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William being rude during public visit

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OutofEverything · 15/02/2023 22:48

William visited an Ipswich hospital. A staff member had made cakes for his visit and decorated them with union jacks.
William then took part in a video call with some children, including the sin if the woman who made the cakes, William said to the young boy: ‘Your mother’s feeding me her cakes.’ He then held up a cupcake to the camera, and said: ‘They’re not very good!’ The children then burst into laughter as the prince adds: ‘I’ve told her she wouldn’t win Bake Off.’

I can understand the children laughing, but this is just so rude. The NHS staff member made cakes with her own money for his visit and all he can do is insult them.

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mummabubs · 15/02/2023 23:10

lollipoprainbow · 15/02/2023 23:01

It was a cringeworthy attempt at him trying to show his humorous side and failing badly.

Yup. Likely this.

catsonahottinroof · 15/02/2023 23:10

I thought it was rude too op, although they did only show part of the conversation so there could be some missing context.

Juicesausagecake · 15/02/2023 23:11

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I bet she’s kicking herself now that she didn’t say this at the time.

Why is it that you always come up with the pithy one-liners after the event? Typical.

QueSyrahSyrah · 15/02/2023 23:11

The Man has had 40 years of training to be politely interested in the wide range of people he meets, and to avoid ever being rude.

I'm not especially a royalist but I think it's a reach to suggest that just suddenly today he took a bite of a homemade cake, spat it out and roundly declared it crap to all who'd listen, completely unprompted.

He's not Prince Philip 🤷🏻‍♀️

FlyingFish1 · 15/02/2023 23:13

I reckon this was deepfake.. doesn't seem right to me

Meandfour · 15/02/2023 23:16

Ffs it really is no wonder we’re a nation riddled with anxiety and depression.
Is it a full time job now looking for offence in every bloody situation? Must be bloody exhausting!

NameChangeFor2023 · 15/02/2023 23:17

He'd probably loved them and eaten 50 or something so it was tongue in cheek.

I have made this exact joke to a colleague at a bake sale. "How are they? I made those ones" "oh they're awful, couldn't have another bite"

LadyVictoriaSponge · 15/02/2023 23:18

I thought it was a bit off and a bit rude, we don’t know if the baker was ‘in’ on the joke, or if she was a bit embarrassed at being the butt of the joke, it was just unnecessary.

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OutofEverything · 15/02/2023 23:18

I believe he thinks he was being funny. Like men who jokingly criticise their wives cooking at a family gathering. But they are just twats.

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HerRoyalNotness · 15/02/2023 23:18

🙄

Meandfour · 15/02/2023 23:19

OutofEverything · 15/02/2023 23:18

I believe he thinks he was being funny. Like men who jokingly criticise their wives cooking at a family gathering. But they are just twats.

Do you care so much about women who criticise mens cooking? Or is it just NHS workers who can’t bake shit cakes?

wnaksr · 15/02/2023 23:20

🙄

LuluBlakey1 · 15/02/2023 23:23

OutofEverything · 15/02/2023 22:54

I wonder if the woman thought it was a joke to have someone visiting saying her home baked cakes tasted awful. Jokes are supposed to be funny.

Well she was on the telly laughing about it.

IwasToldThereWouldBeCake · 15/02/2023 23:24

I don't think William is allowed to eat food offered to him like that (in case it's poisoned or gives him the sh1ts), so it's possibly an awkward joke to explain why he won't eat it.

Pirateships · 15/02/2023 23:25

They probably were crap

Goldpaw · 15/02/2023 23:25

OutofEverything · 15/02/2023 23:18

I believe he thinks he was being funny. Like men who jokingly criticise their wives cooking at a family gathering. But they are just twats.

Yup. But you can't speak out because you're being "oversensitive" at "lighthearted banter".

MaybeSmaller · 15/02/2023 23:26

YouAndMeVsTheWorld · 15/02/2023 22:59

Jokes made at other people’s expense aren’t funny, especially when they punch down

punch down🙄

God, this over-used term.

Maybe if, I dunno, Gordon Ramsay or Jamie Oliver made fun of the cakes and was nasty about it, you could call it punching down.

Prince William isn't exactly known for his cooking skills and it was just light-hearted banter.

Coxspurplepippin · 15/02/2023 23:26

Oh, and welcome to Mumsnet OP.

Margot78 · 15/02/2023 23:26

I’ll look forward to her Oprah interview

Eyerollcentral · 15/02/2023 23:26

OutofEverything · 15/02/2023 23:07

How do you know what the woman who baked the cakes thought? She can hardly complain and chuck him out. She has no choice but to smile at work and say nothing.

She is hardly likely to say now you’ve insulted my baking for you fancy giving my son a ring? Fgs get a life. I’m not even pro monarchy and even I can see there is obviously a joke preceding this between William and the nurse. You must have limited social interaction not to realise that OP, is that the case?

LadyVictoriaSponge · 15/02/2023 23:26

It would only have been funny if Kate had baked the cakes for the event and William said they were a bit rubbish, saying they weren’t very good to I presume a complete stranger not so much, and of course the woman laughed, everyone laughs at any royal family members jokes no matter how feeble.

Goodread1 · 15/02/2023 23:27

Get a life Op...!

It's called sense of humour and she was in on it, by sounds of a too.

Eyerollcentral · 15/02/2023 23:28

OutofEverything · 15/02/2023 23:18

I believe he thinks he was being funny. Like men who jokingly criticise their wives cooking at a family gathering. But they are just twats.

Sorry your husband hates your cooking and likes embarrassing you. Never seen any man do this in any context in real life. They’d soon be given short shrift in my my family

OldTinHat · 15/02/2023 23:30

It was apparently a joke and the woman asked William if he'd talk to her son on Facetime. He did, hence the laughter because her son was with his friends.

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