Why Kate Middleton Should Have Been Criticized MORE for Prince Louis’ Tantrum.

My Lovely Suque
3 min readJun 8, 2022

Kate Middleton’s youngest son, Louis, trended on social media five days ago for showing “acts of defiance towards her. At the Jubilee Pageant event, Louis acted out, ridiculing his mom and making faces at her. At one point, he was seen slapping her. At another, he pushed her face away. He was all in all being a typical “naughty” 4-year-old boy.

Kate was mildly criticized for Louis’ behavior. Predictably, white feminist were angry at the criticism. They screamed at people for “mothershaming” Kate. They claimed no one should criticize Kate for how her son behaved. In realty, Kate didn’t even get a fraction of the criticism she deserved. Because she truly deserved more criticism than what she got. And there are so many reasons why Kate should have gotten more criticism.

One reason is the fact that Louis was probably acting out because he was tired and worn out from all the Jubilee events he was forced to attend by his parents. See, Kate and William had been dragging along their kids to all the Jubilee events for good PR.

They had taken Louis (and his siblings) to about three very long Jubilee events before this one. That is a lot for a 4-year-old. Louis was probably tired and when little children are tired, they throw tantrums. And Kate deserves criticism for…

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My Lovely Suque

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