Everyone knows the pain of being banished to the kids’ table.
But rest assured, even royal children are forced to sit at the dreaded kids’ table.
While we’ve heard a lot about the new rules Meghan Markle will have to follow in her newly-appointed role as Duchess of Sussex, there’s also a lot of protocol in place for the youngest members of the British royal family.
According to Harpers Bazaar Australia, Prince George and Princess Charlotte aren’t allowed to sit at the table with their parents during official royal visits.
Kate Middleton and Prince William’s children won’t be allowed to sit at the ‘big kids” table until they have learned the “art of polite conversation”.
Being mature enough to sit at the dinner table with their parents isn’t the only thing Prince George and Princess Charlotte have to worry about – the children are also required to learn multiple languages.
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The "dreaded" kids' table? Why dreaded? I loved sitting at the kids' table when I was younger. We could talk about whatever we wanted, rather than sitting and listening while the adults talked about politics, long-dead relatives and other things kids are generally not interested in.
And honestly, all children should learn another language, if they have the resources to do so! It's valuable for cognitive function in many ways and it also improves your command of your native language to boot.
I loathed the children's table when I was a kid. Much preferred adult company. Perhaps unsurprisingly, I have chosen to remain child-free as an adult, too.
At some events, I'd still rather sit at the kids table!
Me too!!!! Plus the dessert serving sizes are always better
Nice clickbait guys. Can't sit with their parents *during official royal visits*. Presumably they're not banished completely at home. Makes perfect sense to me, kids of that age would be bored silly at that sort of thing.
I think, as a parent, I also would not want to be joined at such an event by my little treasures. You’d spend the entire time rescuing glassware and crockery, making sure they didn’t poke their eyes out with the cutlery, spill things on the linen (and themselves) and coaxing them out from under the table. Time and place.