Oh, my goodness, a lot of you must not have young parents as your Facebook pages. It’s quite the thing these days to let kids decide what they’re going to wear. One of my friends has a four-year-old boy who loves to wear a Dorothy dress and red slippers. Another has an eight-year-old boy with gorgeous hair he braids like a girl. I guess we’ll have to get used to this.
I’m 100% positive that George didn’t have a say in what he got to wear for the photo. 
I have no prob with kids choosing what to wear for most kid days. I feel like we can be pretty confident he did not go the closet and pick these clothes!
So 2 comments (and to be clear, while I quoted only one user, I’m not limiting the comments to her):
1/ Adults picking on a 6 year old’s clothes - not cool at all. Not that it was cool back in the day either, but you’re not on the playground anymore.
2/ Tied with the above, it’s not a blouse, it’s a boy’s shirt. Brits have a different fashion style than Americans, which many Yanks don’t get (and that’s fine)As an example, upper-class British boys generally do not wear long pants until about age 7 - George has already broken that rule. You don’t like the shirt - fine. But referring to the article of clothing worn by a little boy with a term generally applied to female clothing is uncalled for.
Anyway, here’s the shirt.
https://www.rachelriley.com/collections/boys/products/pique-piped-shirt-navy-boy
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I am fairly well versed in “Britishness” (LOL), and that is not a normal outfit. That is a costume.
Brits have a different fashion style than Americans<<<<<<<<
Hmm.
It goes up to size 10Y so he could be wearing it for a while. Obviously not just for toddlers. That family does go for a look that is different from what many of our kids would wear and I agree that we don't have to keep making fun of the shirt. I'd like to talk about the English pudding - it doesn't sound that good to me. Some kind of plum and spice cake mixture.
Christmas pudding is delicious! But most of my family agrees with @CheddarcheeseMN , as I just polished off ours…by myself.
My son had a short sleeved version of that very same shirt when he was a toddler. He wore it with seersucker shorts with suspenders. My friends and I all shopped at home-based trunk shows for special outfits for our kids. Anyone else remember Kelly’s Kids and RagsLand?
I think George looks nice and is dressed appropriately for who he is and who he’s with.
My girls wore smocked dresses like Charlotte until they were 8. Loved it
My husband is British, which leads us to some interesting discussions.
As an American, there are many, many things I will never begin to understand about how the Monarchy works. Chief among them is why the Queen even needs to carry a purse at all. What could she possibly need to put in there that her attendants wouldn’t already have, ready to provide her? It’s not like she’ll need her driver’s license or a bit of cash just in case… I don’t even like carrying a purse now and carry as little as possible. As much as I’d fervently hate being a Royal, the purse is the first thing I’d ditch. The valet can hold on to an extra tissue for me, thanks.
As for signaling with it, surely there are other ways to signal. Sheesh.
I see several people commenting on the Christmas pudding. Not sure if my husband’s family recipe is typical, but it’s very different than anything you’d get over here in the states. We make it most years a few months in advance so it can soak in extra Brandy. It’s a heavy steamed cake with loads of candied fruit, nuts and molasses (I can’t reliably get the treacle it calls for, but molasses works fine.)
That aforementioned satire is priceless–Alexandra Petri is a national treasure!
How much did the Frogmore house reno cost the queen? I think she must feel a bit ripped off to have H & M move to Canada now.
Just saying… British Columbia is beautiful… no wonder they’ve been looking. 
It’s not a “purse” it’s a “handbag”.
And not unique to the queen. Hence the well known British phrase to give someone “a good handbagging” (a description that btw can be used for a male TV interviewer, I’ve even seen it applied to male footballers and cricketers, especially coaches).
“a verbal and psychological beating of opponents or colleagues; named after Margaret Thatcher who generally carried a large handbag and famously intimidated others in this way”
https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/handbagging
The Alexandra Petri column was hilarious! Thanks for posting it.
On another note, I am surprised to see so little support for Meghan here in this thread. She has been treated atrociously by the British media - their coverage has been extremely racist and unfair. It is so clear when you compare the British media’s coverage of her with their coverage of Prince Andrew. I don’t see the other members of the royal family stepping up to support her against the unfair coverage in the media - they likely don’t understand as they’ve had no first hand experience as a minority.
I think there are lots of other people in those circles who are aghast that Harry married a divorced, bi-racial American just as there were and are people here who were horrified when we elected our first African-American president.
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I agree completely, @Lemonlee . The coverage has been extremely racist. I can see how Harry would want to be protective of his wife in a way he couldn’t have been for his mother. I can imagine that living in Canada for part of the year would give their life some balance and normalcy. I think they’ve made a healthy decision, even if the announcement was pushed up because of someone leaking to the press.
Agree. I tried to post a link to a tweet but it’s thrown to the mods. It wasn’t terribly controversial; it compared Daily Mail headlines about Kate “tenderly” craddling her baby bump while, when Meghan does it, they ponder whether it’s vanity or acting.
Hi @Lemonlee, another Meghan supporter here. I am a longtime reader of the evil British tabloids (shameful, I know) and I have seen how they float some ridiculous Meghan rumor or half-truth that then becomes ‘fact’ in the minds of many, repeatedly endlessly. I of course have no idea what she may actually be like, but I do know that so many people have gone out of their way to drag her down.
Not trying to be rude but if you dislike what the tabloids do/say, why do you give them clicks/money by reading them? Doesn’t that support the very thing you are calling out?
The British chattering classes are far more aghast (mixed with jealousy) that Harry married an American than that she is divorced or bi-racial. Yes racism occurred, but the press would have had made life miserable for anyone and especially an American divorcee, given the history here.
However, being a foreigner is particularly difficult. There are huge numbers of unwritten rules about how to behave, which are difficult enough for upper class Brits (viz Sarah Ferguson) to comprehend but completely impenetrable to Americans. And not just about clothing and handbags (as has been amply demonstrated on this thread).
For example take the tricky issue of flying on planes. You have to play to the sensibilities of the public by flying economy on holiday trips (as Prince William has and Boris Johnson did over Christmas) while maintaining some level of impressiveness on state visits (first class or private jet). Giving the impression that people can buy access by flying you around on their private jet is a big problem (though somehow staying at a “friend’s villa” is not). Or taking a private jet to a conference on climate change. That’s not something that the US President ever has to worry about. And completely opposite to a Hollywood star who would be overjoyed if a friend offered them a ride on their private jet and they didn’t have to pay for it.