Footage of Charlotte

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Does anyone else feel really uncomfortable about the photos the RF have put out of Charlotte today? Likewise the photo of them all lying in the sand. I feel those photos should be personal . She’s only 11, on holiday and those moments should be private.

I think it’s one thing to share a shot of Catherine smiling look innnocuous and another to use a very personal shot of them all lying on the ground, Charlotte in shorts and then video of her on holiday. It just feels wrong.

Lovely photo, i dont find them uncomfortable at all.

I think if you're genuinely thinking a photo of children in shorts on a sunny day feels wrong then you need to stop and think about why that is. The photo is in no way inappropriate.

What is inappropriate about the picture?

The all lying down one wasn't a personal shot at all. It was a ridiculously unnatural and completely curated shot.

I live in the area and I can confirm this is true but I don’t get your point. My point was that it was shitty of someone to go to the local newspaper saying that Louis had been playing football in a specific place as it would be possible for anyone to then be able to follow him wherever he played football.

I wasn't making a point beyond that (1) I live in the Windsor region and (2) I know that people in the region are largely not phased with moving among famous people.

I agreed it was a shitty thing that person did, phoning the press.

If a nutter turned up, that's what Royal Protection are for.

It's actually a bit creepy that you find a child in shorts on the beach uncomfortable - why would you blink an eye at children playing cricket in shorts?

I really don't understand the problem apart from concern trolling a child - but I'm sure that you are equally concerned about the video of her cousin walking in chicken poo in bare feet?

Anyone else come here just to find out who the feck Charlotte is?

I was thinking maybe Church.

Surely a kid doesn't get to just go by one name?

At least stick a princess on.

My work colleague puts 10 times as much online about her children as the RF do. I don't think any of them are being exploited.

This is posted in “the royal family” topic though.

It is on The Royal Family board which is quite a big clue.

If you care to do a little research, you'll see that there were photos of Elizabeth and Margaret as children, and Charles, Anne, Andrew and Edward.

This is not new.

Welcome to the planet.

How long have you been away?

so I had a look for this terrible invasive video. All I could find was a really short one. Just showed a girl being a girl.
can not for the life of me see anything wrong with it.

We shouldn’t really know what the kids look like. There’s no need for them to do official engagements or photo shoots.

George is going to be King one day, assuming the Monarchy survives that long. His siblings, even if not working royals, will frequently be in attendance at public events.

Yet you're suggesting they be completely hidden from public view until reaching adulthood? That they never attend fun events such as Wimbledon or Trooping until they're 18? That would be very weird, not least for George, Charlotte and Louis themselves.

Can you be specific about what exactly 'feels wrong' about happy photos of children with their family, dressed appropriately for the situation? Would it feel less 'wrong' if Charlotte had been wearing long trousers instead of shorts?

It's really wrong for parents to do this I think. I am sure there will be repercussions when today's children grow up.

Charlotte is different as she was born to be in the public eye and this is actually their way of keeping her out of it. They did the same with Louis a few days back, and actually Charlotte's video seemed shorter to me: I thought it hadn't worked but when I clicked it again it had, it was just very short.

I think whatever they did people would find fault: no photos and they are hiding them; long video and they are displaying them. I think they probably have done about the best they could. You didn't honestly see much.

I think it’s managed very well. These children have a deal where the media leaves them alone and sporadic images ie Xmas or birthday are sent out by their parents. And of course seen at royal events.

You never see pics of them at school, with their freinds etc, no one prints that. It’s a media agreement. And of course they need to grow up with an understanding of the media and their positions to ensure they are prepared and comfortable. You can’t just throw them in at 18,

as said, I think it’s managed very well indeed. This wasn’t private photos of them on holiday, this was a short time taken out of a holiday for official photos by a photographer who came to do that, then they went back to their holiday, and no actual private images are published, it’s fully private.

you can’t really think they all lay on the grass like that and someone flew over them with a drone or something. lol.

Yes that was a ridiculous suggestion. Can't you just imagine the rumour mill if they were kept under wraps: "My GC goes to school with George and he has extra fingers (like Anne Boleyn)"; "I glimpsed Charlotte at Wimbledon and I'm certain she is a cyclops."

They are funded by the tax payer and are public servants. They have curated specific photos that they’ve allowed to be released, far better than what most children who have social media obsessed parents have. If this is all they suffer in life then I wouldn’t waste a moment of worry on them.

What’s the issue with the shorts, she’s an 11 year old girl, it’s completely appropriate attire.

Prediction : Either Charlotte or Louis will opt out of royal / celebrity / public life, pursue a normal career & live as a private citizen.

You don’t seem to be grasping it’s a photo shoot. They posed like that.

I'd rather have short, happy, cheerful videos of an apparently happy and loving family than the weird 'Flowers in the Attic' shite Meghan puts out there of her kids.