The British royal family rather prides itself on its affinity with young people. And learning to chase animals and kill them, as her son Prince George is also doing, age seven? Reports suggest this veteran – he started at five – has again joined his family on a grouse shoot near Balmoral. Where, mothers will probably be asking Kate, when she is again out and about preventing intergenerational damage, does this leave rats? When young people come in such an amenable form, it probably owes less to nature than to intense parental training or, failing that, self-regard.

Source: The Guardian September 06, 2020 06:56 UTC