Prince George Sweltering in a Suit Is All the Justification Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Will Ever Need

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LONDON — Sunday was the hottest day of the year in the UK, as the BBC reported at one stage that the temperature at Wimbledon’s center court had hit 95 F and was expected to reach 104 F.

However, despite the ice cream’s melting condition, Prince William and Kate Middleton shoehorned their eldest son a dark two-piece suit and tie for the boy’s first visit to the championship. Legendary tennis in southwest London.

Although a reporter for the Sun overheard Prince George telling his father it was “too hot,” the perfectly behaved young prince barely showed the slightest hint of boredom or restlessness during the four hours he spent flirting and performing. For that, he and his parents certainly deserve great credit.

However, despite his amazingly mature behavior, and the sure tireless efforts of his mother, the last person of the whole thing then had to go and give the title to the fighter. beat Novak Djokovic and runner-up Nick Kyrgios, according to many observers. The fact that George wore a suit and tie was a reminder of the absurd and Victorian demands the organization placed on the Windsor children.

For example, turning them into glorified ponies, appropriate at the tenderest ages, seems to have been firmly embedded in the palace’s DNA.

Contrast with Harry and Meghan couldn’t be more clear. Last week, for example, pictures of this couple appeared at a 4th of July parade where a photograph of Archie . was captured shows the toddler wearing loose, lightweight jeans, a long cotton shirt, and a baseball cap to keep out the sun.

Of course, one can only imagine Harry and Meghan’s reacts to George appearing to be cosplaying as his father if they watch Sunday’s Wimbledon final. It is assumed that their response will be placed roughly within the intersection of one of those Venn diagrams with three sets of circles, named circles, 1: “FFS”, 2: “People What’s wrong with that?” and, 3: “Thank God, we’re out of here.”

Harry and Meghan have clear since leaving the royal family that they were motivated in large part to protect their children. While many assumed this was meant to protect them from press infiltration at the time, the fact that a significant part of the entire royal system rested on the exploitation of adorable children It’s always something secret.

Of course, there have been some supportive comments, even praising the Cambridges for letting George wear a suit and tie, no matter the weather, saying that dressing him up was one way. useful for signaling to the future king that he is “working” and “on duty,” which is indeed a gentle preparation for the strange life he has been born into.

But another way to see an 8-year-old dressed as a politician on the campaign trail is to be reminded of what Harry has said about his brother and father in his and Meghan’s. bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey.

“I was stuck, but I didn’t know I was trapped,” Harry told Winfrey, “Stuck in the system, like the rest of my family. My father and my brother, they were trapped. They cannot leave. And I have great compassion for that.”

Of course, there are many who would say this is nonsense, that George was clearly delighted to be at Wimbledon, where the winner let him hold the trophy.

Winfrey questioned Harry about this very issue as it applied to him after he made his “stuck” comment, saying: “Impressions of the world – maybe that’s impressions wrong – that is, in all the years before Meghan, you’re living life like a royal, Prince Harry, dear Prince Harry, and that you’re enjoying it. that you’re feeling trapped in that life.”

Harry’s answer is instructive when it comes to those who say George clearly had a good time on Sunday: “Enjoy life because there are pictures of me smiling as I shake hands and meet remove everyone? Like, I’m sure you guys have covered some of that. That is what is expected. No matter who you are in the family, no matter what is going on in your personal life, no matter what just happened, if the bicycle and the wheelchair are on, you have to get dressed, you have to go there. You wipe your tears, shake off whatever you’re thinking about, and you have to get into your A-game. “

One wonders if Prince George, over a 20-year period, will return to that time in 2022 when he has to wear a tennis suit on a boiling hot day, and he will think what about it then.