Christmas Day walk in Sandringham

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This is such a strange thing....so the royal family walk along a stretch of path every year and people gather to watch them. These people try to talk to the Wales children and give them presents. They are photographing the children, taking selfies, etc. I think the kids are far too young to do this. It is so odd.

How on earth do William & Catherine think this is okay?!

Someone did post an AI video of Harry and William dancing with George or Louis and it didn’t go down well. Sensible people don’t want photos and videos of kids, real or fake posted, because it’s safer for children to not be shown online.

First, sharing and reposting that AI image means you are now part of the problem. There is no need to spread it about and give it oxygen. You saw it, you could of mentioned it without sharing the image. Furthermore you don't need to post pics of your kids anymore, there has been 'what your children look like' image creators for a while so whether you share your kids pics or not crazy people can still generate fake pictures.

Secondly Harry said parents should ve cautious. That means as parents you decide how much you share. They dont share their kids faces because it allows their children to be protected from paparazzi in california due to the specific laws they have there. That is very sensible, they want to share some stuff but not everything, as Meghan said somewhere, they think just because you give one pic it means they have the right to your entire camera roll...no it doesnt.

I just saw a bizarre AI image of W&K’s nanny receiving an award from Charles while being applauded by W&K in the background.

To me it looked totally fake because it did that weird thing that AI does and changed the face of nanny Maria to someone else’s in her body. So many people in the comments thought it was real.

OMG! I saw that @wordler and thought it was a photo. I didn't look very closely admittedly, but I'm rubbish at identifying AI anyway.

I have absolutely no idea what’s happening in the last 10/15 posts of this thread.

lol - it’s been a weird few days on the royal board!

So I saw it on a passing scroll and thought that’s weird why would she wear her nanny uniform and not a nice dress for an awards ceremony? Then clicked in and was ‘oh’ that’s not her face!

I don't know what she looks like.

I won't embarrass myself further with my thoughts about it! 😂

They dont share their kids faces because it allows their children to be protected from paparazzi in california due to the specific laws they have there.

As I understand it, under Californian law the parents' permission is required before publishing any photographs of children.

No one that I know personally is demanding photos of the Sussex children. I haven't seen one person on here doing so. I am sure though that the desire is there by their fans hence the created images and sites dedicated to Meghan and possibly even by some of their critics. The issue is the HYPOCRISY of the Sussexes with their campaigns and then what they do. It's do as I say but not do as I do.
As far as I am concerned the Wales children are in a totally different position. They ARE relevant and fall into the same position as all the other RFs in Europe who post photos of their children at events. I have said on here at least four times now that I think there needs to be a pull back from the hugging and selfies. Hopefully there will be. It would just be weird if we didn't seen any of them until they were 18.

I found the man talking about Diana to the children to be really creepy and can’t imagine how William thought it was appropriate to introduce them to him. They shouldn’t be up close with the crowd. People asking for hugs were being inappropriate and William and Kate shouldn’t allow it. You don’t allow people who don’t understand about boundaries around your children. They could just walk along the path and wave.

The face thing doesn't matter as you cannot post images of children without consent. Also people can be fined and/or go to prison for following or harassing the children of celebrities to get pictures or pap shots. So when you see pictures of the Sussex kids posted on gossip sites - you know it is with parental consent - even if it "appears" to have been a random in the street getting a blurry shot - like the neighbourhood trick-or-treat photos.

Although in Harry and Meghan's case they mostly post their kids on their own social media as part of Meghan's influencer career - as PR for WLM, as marketing for the jams, flower sprinkles and pancake mixes etc, and now to drum up interest in their new "philanthropies" - so consent to use the kids is clear

I hope next year they will change and do exactly that but the obsessive fans won’t be happy.

I'm sure that William will have had access to the security file and risk assessment on the superfan - which is probably done to anyone who turns up regularly at rf events.

I think William needs to consider his behaviour and what it may encourage. By greeting the superfan by name and introducing him to the children, this may encourage other ‘over enthusiastic’ fans who would also crave the familiarity of William using their name.

Also, just because he hasn’t done anything previously, doesn’t mean he won’t do anything in the future and that his current behaviour shouldn’t be viewed as an orange/red flag.

I think William needs to be more cautious especially where his children are concerned.

I read somewhere that William has met him several times at homeless and MH charity events - so perhaps he knows a bit more about this man than most.

How well can he really know him? How many hours do you think he’s spent with him? Just because he has met him at lots of events doesn’t mean he isn’t a risk. Also my point was focused on how the children are exposed to members of the public. I think it’s wrong to expect the children to deal with him when he clearly lacks boundaries.

God that is so creepy. Who are those children supposed to be?

I wish they would make it clear what these philanthropic endeavours are . Pancake mixes and flower sprinkles aren’t philanthropic

Yes he has.
He was carrying a self portrait and he saw W at a charity a week or two ago and promised to give it to him at Sandringham as a momento of Diana. Perhaps he imagines William would put it up on the mantlepiece! He also told George he was going to be tall, 6ft4.
I am really not sure why William engages with him so much.

And also, what would be so wrong if the children walked up the centre of the path and waved? Yes the obsessives like him won't like it, but they will get used to it.
As W doesn't tend to give out engagements in advance I wonder how this man seems to find out where he is all the time.

I do think one or two posters are going a bit OTT on this now.
Whilst I don't think it's a great idea to have the children mingling to that extent, I imagine there would have been more plain clothed police and security there than you could shake a stick at. I also expect John's profile is regularly reviewed and he actually presents much less of a danger to anyone there than any random and unknown member of the public.

The main issue as I see it is grown adults, most of whom are probably parents/grandparents themselves, thinking it's ok to holler and call out to young children - get a grip of yourselves FGS! Just my thoughts.

I see the derail continues. the thread is about the christmas day walk. H&M were not there. so the whatabout stuff is tiresome. strange how the WF don't like it when it happens on the countless H&Mbashthreads

personally I think W&K are very close, they are a loving family. but like all parents they got something wrong. let kids be kids. keep them away from the baying mob.

I agree about there being security there, and the people would also have been through security.

But the gatherers who shouted and proferred gifts got the attention of the children and were rewarded with hugs and selfie with Charlotte.

So this just encourages others there who now think, oh I'll shout and wave big chocolates about, may I'll get a hug and a selfie next time.

William was obviously concerned enough to ask Charlotte if she was okay, but she's ten, she needs guidance in setting boundaries.

Right now she's learning that when people ask for hugs and selfie, she is to be polite and says yes. This is not good boundary learning.

I hope her parents have a chat with her about it, and stop the physical closeness until she's older and has the capability to make more mature decisions where she'sbetter aware of consequences.

Her parents don't like photos of the children floating about so I can't imagine why they'd be okay with Charlotte selfie all over tiktok and wherever.

It’s January 2nd !

Happy New Year! 🥳