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[UTUSN]

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[montanacowboy]

1. I thought I was the only one shocked by this

His total disrespect for his Mother, who is raising this child? And he does have Andrew's DNA.

Someone needs to take his butt to the woodshed and whoever is giving him license to behave in such a way needs to be the hell fired.

[UTUSN]

2. Thanks for accompanying me into Exile and banishment, can't think of better company!

[tblue37]

3. I was appalled by his behavior.

[snowybirdie]

4. My advice

is you should never move to London.

[pandr32]

5. Prince Louis has only just turned four!

This has been a huge public event with cameras and paparazzi turned on him en masse, and with expectations of behavior for lengthy periods that could make any four year old act out. What of remarking on the excellent behavior of his older siblings? Do they have "that arrogance thing down pat"?

I get that many disapprove of the Royal pomp and grandeur here, but to suggest a little boy is destined to become fond of teenage girls when he is a man is nonsense.

[greatauntoftriplets]

6. Absolutely.

He acted like a four-year-old out in public for the first time ever.

[pandr32]

8. He did. I know my three kids would have likely have acted out.

They could behave well for awhile and so I planned things accordingly. No Jubilee on the schedule!
Also, the Cambridge kids have expectations of public service to fulfill as they get a little older. It is challenging enough for most kids to go to school, do their homework, and face ordinary expectations of behavior and responsibility.

[greatauntoftriplets]

20. I was happy to see how normal and natural those kids were.

Allowing them to be children and not just regimented royals will give them a good start on life.

[UTUSN]

9. Dear, sweet greatauntoftriplets, I've loved you forever and I said I wouldn't get involved.

But just to be clear, I've known a share of 4 year olds in my time and even *was* one, as hard to believe as it is. Almost none of them were like that with their mother or anybody else without getting "schooled" unforgettably.

And he didn't get that way by DNA, genetics, or birth - done by being raised that way. As for "Andrew's DNA," no, I've heard tales to the effect that Andrew (and other "royals" ) were insufferably despotic and humiliating to their servants from a very early age.

And despite Scott FITZGERALD's saying to HEMINGWAY, "The rich aren't like us," it takes teaching to get them that way.

[greatauntoftriplets]

21. Well, thanks for the flattery. Blush.

I have 10 great-nieces and nephews -- five of each. The youngest is about six months older than Louis, and she'll do the same things when she's bored. Or just trying to make us laugh. Her 11-year-old sisters aren't much better. I've seen those gestures many, many times. Then there's the one where an adult kisses the child, the kid doesn't want to be kissed, so they throw it away. Fortunately, our youngest is now beyond that stage.

I'd guess that because the Cambridge kids' mother had a normal upbringing, she's trying to assure something similar for her children.

[Laffy Kat]

27. My boys weren't like that either.

You can already see the misogyny expressing itself.

[demmiblue]

22. +1

[XanaDUer2]

7. Do British taxpayers support the royals?

If so, I'm glad I'm not a British taxpayer

[UTUSN]

10. Am fairly sure they do. But besides not being my business over there,

am pretty distressed about things over here. I'm sure several of my fellow Members here can think of some place for me to go.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

13. To hell with what some may think. If they don't like or disagree with your opinion they have options

to deal with it. Including pounding salt!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

12. :

The finances of the British royal family come from a number of sources. The British government supports the monarch and some of her family financially[1] by means of the Sovereign Grant, which is intended to meet the costs of the sovereign's official expenditures.[2] This includes the costs of the upkeep of the various royal residences, staffing, travel and state visits, public engagements, and official entertainment.[3] Other sources of income include revenues from the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall, a parliamentary annuity, and income from private investments. The Keeper of the Privy Purse is Head of the Privy Purse and Treasurer's Office and has overall responsibility for the management of the sovereign's financial affairs.[4]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finances_of_the_British_royal_family

[highplainsdem]

11. He's a little kid. And I've seen too many little kids who were spoiled

younger siblings to see anything very surprising or worrisome about his behavior. Those kids usually turn out perfectly okay as they grow up.

Sometimes they don't, but sometimes kids who seem to behave perfectly when little can grow up to have (or to be) serious problems, too.

[UTUSN]

14. I fully knew this is a losing topic for me. I'll try to restrain myself and not continue it.

As with many of my threads that I instantly wish would be let to drop out of sight, although I'll admit I did it on purpose for some reason.

[KT2000]

16. Actually it's a good topic

IMHO. Whether or not if the kid is going to have a problem in the future is one thing but they sure have a problem with him now. When little kids behave like brats and it is regarded as cute, you can be sure they are not well liked by others.

[KT2000]

15. he thumbed his nose

at his mother as well as covering her mouth and trying to hit her. That is not cute and I found it odd it was treated that way.Kate, Elizabeth, and Charles tried to control him but not William.

[Karadeniz]

17. I agree with everything you say!!!

[Sanity Claws]

18. I also found the little prince's behavior rude and appalling

I'm surprised his mother allows it. She was raised middle class, not royal, and should know better.

[whistler162]

19. Love it when Mark Twain is proved

right!

[nolabear]

23. He's four, and we have no idea what he or his life is like.

One kid’s bratty is another’s overstimulated, unmoored child who’s expected to be an adult for days. His gestures were learned so there that opportunity in his life somewhere, but being unable to be adorable whe we have no idea how much sleep he’s had, how much Mom is an authority figure or helps him regulate his emotions, or anything else is asking for more than many adults have.

He still believes in magic. He doesn’t know the difference between pretend and real. Talk to me when he’s seven and I’d have a better idea whether he’s headed in any particular direction.

[UTUSN]

24. Not about sleep. He did it 3 days. The older ones were kept out of sight till older.

Andrew pissed on his servants from an early age and all of them have been doing it for centuries.

I said i wouldnt respond contradict myself - who said that

I also wished this thread went away but posts are kicks

[UTUSN]

25. Actually, he's a run o'tha'mill little turd who will grow into a big turd, & imagine his surprise

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when he realizes that his feudal pigeon-hole station means he will be the butt of his elder siblings snubs, like Harry with his crap. Time for him to find himself an actress and throw hissy fits. That movie's been done, and centuries ago, not original by Teh Harry/Meghan.

[Vinca]

26. Sheesh. He's a kid. Cut him some slack.

[UTUSN]

28. Who am I to "cut slack" to powerful oligarchs? No way out but to Self-Delete thread, whole OP here:

Tried to have it both ways - posted topic knowing it would stir some up, same time wanting it to go away. The thing about contrarian disputes is that nobody is going to be convinced by anybody else, and the outrage is futile. Nobody should have time for this one.


*** Entire OP here:

Stepping into it: "prince" Louis is a brat, an arrogant/criminal "prince" Andrew in the making.

Not that Andrew is more unusual than almost the entire "royal" heritage.

I sort of try to stay out of topics that I'll be in somebody or other's stepped-on-toes/single-issue flaming hate list, but this morning, what the heck, might as well blow it.

After all, I/ all of us have been under the constant *DREAD* daily for months or six years of Drumpf, wingnuts/Deplorables in general, MANCHIN singlehandedly torpedoing our entire Democratic agenda and our potentially ending precious/hard-won power - oh, not to mention the blooming of a full-out world-ending tyrant (PUTEEN if not clear) who has the power to wipe out the East and West coasts with four bombs. I'm sure I'll be corrected on my details, but don't p. me o.

A topic I've sort of avoided after getting shut down a couple of times are - ta DAaaa - The Brit "royals". Yeah yeah, when I've timidly mentioned that the whole premise of democracy is anti-royalist, ground was covered that the Brit "royals" are a cute anachronism but CUTE, that they rake in tons of tourist cash, and that whatever some other country wants to do is none of my business so I should STFU on this and probably many other topics.

*** Well, today I've had a few little things twisting my twists in a twist, so might as well deal with this triviality:

The big deal of how "prince" Louis "stole the show" several times (glimpsed fleetingly by me) was topped off this morning when in a medley of his Greatest Hits he was shown clapping his hand over his mother's mouth, then continuing to make his unfunny-to-me faces, including slapping off her attempts to correct him a little. He's got that Arrogance thing down pat.

*** While I'm at it, might as well make it worse: The Harry & Meghan thing. Now cheek by jowl with the Louis thing, they're smacked for having jetted out an hour before Liz's parade, after they were absurdly humiliated by being snubbed non-stop for three days. Somehow they're faulted for having ruined/insulted Liz. Uh, did any of the events get stopped in any way by their not being invited and without them entirely? What did they expect? If they wanted out, then cut bait on the whole shebang - ditch the titles and whatever cash they get from the Brits entirely, stop with the projects with "royal" topics, get a job at Starbucks or live off of whatever Meghan can scrape up in teh show biz, which probably won't be much.

*** Oh, well, there are always the KARDASHIANs.

Back to the *DREAD* of little things. I'll opt out of any slings and arrows here.