Selfies with Charlotte

[TheRealGossipGirl]

This morning, I came across a video on TikTok from Sandringham this weekend where Princess Charlotte was asked for a selfie by a woman in the crowd, and she agreed. Then, another woman asked for one, and Charlotte did the same.

I find it so strange that a 9-year-old girl is being asked for selfies by fully grown adults. I get that she’s royal, and for some people, this might be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see her in person, but still, it feels a bit odd, right? What do you think?

Sorry what on earth are you hoping constitutes as ‘comes back to bite them on the arse’ ???!!!

Yeah I saw that and it made me feel really uncomfortable. I doubt it was sinister but I don’t think a right minded person would think that was appropriate to ask of a child. Maybe their security should have stepped in?

I would've thought that is obvious from my post.

The practice of using their children for positive PR on a pap walk. I hope they realise that it is distasteful and not good for the children, and they revise this practice. Public opinion might sway it.

I think it's because they can get nearer the front, more likely to get shown on tv

No it’s not obvious at all what you want to actually happen, it came across as creepy

Creepy?! Haha... in what way...what a weird observation. I followed it up with... Might make them think a bit after saying it is not good for the children. It's far more 'creepy' (your word) to wheel out young children to get positive PR. But think what you want, your prerogative! 😅

It's not a pap walk. The royals walk to church on Christmas morning and over the years more and more people have turned up to watch them. It's been going on ever since I can remember. Tbh I think the children look like they enjoy. However taking selfies with the children is unacceptably and they need to be better supervised.

Well they’ve set a precedent now, any right old fucking weirdo will be asking these children for selfies and hugs now.

if a random stranger came and asked my child for a selfie they’d get told where to go, this poor Royal kids are basically being pimped out for the fanatics.

They know their children and I'm sure they have full and frank discussions about what to expect and they are comfortable with. I don't see either parent forcing the kids to do something they don't want to.
They are conditioning them to expect this kind of behaviour from people because it's precisely these type of oddballs who are keeping them on the Throne. Why is Charlotte, a 9 year old girl comfortable with a stranger asking for selfies of her? How do we know she is? I don't think it's happened before. An adult should have intervened and said a polite 'no'. She as a child should not have been put into the position to have to say no to a selfie if she was asked by an adult and she didnt want to do it. Now it's an expectation and it will be more difficult to say no in the future.

Charlotte is getting a lot of the headlines this Christmas. George isn’t getting a look in.

@Doseofreality The adult Royals maybe just didn’t think it through - the risk of selfies being requested.
The children just need to be seen for cuteness value -and that’s all that should be required of them.
No other child ever would be expected to have a selfie taken with a complete stranger
It’s a complete invasion of their privacy.
I hope someone has the sense to take charge of such situations and put a stop to them.

Where did you hear this?

I constantly read on this channel that the RF needs to be seen. W & C are training their kids to be seen. Part of life is learning to work through things that make you uncomfortable but you have to do. The kids had their parents, relatives, and loads of security to protect them. The average NYC child, commuting to school, is more exposed to danger and sees more upsetting sights -violence, death, extreme poverty, people looking at porn on their phones - than those kids during a walkabout.

Your late queen and her sister spent WW II making radio broadcasts and living in a bombed palace. They had to endure rationing. I'm sure today people would be criticizing their parents for not shipping them out of London

The ' someone' should be their elite Royal protection team. Are they not noticing or are they being briefed to let the kids just do what they like ( for PR?)

so agree. people like the beckams get slated for using their kids. yet the royals seem to get away with it.
the children should be kept away from the general public. for their own safety and because they are children.

There’s a middle ground between being hidden away from the ‘general public’ which is weird and having the kids being asked to pose for selfies by the public.

Very much agree about the precedent being set, @Doseofreality, and probably getting a photo with the children will become the next "thing" with some of these idiots

Come to that, though, why save it for the front row when they could quite easily try to pass them round?

I don't understand the Royals 'didn't think it through'. William and Kate get asked for selfies all the time, why did they not think this might happen. And why do they get a pass on all this sort of thing. I cannot imagine not covering every eventuality with the security team, aide, family before anything like this with my children, sometimes the Palace comes across so so naive, it's unbelievable. Perhaps those concerned should be thinking a bit more.

Is this the one who flew all the way from France to Sandringham to give William and Catherine a gift, and then flew back a few hours later?

I won’t even get into what I think of him.

Or they can all learn to Photoshop 😝

I think there is nothing wrong with them being seen walking to and from church with their parents and relatives, nor greeting those who have waited to see them, the real weirdo in the scenario is the adult who asked Charlotte for a selfie.

Charlottes' confidence in that situation was very clear from that clip, her parents are doing a good job of preparing them for those moments.

It could well be! Or it could be another, there's plenty of 'em! All I know was that he had a 'huge bouquet of flowers'.

People like this really have got a screw loose

The good part is that when the kids grow up, they will have no desire to pose for selfies at the drop of a hat or call paps to have their photo taken in parking lots since they will be so sick of it.

How fucking weird to shout and demand a selfie with a 9 year old child.