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?!

so putting their children in an unsafe position is not a bad thing in your opinion ?

Very true Jeff! I allowed myself to get snagged back.in after a new poster used a bit of common sense.

Which was foolish of me 😆 I shall now hand it back over to those wanting to create a good old MN froth about a PARENTING FAIL!!!!!!!! over a few minutes of children interacting with members of the public while adequately supervised.

Oh, the irony.
Yes this thread is still going and yes you are welcome to comment on the Sandringham walk. But not to try and shut it down.
As for it not being important, surely that is not up to you to determine that. And for your information, this is not a thread whose prime objective was to find something about Kate and William to complain about.

maybe we should do what they normally say and ignore the derailer.

As I have said, I’m on this thread because allowing selfies and hugs and encouraging interaction between their children and what is obviously an unhealthily obsessed member of the public seems wildly out of character for the Wales’ -very unlike their usual parenting style.

Or talk about pigeon chess!

However, I feel we are better than that.

The irony of this! 😆😆 If it’s of no interest why read it?

It’s strange that posters first tried minimising and justifying, now it’s derailing and trying to shut down discussion. It won’t work. People obviously want to discuss this issue. No one has made you thread monitor have they?

Well said

Definitely!

It’s actually quite something to police others on other threads eg accuse them of derailing, accuse them of being on the payroll or having an agenda but then come onto other threads & do exactly that 🤔

That’s a bit below the belt for you, @Baital. I’m quite surprised at that tbh. It’s not your usual style at all.

I have a background in children’s safeguarding and this (children’s capacity to express themselves unfettered and in their own best interests) is an area of great complexity and concern.

Thank you. It made me angry, and later quite upset.

Why do you say you are/were tuned into your kids yet you say that - based on a bit of video footage - the Wales parents are not? Yes you have knowledge about yourself but no real FACTS about the Wales. You have no knowledge of what discussions were made before or after this event. Perhaps people look at you and think " crikey ...". You can't attack and not expect an answer back. If the kitchen is too hot for you then maybe don't stoke the fires.

I'm sure it is and even more complex when dealing with the general public. William in particular grew up with massive exposure because of the death of his mother. I'm pretty sure he has a good idea of what is entailed.

Yes you have knowledge about yourself but no real FACTS about the Wales. You have no knowledge of what discussions were made before or after this event.

You don’t either.

And as you said if you don’t like the discussion….

Where did I say I didn't like the discussion?
I didn't say I was angry and upset .If I found myself EVER in that position I definitely wouldn't be on a thread 😂

You can't attack and not expect an answer back. If the kitchen is too hot for you then maybe don't stoke the fires.

What do you mean by this? Personal attacks are not allowed on MNs even in response to criticising the Wales…

cockandbull I am only posting to say I will not rise to your deliberate baiting. Say what you want about me and what I post, but you are not going to get anywhere with annoying me.

Life is too short.

Where did I say about personal attacks? I didn't. Please don't twist my posts. You know full well I am saying that if a discussion is getting too disturbing for someone then imo they need to take a step back. It's unwise to let the words of a stranger affect your emotions.

@simpsonthecat just ignore & remember any personal attacks, untrue accusations, derailing of threads etc are against MN guidelines so feel free to report.

You don’t actually have to have any background knowledge in this case. Allowing children to dish out hugs and selfies to strangers is just a mistake, whoever the child is.

Again please don't try and twist my post into " baiting". I said you like everyone has no real idea about what the Wales and the security team do. That is a fact. It's not baiting.