Prince Edward visits America's East Coast (New Jersey and Pennsylvania)

[My2cents1975]

On April 30th, Prince Edward, the Duke of Edinburgh and youngest son of Queen Elizabeth, visited Philadelphia to dedicate the Bicentennial Bell.

This was the latest stage in a trip that includes New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

A Facebook reel of Prince Edward helping Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker down some steps has warmed Americans to the Prince.

Prince Edward helps Mayor down steps

Very nice! He came over very well.

I learned about it from my friends talking about the chivalry...ladies swooning about being helped down steps by a Prince!

A lot of men in the public eye would be concerned about being labeled as sexist, so we don't see many of these kind instinctive gestures by high profile men these days.

It’s nice that Edward it getting the recognition he deserves!
he does a lot in the background and is often overlooked even more than Sophie is!

I think he was also there for the International D of E awards?

Interesting they said he looks like Prince William, I thought that too. Nice to see him getting coverage.

He and Sophie don’t receive the publicity they deserve .

I agree that Sophie and Edward are unfairly overlooked when they both seem to be all over the place on royal duties all the time! Having said that, they are clearly genuine people and they obviously delight the people they visit, and that's what counts in the end - the people on the ground they honour, not paragraphs in the tabloids.

A lot of men in the public eye would be concerned about being labeled as sexist, so we don't see many of these kind instinctive gestures by high profile men these days

Call me old fashioned but there's nothing wrong with a bit of chivalry, my dear departed dad was a real gentleman, eg if at a party, he always stood up for a lady if he was sitting and they came to greet him, always walked nearest the road and opened the car door for my mum.( I miss him )