Kate Middleton SNUBBS ball boy at Wimbledon

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh for g*d’s sale. She shook all the hands and the other royal was shaking hands on the other side. She took over the last few on his side. Nothing to see here folks.

I agree it’s not a thing but don’t lie — she did not cross over and shake hands on the left.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh for g*d’s sale. She shook all the hands and the other royal was shaking hands on the other side. She took over the last few on his side. Nothing to see here folks.

Exactly but it’s truly hilarious to see some people get bent out of shape over something so trivial, especially when the targets of their ire will never know of their existence!

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh for g*d’s sale. She shook all the hands and the other royal was shaking hands on the other side. She took over the last few on his side. Nothing to see here folks.

I agree it’s not a thing but don’t lie — she did not cross over and shake hands on the left.

Yes she did.

[Anonymous]

The royal patron of the AELTC only shakes hands with a few of the ballboys/girls, never all of them. I've been watching Wimbledon since the Kents were patrons and this has always been the case.

[Anonymous]

If you watch the video she is walking in and the loudspeaker is announcing her. She continues walking until the introduction is done and by that time has stepped past the first kid. She stops and chats with the second kid for a second. The first kid just got unlucky with timing. If they had set up a two feet back then he would have gotten to shake hands with her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh for g*d’s sale. She shook all the hands and the other royal was shaking hands on the other side. She took over the last few on his side. Nothing to see here folks.

Exactly but it’s truly hilarious to see some people get bent out of shape over something so trivial, especially when the targets of their ire will never know of their existence!

Huh? There was no “ire” in the OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh for g*d’s sale. She shook all the hands and the other royal was shaking hands on the other side. She took over the last few on his side. Nothing to see here folks.

I agree it’s not a thing but don’t lie — she did not cross over and shake hands on the left.

Yes she did.

Nope. She shook all hands on her right side except for the first and kept moving to her right towards the awards area. Skipped everyone on her left.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, dear Katie is not the brightest bulb. Maybe she got confused.

[Anonymous]

She shook hands on her left, then last two or so on her right. Where the hell is this racism? I watched it, obviously most of you did not and are just yelling from your keyboard.

[Anonymous]

Stop with the bs crusade to prove Kate racist.

[Anonymous]

It didn’t occur to me this was a snub. I was relieved she didn’t turn and shake hands with the left side.
We all just sat through a five hour (amazing) match. Let’s get to the trophy presentation, which was a class act. The words both players spoke were just lovely examples of sportsmanship. I was not a Novak fan, but I became one with his words of praise for his family and Alcaraz.
I was so glad to have sat through this match, and I hope the kids who lined up for Kate had a great seats (sorry if I missed they were the ball kids - even better!) What an experience for them, handshake or not with Kate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She shook hands on her left, then last two or so on her right. Where the hell is this racism? I watched it, obviously most of you did not and are just yelling from your keyboard.

You were not watching the men’s final — because this did not happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stop with the bs crusade to prove Kate racist.

No one on this thread thought it was a racist SNUBB. Stop pretending they did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Normally, I don't care about the royal family or have ever posted about them (Jeff can confirm) but I found this really sad.

While being introduced at Wimbledon yesterday, Kate skipped directly over the first teenaged ball boy and then shakes the hand with the second, and the third and all of the rest, right down the line.

I imagine it was unintentional and she's probably embarrassed (because it couldn't have been about race, as the second ball boy was black, too).

I don't know enough about Kate to know if she'd do something like this intentionally to a teenager? My heart says no.

I just felt really bad & sad for this kid when I saw it happen... I hope it gets made up to him somehow?

https://www.the-sun.com/sport/8615123/kate-middleton-wimbledon-final-ball-boy-handshake-snub/

* sorry if this website is considered tabloid or controversial.
I saw this happen live, and only British websites had the footage.
I don't know enough about them to know which one was more reputable -- and youtube didn't have it yet. 🤷‍♀️

She always tries to do these things right and be or appear polite and considerate but here she seems hurried so it's likely unintentional.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stop with the bs crusade to prove Kate racist.

No one on this thread thought it was a racist SNUBB. Stop pretending they did.

Yes, they did.