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?!

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There’s a rather charming video somewhere of the Princess of W dealing with a stropping Charlotte as they get off a plane….

I'm pretty sure Charlotte at least was hugged last year, but agree with you completely - the problem being that one person expecting this will inevitably turn into more, with folk pushing and shoving to get within hugging distance

Since it seems there's screening at an entrance, why can't visitors be told the children can't accept these things and be asked to leave them there?

Edited to add just for you, @CurlewKate - sorry it's the Mail
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/lifestyle/article-4718400/Prince-George-gets-tour-HELICOPTER-Hamburg.html

A parent dealing with a toddler having a tantrum aged 2 is very different to a child being reminded of manners by a parent when they’re 7.

7 year olds forget their manners sometimes but parents naturally remind them because it’s part of how they learn. Because it comes so naturally to most parents, it was very noticeable that William didn’t remind him. I noticed some people calling Louis a brat and similar names online, which is unacceptable, and another reason William should have reminded him. As a pp said, he’s having his personality made up by the press, to be the cheeky one, the rebel, and this just adds to it.

How odd that Louis would be put in that position.. a massive Lindt egg ball thing, that he grabs from his brother, probably because he's excited, but Dad doesn't correct him and say... say thank you.
Then he gets home and can't keep it anyway.

The whole thing is a bit fucked up if you ask me!

Charlotte is obviously a model of decorum but none of those kids should be within touching distance of the peculiar people who obsess about the royals like they know them. My god, I am glad all my rellies are indifferent to them big time.

I went last year. Didn't stand around in the cold for hours, didn't speak to the children at all.

I had a lovely chat with Anne, drank some tea from my flask, played some Christmas games with the people I was with and sang some carols.

I am entirely indifferent to the royals in general but could see the joy it brought to a lot of people, even if I didn't really understand it.

I'm interested in that @CilantroLarry
Why would you go and see them if you aren't interested in them? Not trying to catch you out here... I suppose it's because I just know I would have absolutely nothing in common with the people who are there!

...but Dad doesn't correct him and say... say thank you.

If PW had told Louis to say thank you he'd have been criticised for encouraging people to give gifts, or for correcting the child.

Because I care for somebody who is terminally ill and it was on their bucket list.

She was very very young

Surely they are encouraged to give gifts though? Otherwise people wouldn’t give them & the Royals wouldn’t take them.

I watched the footage of the children and was shocked that it was allowed. I felt sorry for them being put in the middle of that, especially Charlotte being asked for hugs. I like that George laughed when the cringey person started talking about nanny Diana. 🤣 Where do they find these people?

William and Kate shouldn’t allow it. I don’t understand how they’ve decided this is an ok thing to do.

Probably because they’re terrified that the struggling British public who are being pulled into poverty might decide we don’t need a monarchy with a family flaunting their bloated purse above the rest of us now that the tolerated (through respect for her long reign) Queen Elizabeth has passed.

They were accepting the gifts anyway, therefore as a parent, you remind your child to say thanks if they forget. Anyone criticising a parent for kindly reminding their child of manners by saying something like “what do you say to the lady?’ would be quite mad. It’s a very normal thing to do. I’m sure you know that so to say what you have is nonsense.

Yes, it won't be an exact "circle", but there will be an area around the house, but it won't be 6 miles out and around it IFYSWIM, which is how the media are trying to frame it.

I agree.

You make an excellent point about the image that is being curated for him as well. Being in the situation where he can grab chocolate, not say thanks and not be reminded to do so only adds to the “Louis is the naughty one” BS. God help Charlotte I’d she ever makes a mistake as well because her curated image is that shes perfect. That’s a lot to live up to when it’s been put in people’s heads for years. I feel for the children who probably can’t see how wrong this is. William and Kate need to step up and protect them from it all.

It might be but the papers will make a story out of anything.

Personally I think people (apart from the unhinged fraternity waiting in the cold) would have much more respect for them if they sent the children home separately and just did “the walk” themselves.

It's a perimeter cordon of about six miles. not a circle 6 miles in diameter.

That's a very worthwhile reason

Posh people don’t “What do you say to the lady?” any more than they would say “Say ta!”

So a radius of just under a mile, then?

(Circumference = 2π × radius)

Anyone sensible would see a father reminding an excited child to say thank you and think nothing to see here. Some people may say he shouldn’t need reminding, but those people would say that whether he’s reminded or not. Normal people would know it’s common for kids to forget and that it’s the done as parents to remind them. It would be a non issue. It’s become an issue because William looked rude and people will comment on that. As has been said, the kids shouldn’t be in the situation in the first place and the parents should put a stop to the circus.

A 7 year old should not be put in that position. He is a small child, he should be protected.

Not a circle but that sort of idea. From what I remember it's more of a squiggly rectangular shape.