Lilibet

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TanaMa for the same reason anyone straightens their hair I expect.
Similarly perms it, curls it, dyes it, cuts it etc

My word do people with views like Tanama still exist
Sadly yes it’s still there loud and clear

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Lilibet does not look like a balloon or weeble. To me she looks like a delightful one year old.

The child seems cute enough.

I am going to be shot down but I think it is a sweet little girl but an awful picture. She looks as if she has no legs or is sitting in a hole. If Archie was in U.K. it would have been lovely to see a picture of them both together perhaps with the cake. However as they are no longer royals maybe we shouldn’t expect to see pictures at all. I do think it is really very sad that with so many cousins around they just spent the birthday it seems with the paid photographer, his wife and children. A long way to travel and at huge environmental cost just to pose at a window on Thursday and be at a church service on Friday. It was a silly day to plan a birthday party with so many Jubilee events keeping the royals busy.

I find it very strange that there is a thread about the dangers of putting photos of GC on GN and other social media sites, yet some expect regular photos of Royal children regardless of whether their parents are working Royals or not.

I do think it is really very sad that with so many cousins around they just spent the birthday it seems with the paid photographer, his wife and children.

Except...

Those who are said to have also been at Frogmore Cottage include Zara and Mike Tindall's three children, Mia, eight, Lena, three, and Lucas, one, as well as Savannah, 11, and Isla, 10, daughters of Peter Phillips and Autumn Kelly.

The Mail again. Sorry.

She looks like megan's sister samantha

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tanith

She is lovely has Harry’s colouring. I just read that Harry and Megan wanted their photographer to take pictures when they took Lili to meet the Queen and were told No in no uncertain terms, as it was a private family visit.

That seems a bit sad, I can understand them not being "allowed" to publish photos; but surely one of a little girl and her great grandmother for the family would be so lovely to have.

but surely one of a little girl and her great grandmother for the family would be so lovely to have.

... but as they have proved they can't be trusted with anything, and have actually been very spiteful towards Harry's family, why should the Queen put herself out for them?

tanith

She is lovely has Harry’s colouring. I just read that Harry and Megan wanted their photographer to take pictures when they took Lili to meet the Queen and were told No in no uncertain terms, as it was a private family visit.

It was probably for Netflix - the queen was right

Sorry my comment raised such ire but I can assure you I am definitely NOT racist, it was meant as a genuine query. Signs of the times when a normal comment is immediately put into a convenient box. I don't know the woman so can't say I like or dislike her so can't see why I am supposed to be saying otherwise.

katy1950

She looks like megan's sister samantha

She has the Markle genes, just like Archie

TanaMa

Sorry my comment raised such ire but I can assure you I am definitely NOT racist, it was meant as a genuine query. Signs of the times when a normal comment is immediately put into a convenient box. I don't know the woman so can't say I like or dislike her so can't see why I am supposed to be saying otherwise.

But, as I said up thread, why does anyone do anything to their hair?

If you think you need to tell people you're not racist, that usually means...

Anyway, if lots of people tell you (generic) that a comment you made is racist, that tells you something, doesn't it?

It doesn't mean anything of the sort.

Oh, it does.

I've never felt the need to tell people I'm not racist because I don't do or say things that make people think I'm racist. ?

TanaMa

Sorry my comment raised such ire but I can assure you I am definitely NOT racist, it was meant as a genuine query. Signs of the times when a normal comment is immediately put into a convenient box. I don't know the woman so can't say I like or dislike her so can't see why I am supposed to be saying otherwise.

I genuinely don't get your point.

Women (and some men) from different backgrounds / heritage have always played around with hair colour and hair styles. There's one - a celebrity whose name I can't remember - who dyes her hair blond, an sometimes pink, but is fiercely proud of her black heritage.

And we borrow from their cultures too, think of 'dreadlocks'. We curl our hair, we straighten it, sometimes cut it all off in a 'crew' cut, then allow it to grow long again.

A friend of mine paints her hands with henna with a lovely lacey pattern sometimes, but it hasn't made her any less British.

What you're implying is that if someone is proud of their heritage they should stick to their 'natural' look / locks as 'proof' which seems pretty weird to me. Women love fashion, we love the fact that we can do fantastic things with our hair and our make-up. My 14 year old grandson wears his hair in a topknot bun - a style worn by men in Ancient China... he lives in South Africa, and is a dedicated Anglophile.

Is there any logical reason why Meghan shouldn't do what millions of other women do - from all over the world?

I'm not accusing you of being racist - I simply think it's a strange observation. Forgetting for a moment all the hooha surrounding her and Harry - she looks lovely with her hair styled the way it is... and probably knows it suits her. So why on earth not wear it as she does?

I’m sure her Majesty had her reasons for denying the photo.
Who are we mere mortals to question the question of such a wise lady.

I thought the baby was to be called Lili. Everyone seems to be calling her Lilibet.
She looks happy, whatever she’s called, and has a lovely toothy smile… surprising numbers of teeth for one.

I think she looks like the Markles- Thomas has red to his hair.

Maybe they will arrange a photo shoot with Thomas and Megans’ family? Samantha too is strawberry blond.

Such a pity Megan doesn’t seem to get along with her own family - and Archie and Lili will be so isolated growing up.

The Royal cousins were having such a blast together.

It’s such a pity they didn’t want to do the job.
I guess that’s their choice though.

I think there might be a lot of therapy in future for those wee babes when they realise what their parents’ choices meant for them.

Grany
I'm interested in other posters' views whether or not I agree with them but I stand by what I said.

Many of your posts are word for word propaganda from the Republic website.

Pippa22

I am going to be shot down but I think it is a sweet little girl but an awful picture. She looks as if she has no legs or is sitting in a hole. If Archie was in U.K. it would have been lovely to see a picture of them both together perhaps with the cake. However as they are no longer royals maybe we shouldn’t expect to see pictures at all. I do think it is really very sad that with so many cousins around they just spent the birthday it seems with the paid photographer, his wife and children. A long way to travel and at huge environmental cost just to pose at a window on Thursday and be at a church service on Friday. It was a silly day to plan a birthday party with so many Jubilee events keeping the royals busy.

To recap, after criticizing the picture of a one year old, you would have also liked a picture of her older brother…to further critique? And you are perplexed as to why the parents chose to celebrate the child’s birthday on…. her birthday?

Dickens

TanaMa

Sorry my comment raised such ire but I can assure you I am definitely NOT racist, it was meant as a genuine query. Signs of the times when a normal comment is immediately put into a convenient box. I don't know the woman so can't say I like or dislike her so can't see why I am supposed to be saying otherwise.

I genuinely don't get your point.

Women (and some men) from different backgrounds / heritage have always played around with hair colour and hair styles. There's one - a celebrity whose name I can't remember - who dyes her hair blond, an sometimes pink, but is fiercely proud of her black heritage.

And we borrow from their cultures too, think of 'dreadlocks'. We curl our hair, we straighten it, sometimes cut it all off in a 'crew' cut, then allow it to grow long again.

A friend of mine paints her hands with henna with a lovely lacey pattern sometimes, but it hasn't made her any less British.

What you're implying is that if someone is proud of their heritage they should stick to their 'natural' look / locks as 'proof' which seems pretty weird to me. Women love fashion, we love the fact that we can do fantastic things with our hair and our make-up. My 14 year old grandson wears his hair in a topknot bun - a style worn by men in Ancient China... he lives in South Africa, and is a dedicated Anglophile.

Is there any logical reason why Meghan shouldn't do what millions of other women do - from all over the world?

I'm not accusing you of being racist - I simply think it's a strange observation. Forgetting for a moment all the hooha surrounding her and Harry - she looks lovely with her hair styled the way it is... and probably knows it suits her. So why on earth not wear it as she does?

You differentiate between “we” and “they” …. “We borrow from their cultures..”
and earlier in your post “ there’s one [sic] - a celebrity ….who dyes her hair blond …”

You may not realise the fundamental underlying racism in what you’ve said?

“We” to me is all of us! Not a “we” and “they”.