Sometimes, I’ll read a gossip story and I just have such major question marks floating over my head. Maybe I don’t know enough about child development to know what makes a child gifted or special. But this story about Prince George feels… weird…? First of all, it doesn’t come from Duchess Kate or Prince William or random, unnamed royal sources. This story comes from a “luxury travel advisor” named Claudia Gordon. Claudia recently had “lunch” with Duchess Kate. Which is hilarious to me for some reason. THIS is how Kate spends her time, people. She’s not making “secret trips” to charities. She’s lunching with luxury travel advisors to plan out her first, second and third post-baby vacations. Maldives again? Perhaps some five-star luxury hunting lodge in Kenya so William would have something to “do”. Anyway, Claudia gave an interview and she gushed about Prince George and how brilliant he is.
Prince George genius? At just shy of 2 years, Prince George has already proven himself to be a baby genius. When the royal toddler heard that his dad Prince William was visiting China, he immediately went to look for him – inside a china cabinet.
Luxury travel adviser Claudia Gordon had the good fortune of sitting down for lunch with Princess Kate recently, during which the pregnant princess shared the cute tale.
“I asked her if Prince George was excited about the new prince or princess that was coming and she said yes and that he is a toddler and is talking and walking,” Gordon told the Florida News-Press. “Then she told me that his daddy, Prince William, was visiting China. After hearing this he went to the china cabinet, opened it and proclaimed ‘daddy is not here.’ ”
Added Gordon: “She said they would work on his geography.”
It’s a cute story. It really is adorable. It’s the kind of story that a mom would tell her friends (friends = luxury travel advisors). But does it mean that George is a genius? Er? Not really. It’s just a cute story. That being said, I have high hopes for George. I hope he will be smart and compassionate and that he won’t take after either parent with their dull-as-dishwater personalities.
As for the new baby, the latest from the London gambling houses is that boy or girl, the baby will be called Sam, perhaps after Will and Kate’s friend Sam Waley-Cohen. I’m fine with Sam, which is how I know they won’t name the baby Sam. They named their firstborn George Alexander Louis, you know? The name will be super-conservative and probably sound “dated” to us. They will not name this baby Sam, Simon, Colin, Katniss, Maddie or Bella.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.
That is a cute story! George sounds developmentally typical. If they refer to their dishes as China and then he hears “Dad is in China” that’s a perfectly normal response for an almost two-year-old. Either that or all three of my children are also geniuses. Ha!
Yes, it’s pretty normal, I would think. At that age, he probably can’t grasp other countries or places and is very literal? Cute story, though. Babies are just fascinating to me. All they learn and comprehend so quickly, and their own little interpretations of things.
It is really cute. Although my kids are teens and still probably don’t know what a china cabinet is. Maybe because we don’t have one. They probably have one in every room.
My 3 year old son is so very literal and he comes up with his own descriptions which crack me up. I’ll never forget the time he told me he could see my brain by looking up my nose tunnels.
Isa, I love it. I hope you are writing these things down so you don’t forget them, before you know it he’ll be a teen like mine. The adorable-ness factor goes WAY down.
It’s a really cute story but given the family dynamics, it’s more likely that this exchange occurred between George and his nanny Maria. Not George and his mum.
Why? They seem perfectly relaxed and bonded to me.
George is adorable with both Kate and his Nanny. He’s also grumpy with both.
He appears equally comfortable in the arms of both. Best and worst you can say is George is no better or worse bonded with either. Both care for him, nurture him, and spend large amounts fo time with him.
I wouldn’t say at all George is more attached to one over the other because as far as we have seen from loving photos and videos of both it’s equal. That’s how the evidence falls without bias.
Angelique
Based on what?
There are dozens of stories from people in interviews who relate some amusing or interesting news of George from his parents. The info Will and Kate share are things attentive, adoring parents know about their little one. Yes they have nannies and a full staff and yes Kate and William slip away for things they want to do without George but there’s no evidence that they are not hands-on, caring parents who enjoy spending time with their child.
Oh man, I should be writing this stuff down!
Right pip
Because babies smile all the time and never stop unless they’re upset. If they’re not smiling they’re crying, right? it’s back and white.
So, when babies look surprised what does that mean? They’re not happy?
These pictures are bias. George smiles equally and frowns equally with both ladies.
Logic should not have to be cast aside to make your point.
Well, at least she didn’t tell her offspring to control the ants in his pants while at the dinner table, resulting in a weeping child tearing off his clothes to find said ants.
I did. Oops.
Oh man, tell me about it, my ten year old has Aspergers and you have to be so careful what phrases or slang you use around him, and he never forgets anything either.
My 2nd grader is on the spectrum and he too is very literal and we often get caught with our pants down when we don’t keep that in mind. We bought him the Tedd Arnold books about idioms (which are great btw) and now he’s able to understand what “my ears are burning” “having a frog in my throat” or “don’t lose your head” means.
You probably told them that if they swallowed a watermelon seed, a huge watermelon would grow in their tummy, too, didn’t you? So cruel…
Hey, I fell for that one when I was four. My aunt said it to me and I was quite worried!
I told my niece if she planted the chicken bones in the garden, a chicken would grow. Almost got her with that one! Her response, ‘is that true?’ A little younger, she believed I had a wocket in my pocket. Thank you, Dr Seuss!😉
I fell for that one too! Except it was a leaf and a tree! I swear I was soooo worried I was going to poo out a tree … (and how painful it would be). LOL
Orange seeds here. That and bravely scowling and pouting in the mirror to see if my face really would freeze like that.
My parents used to tell me that when kids drink coffee, it stunts their growth! So I was always terrified of never growing tall when I was a kid because I liked to sneak coffee from my dad’s cup (he puts tons of cream and sugar in his coffee, so as a little girl it tasted super delicious! lol).
I swallowed the cherry pit and the dirt. I remember debating the worm after I drank a cup of water. I fully expected cherry branches to come out my ears, just like my grandma said. I was 4.
My granny told my mom as a child that babies come from cabbages so you can imagine what happened when my mom saw my grandmother chopping up cabbage to make cabbage soup one night.
I know, Eva – kids are elephants for never forgetting. Sixlet Minor brings that story up as evidence of my cruelty as a mother to this day!
GNAT – I never did! Pfft! Mind you, we got into some sticky waters about other types of seeds that might find their way into a mummy’s tummy. The Sixlets asked for the facts of life loads of times. They would ask. I would answer. They would look aghast and instantly dismiss everything I’d said as clear and arrant nonsense. Then a few weeks/months later, they’d ask again. They believed me eventually. They might have believed me sooner if it weren’t for the ant story, do you think?!
Lol, yes! You ruined your credibility with the ants. I remember hearing the facts of life from my older brother, who got it fairly mixed up, btw, but thinking it was utterly ridiculous and no one, especially my parents, would ever participate in something so silly. Ha!
I did! That’s the one. And I suppose it does all sound ridiculous if you’re five or six, doesn’t it? I also had some difficulty convincing Sixlet Major, aged two, that the world was populated by two genders. He thought, having only seen himself, his brother, his father and his mother with no clothes on, that his mother was a sad mutant who was missing an important part of anatomy combined with ownership of two abnormally pudgy bits. “You mean other people don’t have willies?”
(He’ll kill me if he finds out that I typed this).
Sixer, that is so cute. You poor, sad mutant, you.
My son was convinced I was hiding mine somewhere. “No, really mommy- where did you put it?!” I learned to never say “keep your eye on the ball” which resulted in a ball glued to his face. Or “there is a nip in the air” where he went running from the said terrifying Nip.
Speaking of seeing naked parents: I had my three year old son in line with me years ago at the market. On the display stand was a magazine with a cover picture of magnificent elephants. To the delight of everyone in hearing distance he pointed at the elephant’s trunk and said “Look Mama, just like Daddy!”
Giddy
I see why you’re giddy
😉
My kids (5-8) aren’t the least bit curious about where babies came from. When I was a kid, I assumed it was like a cold — at some point women started growing a baby. I had the actual facts thrust upon me at 9YO, at a time in my life when boys and girls didn’t touch each other for fear of getting cooties. It was so repulsive to me; I remember stomping off and telling my mom that I was gonna get married, but I was never going to do THAT!
Giddy, that is friggin hilarious!
OMG Sixer all your stories are hilarious. Thanks for the laugh. 😆
ahahahh thank you for this, Sixer. My day has dramatically improved.
hahah I just laughed out loud at my desk *and* took note to say that to the offspring of all my friends who have small kids
PS Ok now I just finished reading the comments and am laughing more ….
They’re too boring to name their kid anything other than something boring anyway.
I guess I’m boring too since both my boys have very traditional, or as you would say, “boring” names.
Betsy
There are names that are expected. Maybe Kate once thought of naming her child something that isn’t on the list of names fit for a british royal. You aren’t held to the same list of repeated names. They do get rather boring. And no one was calling your kids names or your naming methods into question.
I remember there were a lot of raised eyebrows when Princes Joachim and Princess Alexandra named their second son Felix!
Hah, that actually is a really cute story. I can almost hear George declaring “Daddy is not here!” in an imperious, don’t-you-know-I’ll-be-king-someday? tone. 😛
Shouldn’t that china cabinet be baby-proofed? Or is that just something us poors do?
I was sort of surprised that they had a “china cabinet” not a china closet or a butler’s pantry, but what do I know?
I just spit my green tea out at my screen. “something us poors” is going in my vernacular.
Us “poors”, LOL. But seriously, they really have a china cabinet and not a room? That sounds so middle-class.
Exactly where is the safety feature. Cute story but just that a story – PR smoke.
Such cabinet are for the likes of us commoners-carol and the middletons – B and K Palaces, the royals Queen multimillion luxury homes/estates don’t have such a furniture.
Smocking! Little sailboat smocking! Swoon!
Smocking rocks.
Are Colin and Simon trendy names now? I mean, I know about Sam, Bella, Maddie,
He is the cuteness!
Off topic: That pic of George in the red sweater staring down, tells me ” Hmmmm, i see what you’ve got down there. Give it to me.” Then he takes it and proceeds to put it in his mouth.
He’s too cute!
Kid looks like a little bruiser
He does look big but it seems he is usually dressed in clothing that seems too small. I guess someone thinks a future(?) king should look big and brawny.
The story she told was at the reception/lunch at the goring hotel it was not her personal travel advisor. The woman was there as a guest of the goring hotel for it’s anniversary, and it’s a cute story to tell
In the top photo, Prince George looks like a redhead.
Come for the cute Prince George being adorable stories, stay for the even cuter babies being adorable stories from the regulars…. I love it!
I love all of these little stories about him that come out–is there a feeling in the UK that people wish they could see him more? I know he’s still very young to be going to, say, public events, and they’re striving for normalcy…
Related: Did anyone else see the pictures of Kate and George at a farm in Norfolk that hit the internet yesterday? It was impossible to avoid them over on Tumblr. Initially, I thought the photos might have been arranged (new PR guy!) since they seemed to be taken from a pretty close range and, frankly, were really warm and sweet and nanny-less, but… I think a good long lens was in play and now feel like the mayor of CreepyTown for even having looked at them. What is the expectation for privacy at a place like that?
They were taken with a cell phone. Probably by someone with Kate. Did you hear William screaming outrage at this intrusion? Nope. That only happens when he’s in on the pictures and they serve a purpose to him/Kate.
Hah! I should have known it was a cellphone seeing how good the cameras on them are now. I assumed William or someone in their press office did complain about them, only because the UK press didn’t publish them (that, or they legally couldn’t because it was private property?).
I think the UK press is restricted from publishing anything without William’s permission.
And I’ll say this…the Middleton’s pap on dial, Tanna, has hinted that it was either Carole or Pippa that took and sold the pics. So, William might not be involved, so we may still hear of some plan to sue. It’ll go nowhere, but it’s still a possibility.
It is a cute story! And hopefully he will take after his paternal uncle! Or grandmother!
I hope you don’t mean Carole?
Pretty sure she meant Diana or Andrew 🙂 And, me too!!
My daughter, now in the throes of puberty (God help me) went through years of speech therapy, but I LOVED how she mispronounced words and made up her own. She called my parents Baba (gma) and Pucka (gpa). Then one of my mom’s friends said that creating your own vocab was a sign of intelligence and originality. True? Have no idea. I only have one child- one and done thankyouverymuch, and while I think she’s brilliant I’m undoubtedly biased.
When my daughter told me that her brother’s bummy had burped, we knew there was something special about our children…
I sent a coloring book and box of crayons to my then four year old niece. Upon calling her to see if she received/liked it she paused and then burst into tears. After calming her and asking what was wrong she quaveringly asked me why I didn’t just come into her house and visit her if I had been that close to the mailbox.
Her older sister similarly cracked me up. When she was a toddler we had an Easter portrait session done of her, replete with a bunny rabbit and woodland backdrop. When she was four years old she confronted her mother about the portrait, asking how could we have left her in the woods all alone.
Kids are everything.
LOL. Gotta love kids….
So funny!
Adorable stories! Thanks for the smiles today!!
When my sister was two or three, my mom told her she couldn’t come into the living room, so she brought her little chair right to the doorway, and sat down to read her book. My mom said she was mad about it, but was trying so hard not to laugh because she thought it was hysterical. Kids really do take things so literally. Like the time I told my son to hop into bed. I hear thumping down the hallway and there he is, hopping to his room!
My uterus just contracted!
When my niece was five I let her taste some of my root beer, which she loved. The next afternoon when I picked her up from school she ran over to me excitedly shouting if we were going to have more beer on the way home. The look on the nuns’ faces = priceless. I think some of the other parents, however, suddenly looked inspired.
I have photographic evidence of me drinking beer out of a can when I was about a year old. I turned out alright! 😀
My son just did that the other day! He said “I love my beer!” Problem was that it was in front of a recovering alcoholic. Ugh!!!
Lol my husband downed a beer after helping mow the lawn when he was seven. His mom was frantic but his grandmother just laughed. She said he had the world’s best afternoon nap.
I have photographic evidence of me drinking beer out of a can when I was about a year old. I turned out alright! 😀
I truly don’t understand the ire for William & Kate. If I was prince & princess I’d hire a luxury vacation planner. Is she supposed to plan her vacas herself? She had lunch with someone- girl has to eat & glad it’s not in a closet by herself. I feel like whatever they do they get strung up. If they had more interesting personalities to the public people would complain about that. Remember her fashion show & top less pics- she got skewered. They are under enormous pressure, trying to raise a family & please all people. William didn’t even choose this life. I’m going to quit clicking on the royal stories here. Kaiser’s unyielding judgement for these two is really odd to me……it reminds me of all the crap Diana had to deal with that was totally unfair IMO.
All the other senior royals face enormous pressure too. Go see stories about Queen Letizia of Spain if you want to see real attacks.
Middleton was skewered for choosing to wear a skirt as a dress and leaving the lining behind in a fashion show. They chose to lie to the para Olympians and skip out on vacation. They got caught in that lie, topless photo evidence and all. Those were their personal choices.
It is quite simple. William and Kate are taking senior royal perks and refusing to do the work. They can choose to walk away at any time. They choose to stay. They are choosing to please no one but themselves.
Only the legitimate criticism about skipping out on the paralympic? No. I have a long memory and plenty of people have referenced the sunbathing and lingerie catwalk episodes to slut shame. Not all but many, including you on many occasions.the real injustice is that they do not do enough good in the UK for the privileges they are afforded. But the rest of the endless criticism is about useless trivialities.
Imo
There is true criticism. And there is endless praise/shame as you know. The paralympics was shameful from a duty perspective. Many other things like removing renters and redoing homes only to have them go vacant is trivial to a point, but valid criticism still considering they are not seen pulling their weight, but rather spending.
Much of the rest is silly. Topless sunbathing is fine. Even if she was around staff, etc..That’s not reason to slutshame.
FLORC
Completely agree. There is enough disappointment inherent with the Cambridges to discuss without the extra that gets picked apart. I think people could engage better if they examined their own truths. I’ll be honest – I love the pageantry of royalty and I’m a history nut. I enjoy royal watching because it is one of the world’s longest running reality shows. But I detest classism,double standards and an anachronistic system of paying people to be better than you because of birth. All of this informs my opinions, I believe. I don’t hate the rf, love the rf, want to be in the rf or think I understand the rf. Okay, maybe I hate Andrew.
I was referencing what MC2 mentioned in her post, to address what she specifically stated. Legitimate criticism, especially when people insist Middleton is shy, retiring, hates the limelight, hates to be on display which is when I point out the catwalk and sunbathing. Not as slut shaming, but in response to those who insist Middleton shouldn’t have to do royal duties because she’s “shy and retiring”
Notasugar
Nice try lol. I’ve been following comments here far too long to buy that. Your insistence that Kate is a lurid exhibitionist ant and an indecent woman stand alone and are not always responses to claims she is shy. Besides, since when does sunbathing nude under the assumption that you are hidden from view equal open season in terms of judgement? One has only to go back and read older posts to clearly see that I speak the truth.
Lastly, an extremely small and rarely vocal amount of people here have ever said Kate should not work because she is ‘shy’ Almost everyone feels she should be doing more. What people have done here is express empathy because she is a disaster at public speaking – which many people fear. And even those individuals admit that the only way for her to improve is to actually get off her bum and do it. So, no.
Imo
BRF/longest running reality show Hahaha! Sort of. They have all the backstabbing, scandalous behavior, coverups, and torrid romance of soap operas/reality show.
My interest is in that and how it’s designed life as we know it. The impact of this 1 family structure played a large role in shaping religion, countries, laws, etc… And as it goes on we see history unfolding. That it’s shameful at times, but recorded historically as anything but is interesting to witness.
And yes, Andrew is bad, but he’s the one who has his dirty laundry aired. Imagine what else is kept from us.
Nota/Imo
My stance here is known. I think Kate likes to show herself off or is completely indifferent to what she exposes and when. That’s not shaming. Only an observation that i’ve never used to insult with such mean titles.
Regarding her not shy of cameras. I think she loves them. She’s comfortable with them. Moreso than William from what we’ve seen. They’ve played a large role in her courting William for years so this is like a normal environment i’m betting.
Overall I agree with Nota… and Imo
Kate is comfortable infront of people and cameras. A few tales of her being shy in a class over a decade ago does no longer apply. She has appeared comfortable infront of crowds for some time now. The only thing she appears uncertain of is giving a live speech. And it’s not the speaking part that hinders her. It’s being unfamiliar with the speech she’s reading and the topic it discusses. Like she’s standing in for another who backed out of the speech. Like she’s only reading it for the 1st time. She needs to just do more. She wanted this role. There’s a big reason why no one else did that has nothing to do with William direct issues.
FLORC
Agreed. I saw a taped spot she did early after the marriage and it wasn’t bad. It was scripted, no audience and she could do numerous takes until she got it right. But that’s not the real world when part of your role involves public speaking. She would be fantastic if she got out there more, spoke from within, pretended everyone in the room was a close friend and stop struggling to keep the posh accent going.
That accent is doing her no favors. You say something foolish with a posh accent you still sound like a fool.
Tea smelling, Helen Mirren granny comment, faberge egg still being made, unicef soundbite. All just silly. That no one in her family has the same accent and she didn’t until a handful of years ago is kind of funny.
As usual, FLORC explained it far better than I did. “I think Kate likes to show herself off or is completely indifferent to what she exposes and when. That’s not shaming.”
I cannot equate shy and retiring with her behavior. I agree that she loves the cameras, always has. That isn’t slut shaming, it is looking at facts and saying to me that her behavior does not equate to descriptions of her being shy and retiring.
It isn’t new that people are saying she’s shy so she shouldn’t have to work. It keeps rising up in these discussions. “Oh she’s a princess, she’s rich, she’s shy, she hates the attention, she just wants to raise her children in the country. Why are you being anti-feminist haters and saying she should work?” It is an ongoing theme.
Nota
“As usual, FLORC explained it far better than I did.” Haha Not True! But appreciate the compliment 😀
I agree though. If Kate was shy and didn’t like crowds that’s no excuse. She could record more messages. Have smaller meetings privately with charities that weren’t PR oportunities. If that was what held her back it could be easily worked around. That she just doesn’t is not because she’s shy. It’s because she’d rather not work at all.
Even worse. Because people say “If I was in her position I wouldn’t work either.” That’s bad. That’s just leeching off the public to care for you. Her money isn’t private. It’s public funding her. William isn’t paying any bills.
Her pr reasons are fair to live quietly with her husband and family in their country estate. The actions that follow prove those reasons were hollow.
Notasugar
You are consistently building a straw man argument. You make certain strong assertions and justify them by contorting them into ‘responses’ from some phantom minority. By combining several excuses a scant handful of commenters have made you put forth the erroneous position that you are merely setting the record straight. But I have observed too many times to count here instances where you completely insinuate that Kate is indecent and lascivious. Slut shaming. It is gross and has no place in a proper, contemporary discussion. I am not a lurker or casual reader/commenter.
I recommend you take a page from FLORC or LAK’s book, who always present facts and at least well informed opinions without the venomous insinuations. This would free you from having to side step your own documented history of absolutely cringe worthy statements.
But as I’m sure you’ll remind me we are all free to express our opinions in any way we choose. Of course.
But your stance says a lot more about you than it does about Kate.
ONLY because my name has been tossed in here…
Imo
Nota has time and time again presented me with links and facts to correct my at times incorrect view. I regard Nota’s comments very highly. I’m sure you can imagine how tiresome it can get when you’ve posted proof too many times and eventually just assume everyone knows. You speak like it’s known, but that can be confusing to others reading it.
And I have absolutely gone on rants many would call venomous insinuations! Sometimes that’s just how the text version comes out. We can’t all have days where our words form well and we came here to not be the 2nd half of the websites name 😉
To add our comments here often say little about us unless we’re talking about ourselves. Another reading can draw conclusions, but that is their opinion based on another that they only know of through comments made on a gossip thread.
Because I lay into Kate’s lack of work ethic 1 thread. Defend her on another… 1 could think i’m off balance emotionally. It’s just unfair to judge eachother personally by our comments here imo.
And lastly! I’m a huge fan of both you posters here 😀 Both offer different thoughts and both support their thoughts.
Thanks, FLORC.
IMO, what you’re insinuating says more about you than me. Noting she flashes on duty isn’t slut shaming; she should be ashamed of having more than one incident and not working to correct it.
You see these two one way, I see them another. The way he has treated her, and how she has allowed herself to be treated, says a lot to me about their situation. A lot that isn’t pretty or modern, and is up for discussion.
Kate wasn’t “having lunch” with the vacation planner. They were both at the Goring Hotel 105th Anniversary luncheon and they chatted with her there. Kate no doubt chatted with many other guests at the luncheon.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/570396/Prince-George-China-Duchess-of-Cambridge-Prince-William
Away for a few days, not sure I’ve missed anything.
This just reads as more bread and circuses.
William in trouble and publicly criticized for $8000 helicopter joy ride. Jason floats the idea of Kate Middleton’s extended maternity leave direct to People. Both stories are met with sound criticism. So what do we get?
We get a story about William’s future mad dash to the hospital because he would never think to use a helicopter for personal use.
A PGTips story – from an event 6 weeks ago but just being shared now.
Farm photos, taken too close-up for the subjects to be unaware and no RPOs stopped it. Nanny Maria nowhere in frame (and no smiles from PGTips either). Too bad New Idea will never admit who emailed them those pictures.
Jason is earning that paycheck.
Nota
Reading this my mind jumped to “what are they deflecting with this”. These stories do not come out unless there’s something going on that needs a distraction.
Seems Jason really is earning his pay. And he’s being more proactive than reactive. Which is what this camp needs.
It was either Mother Middleton or Pippa who took those phone shots at the farm. I wonder how much money they received!
Not true pip
You can’t pick and choose what photos you want to accept. George smiles constantly with both. There’s no favor to either.
Nota
I checked out the photos. On a Kate friendly site since the other ones are too mean even picture to picture. Some points were raised. These photogs are extremely close. Even with a sharp lense there’s no doubt they were seen. And if they were seen the RPO’s would have been on them unless this was preapproved allowed. If not these photos would be invading George’s privacy like every other time unless also found (and confirmed to be by either W, K, or both) to be staged shots.
As far as George not smiling. Meh. He’s a baby. Some days babies don’t get super giggly. They just look bewildered or focused.
There are only a handful of photos, no video. Maybe the RPOs merely asked whoever was taking them to stop and they did. There were presumably a lot of children around so it wouldn’t have been a good idea to get into a physical confrontation and try to confiscate the camera — in the past, I’ve heard that that’s what they do.
Candice
The RPO’s are more than trained in dealinng with close threats in a way to not call attention. If these were average bodyguards your theory would be correct, but they are not. Very skilled to deal with force and discretion. As far as the amount of photos. That could just be what was purchased or what came out well. That even a handfull was taken is shocking. There’s just no way these got taken and sold and printed without somewhere along this being ok’d. Otherwise there’s a major lawsuit the publication has made themselves vulnerable to. Even with keeping the photog secret.
FLORC – Don’t get me wrong, I am quite sure that there are many, many instances of supposed candid shots being “ok’d” by Kate, William et. al., but in this instance I still think these photos were taken on the sly by an unrelated party at the playground.
Again, in a situation like this where we are talking about “innocent” mums and tots at the park (v.s. hard-core, aggressive male paps), it would seem wholly inappropriate for one of Kate’s guards to approach a suspected photo-taker and demand her phone/camera. Seriously, if that were me and I was sitting there with my phone/camera ostensibly snapping shots of my own kid (and Kate “happened” to be in my shot) there is a snpwball’s chance in H*ll I’m turning my device over to some guy who approaches me. No way, no how.
Candice
RPO’s have ways to stop photos besides aggressive tactics. It can and has played out peacefully. And they’re fantastic at their jobs. You don’t get that close for that long at numerous angles for what must have been more than 10 minutes (assuming they’re running from activity to activity) without being noticed.
They could have blocked the lense, removed him before he could cause a scene. And if he caused a scene he would be swiftly removed before it was truly noticed.
For this only. The angles, the amount of shots, the various activities. This all says either Kate was ok with this or her RPO’s were all asleep. There’s no middle ground. Not with an heir and the heir’s wife.
To add that there’s no nanny, pics show Kate being motherly, and they show George with no uproar over privacy there’s no doubt in my mind. These were approved.
RPO’s are greater than bodyguards. I think that’s where our opinions seperate.
I think the new baby will be called Victoria!
I said it here first 🙂
I could see that.
I don’t believe this story at all. He’s two and I seriously doubt he’s spent enough time in a room with a china closet to comprehend and remember that’s it’s a china closet.
Maybe you don’t have kids.
It’s in the manual, kids will embarrass you anywhere at anytime.
Once I catsat, and was told the cat could do so many things, thought she blowing smoke, and sure enough, all the things she said the cat did was true.
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My one year old god daughter used to grab our keys and try to insert them into the door’s lock. And if you gave her toy food to play with she would point to the microwave so you could heat it up. And she was barely talking. Toddlers will blow your mind if you observe them.
The other day my neighbors kids (3 and 4) came tomy yard while i was gardening. They were helping me weed and when pulling up little helicopter trees identified root, trunk, leaves in their own way. And that the brown wing part was the seed! Little smarties. They absorb and put things together and are so interesting when they do so. This is normal though. Adorable to witness, but normal.
I find it fascinating 🙂
“George don’t touch the china closet!” And there you have it . My niece just turned two and she loves to open everything she is not supposed to . Her own toys? Boring .
racer
no one believes it
dear lord
I believe it. If you’ve spent a lot of time observing toddlers in their relaxed environment they do this stuff all the time.
Like you can tell a toddler what a duck is and that it quacks. Then you tell your toddler to “duck” for cover. They could easily start quacking and flapping their folded arms at you. Just like a China Cabinet and William is going to China makes sense in a toddler’s mind.
That is so cute!
Still not convinced but nice try ladies!
seriously?
no one believes this crap
her PR chap positioned this
ignorant
Wrong spot!
Off Topic. AH, any thoughts on the birthday tiara-fest in Denmark? QM’s dress was lovely but understated for her. Her multiple tiaras / aigrettes were a winner for me though! Is there another tiara event tomorrow for her real birthday, or was this the main event?