![]() ![]() The rules and governing guidelines that mean we have never seen a photo of Kate taking her three to the supermarket do not apply over there in the US. ![]() When Harry and Meghan made the move to the West Coast, they gave up these protections and lost a lot of the control over the press’ interaction with their kids. ![]() There is an agreement in place between Kensington Palace and the Fourth Estate in the UK that royal children won’t be surreptitiously or sneakily photographed, except when say the kids get taken somewhere where William and Kate know there will be press, e.g. ![]() The Wales kids have never, ever been snapped playing in their various gardens – plural – by the press. There has already been for Archie, even though he is much younger. Still, there has never, ever been a long-lens shot of George, Charlotte or Louis being dropped off or picked up from school. A notable exception was in 2021 when William, Kate and their three were photographed while out having a pub lunch, but given that the prince and princess did not make any sort of objection to the press complaints commission well, some might even think they were happy for such a moment to make the papers. These days, German and Italian tabloid mags do occasionally buy and run pap shots of the Wales kids, however the UK press does not. While the first year or so of George’s life saw some similar paparazzi action in London, at some stage his parents came to an understanding with Fleet Street – they would put out those aforementioned staged kid pics, and in return adult men with large cameras would not stalk their toddler son as he wobbled around Kensington Gardens’ round pond. The sad reality is that the American prince and princess will grow up without the benefit of the curbs and restrictions on the press when it comes to children that do apply in the UK. Meghan holds baby Archie during a trip to Africa. Let me strenuously point out that I am not for a single, solitary second condoning this. While George, Charlotte and Louis face expectations and demands that Archie and Lili never will, the little Sussexes will grow up with the knowledge that whenever they leave the privacy of the high-walled, gated enclave they call home, it is open season on them in terms of the paps. Yes, George, Charlotte and Louis have to share themselves with the public and have no say over the matter, an obligation that is already an immutable part of their lives.īut what William and Kate have that Harry and Meghan don’t (shush, whoever yelled “a clue”) is control: A hell of a lot more control over how and when their children are put on display. While George, Charlotte and Louis are expected to pose for annual birthday pics along with those for Father’s and Mother’s Days and Christmas, at least they generally happen in their back garden with the snaps taken by a camera-wielding Kate. There are approximately 1001 ways in which their childhood will differ from that of the Wales trio back in the UK, not least that Archie and Lili will never be made to spend a precious springtime Saturday waving from a carriage while pretending to enjoy the bagpipes … but this paparazzi factor is a huge one. In ditching the UK for the US and ‘freedom’, they clearly did what they thought was right for their children’s futures.īut it’s impossible not to see the ripple effects of that one choice for Archie and Lili in terms of just how exposed their lives will be, and already are, in contrast to their cousins Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.Ī photo released to celebrate Lilibet's 1st Birthday. Let me make one thing clear here: Say what you will about le Sussex mère and père, but you would be hard-pressed to find two parents more adoring than them. Welcome to your Californian childhood, Archie! When it was reported in 2020 that they had bought a home in Montecito, a couple of hours north of Los Angeles, TMZ said their ‘New neighbours already fed up’ and that“choppers are zooming over Harry and Meghan’ s hood, sometimes 4 times a day, and papsare staking out their home and a nearby shopping centre.” While the couple took legal action over this and the Canadian park incidents, triumphing on both counts, this has only just been a taste of things to come. And still others have even cut holes in the security fence itself to peer through it.” Picture: Alexi Lubomirski/Handout/The Duke and Duchess of SussexĪs they later wrote in a privacy lawsuit, choppers were flown over their backyard “as early as 5:30am and as late as 7pm, waking neighbours and their son, day after day. Harry and Meghan with Archie and Lilibet in their 2021 Christmas Card. ![]()
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