Harry attending coronation alone.

How many of us can remember our 4th birthdays?

And can our children, or our GC, if they are older, remember their 4th birthdays?

Course not.

In years to come, won’t make a scrap of difference to Archie whether his dad was there or not.

And why not ....... a person who does not see why children should celebrate or enjoy themselves on their birthday ..... is a right old grinch

He's 4.

Golly do some of you not know the importance made of children's birthdays in the nursery and early years settings now? We always celebrated- an important part of a child learning about time is the month and day- and having a calendar showing events and birthdays. But there is also now huge emphasis on a home party for the child. Every child in the group/class must be invited. There's a sort of sub-culture of "entertainment" available including visits from Elsa and pet petting parties. I bet Archie's has been in the planning stage for ages.

Go for it volver.. I have faith in you 👍

Oh no....

Catch-22!

If I answer then I'm posting again and if I don't then Foxygloves continues to feel superior. 🙄

Life is so hard....

Sorry, one more post then I'll stop

Heard that one before! .

genius.com/Gilbert-and-sullivan-when-the-foeman-bares-his-steel-annotated

I'm talking in generalities. As you are probably aware.

And now I'm posting again...😆

Oh bugger… ignore me, I misread your post! I blame Covid brain fog.

volver3

Not being there for your child's birthday because your father is having the most important day of his life is not child abuse.

Thomas Markle is having an important event? I hadn’t realised.

Jolly good. We all make different choices in the way we run our families.

Choice between one of my daughters 4th birthday and a very
special event for my father ? my father .

Didnt say it was.. It wouldnt be important to me though.

Not being there for your child's birthday because your father is having the most important day of his life is not child abuse.

It would be more important to me. It's not how I would behave towards a child either.

Siope

Quite a lot if you’re the four year old. It’s about the only rite of passage they have and understand, and besides: presents!

Sorry, one more post then I'll stop.

Children celebrate being 4 because we tell them there's something in it to celebrate. If they told him the event to celebrate happened on the 15th May, he'd be just as happy. Expecting a child to think that him doing the same as he does every year is more important than a coronation is just mad, sorry.

And I'm a Republican!

Well yes that's your experience and mine is my childrens birthdays are some of my best memories. 4 is a great age . None of this is right or wrong really it's just how we view the world. So people saying Meghan should be there do it because in their world view the coronation is more important. It wouldnt be for me. But then again I would most likely prioritise a trip to Asda over 2 hours of that shenanigans.

Quite a lot if you’re the four year old. It’s about the only rite of passage they have and understand, and besides: presents!

We didn't really do birthdays in my family. We all get one, every year. What is there to celebrate in being 4 years old?

Yes and? We all judge people all the time. We measure against our own experience.

You are judging Harry

It's the child's birthday. I would be quite judgy of a parent missing their childs birthday to do something else. This is because people tend to think the way we do things in 'our' family is the right way.

My point Katie was that people can opt out if they want to. I agree it’s unlikely that Harry will ever have to abdicate because it’s unlikely he’ll ever be king.

He has to attend , he will be filmed by Netflix ££££

Well he won’t be “alone” will he really.
He has his entire family round him.
Aside from the book
There are members of his family who have behaved far worse.
I think he would live to regret it if he did not attend.