Wills and Harry rift blown out of proportion

That will teach you Lucca

I didn’t read it like that, I think anybody can appreciate a picture of a cute little boy, and you don’t have to be a mother or a grandmother to do so, so we shouldn’t assume that only they would?

I did think it was a lovely picture, he looks full of the joys of life.

Well getting back to Les. I fully intended marrying him.

Went to see him when I was 14.

Very exciting.

I've also learned that Jim Steinman has died which is sad.

As for small boy on bike. He looks lovely.

This is getting a bit morbid.

I was a Derek girl myself. Once sat outside his childhood home hoping he'd come and visit his mum.

Did he ever come to visit his Mum?

How could you marry him Gannygangan when he was mine! I last saw his version of the Rollers about 6 or 7 years ago in a 70s show, and he was still rocking then. A bit of our youth has gone.

Not when I was there.

Maybe I'll start another thread.

Goodness me, Casdon! We'd have had to have a fight over him!

And such a shame, Alegrias1.

My Grandma and I sat in the reception of a New York hotel many moons ago. Cary Grant lived on the top floor. We waited and waited. Went to the loo. Came back and saw his rear end as he got into a waiting car.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY. PRINCE LOUIS!???

Yes that delightful picture of Prince Louis was on the front page of virtually every newspaper today.

A lovely smiling happy little boy looking very smart in his nursery school clothes.

A beautiful picture.

Alegrias1

Bonnie bairn.

We've got bigger issues to put on the front pages here in Scotland. (Vaccines, Cummings, Climate Change....but mostly Les)

All sad

So seeing a photo of a lovely, happy little three year old is cheering.

I loved the photo of that dear little boy. Somehow he has a representative function. Its hard to put into words what I mean. I suspect, however, that William and Catherine's children receive presents and cards from Grans and others throughout the country. People care about them.

Alegrias1

Wait a minute, someone posts that appreciating pictures of cute children is a mother/grandmother thing, thus excluding those of us who are neither from appreciating said pictures.

I'm not a parent so I can't make such "natural" comments.

And I'm the bad guy?

No Algeria’s, you’re most certainly not the bad guy ?.

Part of my working life involved training police/teachers/social workers/health etc etc in working with children and families. A recurrent theme was the number of course leaders/participants , who were not parrnts

Thank you Iam64

Who is Les btw?

What is all this about "bad guys"? It is like the title of this thread states: "all blown out of proportion".
I apologise if I was a bad guy for posting an innocent photo of a sweet little boy on his bicycle. This is a RF thread and the child is a little prince. It made far more sense to include the picture here than to make a fuss starting a new thread announcing it. No big deal.
I apologise if it was offensive. How was I to know it would upset those GNs who are not parents or grandparents?
And as for my being "excited" about the image, that is a laughable comment.

Anniebach

Someone should have clocked Harry one years ago ?

I think that’s a truly shocking comment from one who purports to be a Christian and an allegedly caring mother / grandmother. And I don’t think adding a smiley face at the end makes it funny!

Ellianne if you had started a new thread there would have been the few who had to be sarcastice.

I thought it a lovely photograph, age 3, I love that age , thank you

Emily49

Anniebach

Someone should have clocked Harry one years ago ?

I think that’s a truly shocking comment from one who purports to be a Christian and an allegedly caring mother / grandmother. And I don’t think adding a smiley face at the end makes it funny!

A really unpleasant comment

I agree Emily

If I had said ‘Someone should have clocked Charles one years ago’, there would have been outrage from some posters, but it’s ok to suggest bashing Harry?

Goodness me, so many misunderstandings....

Ellianne posted a nice picture of a "bonnie bairn". That's what I said at about lunchtime.

Anniebach decided to get defensive about something or other and said it was only natural to think the child was cute. That this was a mother/grandmother thing.

Thinking the child is cute is not a mother/grandmother thing. I am neither (child free by choice, in fact) but I think the child is cute. So, by associating the ability to appreciate a cute child with motherhood, my opinions are marginalised and made less important. You don't have to be a parent to think the child is cute, my cuteness detector works just fine.

By highlighting this apparently it is me who is the "bad guy" because I'm too sensitive and apparently want to put an end to...well, actually, I don't know what...

I think Casdon got it in her 4pm post.

Post as many pictures of cute children as you like. Ellianne, Lucca, there was no criticism of you.

Now I sound like a mad woman so I'm off to my bed. Night night.

Am I alone in thinking the only ones who can give a definitive opinion are indeed William and Harry, and even they are not guaranteed to see things identically?

Rosie they are certainly the only ones who know their own thoughts, you are absolutely right!