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.

That’s lovely to hear

And Louis had a video the other day, yet OP seems at ease with that. The whole thread premise is weird.

The children could not look more like normal children in everyday attire for children their age, doing normal things.

Is it ever going to happen that a thread about the RF can not have a post about Meghan? She is shoehorned into everything 😖

Exactly. All the children looked happy and relaxed, enjoying the fresh air, no formal clothes, just having fun in the outdoors.
yes, even in shorts!

Absolutely, compare it to andrew and Sarah’s,

A very quick Google shows that that's from a Victorian themed party for Beatrice's 18th birthday. Not comparable with an 11yo on a family beach holiday.

If William and Catherine did as you suggest then that would be incredibly terrible parenting, not preparing a child who will be King and Head of State of the UK and its realms for public life, not being seen until he was an adult is a preposterous suggestion, same for his brother and sister who wether they are working royals when they become adults or not will still have a public profile, all of the European royals prepare their children in a similar way, in fact in some cases I would say they are introduced to public life more frequently than the Wales children. William and Catherine seem to be doing an excellent job of preparing their children for their future roles, yet protect them at the same time, well done them.

Well considering Meghan shoehorns her children into her Instagram posts at every available opportunity to sell her tat, it is perfectly acceptable for posters to talk about it in relation to royal children’s pictures.

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

But it's not possible to hide them from public view. There are all sorts of occasions when they might be photographed or in the public eye. Normal events or outings such as weddings when Charlotte might be a bridesmaid or the boys might be pageboys or Charlotte going to Wimbledon with Catherine or George to the football with William. And big occasions such as the Coronation, which it would have been wrong to exclude them from, if they wanted to be there.

I don’t know if you remember William and Harry’s childhood - in return for privacy in general they used to invite the press for photo shoots a few times a year - holidays big life events etc.

So they had to face these huge press banks of photographers - dozens of them at a time.

William and Kate shook up that whole model by either taking the photos themselves or inviting one photographer to come and do a day with them - they take all the photos for the year in one go - kids birthdays, Father’s Day, anniversaries, sometimes even Christmas.

So the kids get one day with one friendly photographer a year and their parents get total editorial control over the pics release.

They’ve used Matt Porteus - who did these recent ones many times which is why the pics seem so relaxed they all know him well.

His specialty is acting ocean and underwater images not Royal portraits - ha regular shots are amazing.

It was taken at a fancy dress themed birthday party.

I would say at 11 she is able to have more say than the public on what happens to her footage?

Don’t the royal family belong to the public in some way? Isn’t that what prince Harry has been complaining about for the past couple of years?

No they don't. They have human rights like everyone else.
Harry says a lot of things, I wouldn't credit him as a reliable source.

That's a sensible approach. When you see the birthday/anniversary pictures you can tell they're from the same shoot
George's birthday is next.

We don’t know. But it does look like those kids are having a happy well adjusted childhood , as much as it possible, away from the limelight. I like the fact their parents prepare them for what’s ahead by taking them to royal events, doing sporadic images etc that they control. and that the media respect the deal and don’t publish any candid images of them.

I recall years ago someone published images of the nanny in the park with them, the parents were away and they just showed her, saying she was with them and named the park, and that’s never been repeated either, it was right on the line in terms of the agreement and was an invasion. As people could them have went and waited see if they turn up again.

I also like the fact Charlotte is wearing nail polish, all of them dressed like normal kids their age. They all appear to interact normally and lovingly with their parents when you see them at events, I recall one event, where Louis ran over and sat on Charles knee.

ive no idea why the op seems to have taken issue with a female in shorts. But I think many of us hoped it wasn’t a concerning girls must be covered up thing. The world has moved on and females should be supported to wear as they please.

I like the fact that Charlotte goes with her Mum to swimming and trampolining events, and enjoys privacy to do so.

I wonder what Catherine does during the looooooong waits between Charlotte's routines at trampoline competitions. Presumably she doesn’t just hang around with the other mums…

Why not?

Why wouldn't she? She's just another mum taking her kid to a sporting event at the weekend. I imagine she does exactly the same as what all the other mums do at these events.

Yes - they aren’t working royals now, it’s not a given that Charlotte and Louis will be working royals and the history of both Andrew and Harry should make the royal family reject the idea that the “spares” should be working royals. It’s very clear having anyone other than the heir as a working royal only is a good idea until the heir is married with children.

When the royal children are over 18, if they want to become working royals then they should be introduced to the public. There is no need other than nosiness for us to know what they look like now. The should not be doing public engagements now.

All of the children should get a choice.

What an odd presumption. Why wouldn’t she? She’s reportedly to be on the parents WhatsApp group, hosted play dates etc. What makes you think she wouldn’t be chatting to the other parents at trampolining?

Why not? She probably chats to them, they'll be the mums of her daughter's friends. She doesn't seem arrogant or stand offish to me.

I agree! It's a very odd assumption. I think both her and William are very hands on parents.

Sorry you appear to be suggesting William is likely to die in the next 5-6 years. Realistically, George will most likely have decades as an adult to learn how to carry out public events as an adult.

Harry and Andrew should be cautionary tales for the assumption that Charlotte and Louis will be working royals and that won’t cause new problems.

Just to be clear. They are lovely photos and videos. I think W and K seem to be doing a fantastic job. I think all the kids seem incredibly well adjusted and happy . I suppose I just wonder if some of those photos of a beautiful pre pubescent girl might be viewed in the wrong way by the wrong sort of person. Maybe I’m just being really paranoid. That’s what the shorts comment was about.
I didnt realise that the family had used an official photographer. Kate has taken a lot of photos herself of family holidays in the past , but obviously the shot of them lying down was taken by someone else.