Kate glares at protesters in crowd

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I’m with Kate on this. I’m not a big royalist but it must be horrible to hear your young kids getting booed.

uk.news.yahoo.com/kate-middleton-angry-glare-goes-184500336.html

I don't think she's 'glaring'. Looks like a fairly neutral, perhaps mildly stern, expression. Not really 'glaring'.

And it's a public event so peaceful protests are, and should be, permitted. That said, the 'not my King' chant makes my teeth itch. Republic need to come up with something better, because that's not winning them any friends.

It's tough out there when you're filthy rich prancing around in a gold painted carriage while the subjects are trying to feed their kids and pay their exorbitant mortgages.

But the escapism that comes with oohing and aaahing over Kate's dresses, the kids, the weddings is a comfort for some in their misery.

Protesting is fine, as long as it doesn't turn violent, which so far it hasn't. Free speech, free country, unelected monarchy, what more could we ask for!

Folk have the right to protest against this overpriviledged band of billionaires bankrolled by the public.

Peaceful protest fine, booing adults fine. I think you should not have booed the children in the Royal Family.

I want a smaller Royal family similar to the Netherlands and Denmark.

This exactly

It’s a snapshot of a whole day. A microcosm of her expressions overall.

Without film footage for context it’s meaningless.

I’m a mild-mannered republican and think ‘Republic’ are embarrassing, self-defeating idiots. They make republicanism look unhinged and spiteful. If ‘Republic’ gave anyone with young children cause to look, or feel slightly concerned, I wouldn’t be at all surprised.

The signs that I’d like to see would be ‘unseal all the archives’, ‘unseal the papers’, and ‘unseal the wills’ (privacy for thee but not for me is a bad principle).

And no booing young kids.

This happens every year.

Oh dear. Poor Kate in her ivory tower.

Blimey, if people think that's glaring then they'd hate to see my death stare 😂

I'm surprised Prince Louis didn't stick his tongue out; another few years and he might, absent mindedly stoke his nose with his middle finger.

People have no other way of expressing that they don’t support a monarchy. Perhaps we should have a referendum? It’s 2026, do we need such an archaic institution when UK citizens are struggling financially?

I think a referendum would result in a fairly decisive victory for retaining the monarchy.

Not because people love the royals, but because, especially after the past decade of Brexit, people are tired of upheavals. And the republicans haven't really put forward an attractive alternative. So people would prefer to go with the status quo, rather than risking national turmoil for no obvious benefit. Better the devil you know sort of thing.

Booing in the general vicinity of a carriage that contained an adult and 3 three children is hardly attacking the children. If they want to uphold all the nonsense that comes with the monarchy and choose to parade around the children they chose to be born into the nonsense then they have to accept people expressing negative opinions as well as the sycophantic ones.

They are human.
They didn’t necessarily choose the roles they’re in.
Most importantly children are involved. All children are vulnerable and should be protected.

I don’t have a problem with the booing at all. The children, eldest 2 in particular, are no doubt aware of their privilege and status and this comes as part and parcel of it.

And once they are of age, there is absolutely nothing stopping the children from choosing an alternative future.

I agree.

I don’t want a monarchy. But in order for me to vote to get rid of it, I’d want to see the actual alternative that I’d be voting for. Not “vote to get rid and we’ll figure out the details later”.

She doesn't have to literally parade her children around!

Get rid of the bloody lot of them... utterly vile.

Well on previous threads on this board I suggested it was bad parenting to use the dcs for good PR and got shouted down as apparently it’s really important the children learn how to be working royals from a young age (even though their mother married in as an adult and proved it’s perfectly possible to learn as an adult).

So on the grounds the children are being taken to these formal events not for good PR but in order to learn how to be a royal, learning you are hated by some people and your privileged position is not universally supported, is important training too.

Children as handy human shields is what the royals planned.

Yeah, because when Harry did that, he had all the love and support his family could offer, didn't he?

I can see both sides. I’m not a royalist and people have a right to protest that system. If I were her I would be explaining to my kids that it’s understandable that many people feel it is unfair that our taxes are spent on their salubrious lifestyle, while many people struggle to pay basic bills for their kids. She probably does for all I know.

On the other hand as you say, it’s booing at kids. They didn’t choose this life and bear no responsibility. Id also be upset for them if I were her.

@Jk987 "They are human. They didn’t necessarily choose the roles they’re in."

Kate did. And any of them can resign and live the life of private billionaires.

Yes, it’s not popular to say on this board, but the royals do use the kids as human shields. They have done for a long time (eg William and Harry walking behind their mothers coffin was in part decided on as the palace/no10 expected the public to boo /shout abuse at Charles but they -correctly- thought that wouldn’t happen if the children walked with him.).

What’s interesting is that this doesn’t seem to work anymore. The parents can’t assume the children’s presence will alter protesters behaviour anymore.