."

Yes. MIL is one of conspiracy peddlers about Harry's lineage, I just can't believe it when she starts going on about it. He looks more like Charles than William does, it's the same top half of the face.

Born with teeth. I really need to proof read.

I hope the photo is just an innocent "snapshot" but given it is supposedly taken by a professional photographer I am surprised at the choice of photograph. The little ones eyes are almost closed as if she has the sun in her eyes and her little legs and feet and not visibly , not to mention her messy hair. Why choose to release this particular photograph?
Toddlers teeth can vary, a couple of our family had two teeth at 1 year old and others had 6 teeth.

I like the colour picture of Lily (sweet little girl, how could you not like her?). The black-and-white photo has a blurred child's arm and Meghan's face appears to have been photoshopped on the right as you look at it. Her skin is a different colour from how it was at St Paul's and she looks a different shape. I actually prefer her in her casual outfits like this one--but the two shots together don't really match.

Very interesting that many of these comments provide a detailed critique of a picture of an innocent baby.

It's threads like these that make you realise that good ol' Barbara from next door is probably a closet demon.

That’s not nice at all. And not just because there was nothing sly about it. It looked as if Louis was biting his nails and in the blink of an eye Charlotte had his hand out of his mouth and was telling her mummy what he’d been doing. It was funny.

The article was about Charlotte correcting George, not Louis. It was about her signaling to him to stand correctly for the national anthem. The article is very positive; I think the author was using "slyly" in its meaning as a synonym for surreptitiously.

@SenecaFallsRedux

Charlotte had a busy weekend keeping her brothers on their best behavior. She was lovely as were her brothers. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing all of the children.

As for slyly - it wasn’t nice to say it all.

Does "sly" always have a negative connotation in the UK? Because it is often used as a synonym for surreptitiously in the US, without the negative connotation. The publication is American and so is the author. I don't think she was being mean, especially when you read the entire article where she refers to Charlotte as adorable.

Yes sly always has negative connotations in the UK.
It is not the same as discretely, quietly or unobtrusively.

Does "sly" always have a negative connotation in the UK?

Yes.

They're not the Slytherin House in Harry Potter because of their ‘discretion’ 🤣

SenecaFallsRedux

Does "sly" always have a negative connotation in the UK?

As PPs have said, yes it does nowadays. It's obviously okay to describe a child being "sly" in the US then and not necessarily derogatory?

The following isn't anything to do with the RF, just out of interest in how language is used, but: can "cunning" still mean "cute" or "sweet" in the US?
I read and reread "Little Women" as a child and, in the chapter in which Mr Lawrence sends Beth a piano, Amy says "Look at the cunning little bows!", obviously meaning the cute/pretty/whatever little bows.
If it still means that in the US that too could lead to misunderstanding this side of the pond if used in a sentence such as "Charlotte's cunning little ways" or something.

No, it's because it sounds like "Slithering". Like a snake.

In the US, the connotation of "cunning" would depend on the context. It is not always negative. The usage in Little Women is not all that common these days, but you still hear it, especially regarding fashion. It means attractive in a sort of quaint way. You might hear it in describing a baby's dress, for example.

It's obviously okay to describe a child being "sly" in the US then and not necessarily derogatory?

It's a funny one. It could probably have a negative connotation to describe a person as "sly" but not necessarily an act. And the most common non-negative usage is probably "on the sly," as in "I had a bout of coughing at the funeral so I sipped a bit of water on the sly."

SenecaFallsRedux

Thanks for the information

"On the sly" is an interesting one. I still think it's got more of a negative connotation, so might be more likely to be used in a sentence where things are less acceptable. So, while it wouldn't be incorrect to describe having a sip of water in church to check a coughing fit as having it "on the sly", it would be more likely to be used in a sentence like "Nobody else was drinking but I'd had an awful day, so asked the barman to put some vodka in my tonic on the sly".

Mind you, that may say more about me than the general use in the UK of "on the sly"

Actually, thinking about it, saying "Charlotte corrected her brother on the sly" sounds a bit better, to me anyway, than "Charlotte slyly corrected her brother".
The former sounds a bit more like she corrected him without wanting to bring attention to the fact, whereas the latter sounds as though she wanted to show he was being naughty or that she was better behaved.

But I have a great interest in language and can bore on like that for ages, so had better stop now!

@Alwayscheerful what a nasty thing to say 'messy hair' do you really expect a one year old to have perfectly coiffured hair ??