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bevisp1 Tue 07-Jun-22 09:02:32

Don’t know if it’s me or anyone else feels the same, seems that they didn’t have much success in coming back for the queens platinum jubilee, then suddenly they go back to USA, and now are showing photographs of Lillebet, .. in my opinion, a little too late. They hardly shown any of Archie since he was born, is it now to try and gain ‘brownie points’ and win the public over…. Don’t get me wrong whatever photos they show of the little ones are adorable, but to me a little too late…

Mollygo Fri 10-Jun-22 11:46:36

Here are the royal children on display at the weekend.
And?
Here are all the people who copied and pasted pictures of other people’s children. Does copying and spreading something you think is wrong suddenly make it right?

Glorianny Fri 10-Jun-22 11:52:15

No but nor do two wrongs make a right. But when the only come back possible is "They weren't" or "well others do it" you know that people are really uncomfortable about it, they just don't want to admit it!

volver Fri 10-Jun-22 11:52:27

If someone says that the children weren't on public display, and somebody else posts a picture of the children on public display....

Actually standing on a balcony in front of several thousand people, or being placed in the front row of the VIP box in their Sunday best.

No point in saying they weren't on public display. When they were on public display.

Mollygo Fri 10-Jun-22 14:21:23

They were on public display, but evidently some of the people who think it is wrong
are happy to perpetuate the wrongdoing by posting the pictures on social media.
Note my post without pictures.

volver Fri 10-Jun-22 14:25:31

They were on public display,

Glad to see you agree with me Mollygo, unlike some posters who say they weren't on public display.

Anniebach Fri 10-Jun-22 14:36:14

Mollygo should they be kept at home until age 18 so they can
decide for themselves?

Mollygo Fri 10-Jun-22 15:54:46

V, I didn’t know some posters had said they weren’t on public display.
But surely it’s equally wrong to perpetuate the fact that they were on public display by posting photographs of them from the public display.

volver Fri 10-Jun-22 16:00:08

Mollygo

V, I didn’t know some posters had said they weren’t on public display.
But surely it’s equally wrong to perpetuate the fact that they were on public display by posting photographs of them from the public display.

Anniebach, 11:31

Sorry Anniebach, got to defend myself.

I wasn't perpetuating anything. I was trying, clearly not very well, to say that posters should be thinking twice about posting things that are disprovable.

Mollygo Fri 10-Jun-22 18:49:27

So you didn’t post photos of children on public display, and not even your own, on social media? Sorry. I should have gone to Specsavers ?

volver Fri 10-Jun-22 18:59:32

Eh? This is not a conversation worth continuing.

Other than to say, I posted pictures of the world's most photographed family that had been all over the press for days. That nobody had thought of commenting on until you struck on a way of trying to paint me as the bad guy.

Mollygo Fri 10-Jun-22 22:28:38

Not worth continuing. I agree, so let’s not. I simply found it odd that you were putting pictures of children on public display, whilst saying it was wrong that they were on public display (which I agree with).

Joseanne Sat 11-Jun-22 07:02:06

At least most posters try to see the good in the royal children rather than always looking for the bad. And if these very normal children do slip up on the odd occasion, for whatever reason, they can surely be forgiven instead of becoming the subject of a right royal furore.

volver Sat 11-Jun-22 08:28:49

I think it's good that Charles has spoken out about Rwanda.

nanna8 Sat 11-Jun-22 08:31:13

They all seem pretty well behaved to me. Many of my children were little so and sos at age 4 . The grandchildren were angels compared with mine but then I wasn’t around all the time.

25Avalon Sat 11-Jun-22 09:57:44

volver

I think it's good that Charles has spoken out about Rwanda.

Royalty especially our future king should keep out of politics. Charles is playing into the hands of the Republicans and possibly making a few more on the way.

Anniebach Sat 11-Jun-22 09:57:50

Put on public display because they were sitting with their parents watching a street parade, as were many of their second cousins.

volver Sat 11-Jun-22 10:05:42

25Avalon

volver

I think it's good that Charles has spoken out about Rwanda.

Royalty especially our future king should keep out of politics. Charles is playing into the hands of the Republicans and possibly making a few more on the way.

Been thinking about this.

If Charles had commented on the level of taxation or something similar, then that's politics and he shouldn't have said anything.

As he is commenting on the proposed introduction of an inhuman action that goes completely against the characteristics of this nation, then that is what a Head of State is for. Partially. To prevent temporary governments from destroying the fabric of this nation for their own short term ends. I would expect most Republicans would understand the difference and respect his stance on this.

But never mind, you're with Farage on this. Charmer that he is.

Germanshepherdsmum Sat 11-Jun-22 10:11:23

He will have to keep his thoughts to himself a little more when he becomes King.

25Avalon Sat 11-Jun-22 10:12:38

Volver I may be prejudiced against Prince Charles. Having had to help fight his plans to build 2,000 homes on green belt farming land, and seen his treatment of his tenants on the Duchy estates, I have found him to be a complete hypocrite.

volver Sat 11-Jun-22 10:16:19

I've started a new thread about this so as not to divert this one.

Joseanne Sat 11-Jun-22 10:16:43

volver your comments are often interesting and informative until the final paragraph. It is very noticeableacross threads. Where did 25 Avalon even mention Farage?
But never mind, you're with Farage on this. Charmer that he is.

maddyone Sat 11-Jun-22 10:26:09

I feel that royalty should keep out of politics. It’s one reason why I support the idea of a republic. A President would have the right to speak about politics and to ensure that parliament operates legally. He/she would be elected and therefore would represent the people. Charles has no right to speak of politics because he wasn’t elected.

A ‘source’ has apparently spilled the beans on this. According to news reports the prince was speaking in a private capacity. Did Charles give permission for his private conversation to be reported? Do we even really know that he did make this comment?

Joseanne Sat 11-Jun-22 10:26:36

X post.

Joseanne Sat 11-Jun-22 10:27:11

10.16

Callistemon21 Sat 11-Jun-22 10:41:54

A ‘source’ has apparently spilled the beans on this. According to news reports the prince was speaking in a private capacity. Did Charles give permission for his private conversation to be reported? Do we even really know that he did make this comment?

We don't know.

However, I expect that he did, that he is appalled by this decision by the Government and spoke "privately" but, imo, with the full knowledge that his opinion would be made public by the person he told.