Lebron James Slammed by British Press for Arm Around Kate M.

[roddma]

British press slams Lebron James for putting his a around Kate Middleton earlier this week when the duchess and Duke/Prince William visited NYC last week. Royal protocol says commoners arent supposed to touch members of the Royal Family. They slammed Michelle Obama when she put her hand on the Queen's back except the Queen made the first move.That is nothing of course if you look back at meeting with various Presidents and officials. It's like move along people ghees

http://mashable.com/2014/12/12/lebron-j ... middleton/

[DGayle]

Britons need to shill the fuck out and stop acting like the royals are made of glass. In case they haven't forgotten, Kate was born a commoner. It's also fucking insulting to act like the heads of OUR country are so far beneath the figureheads of theirs that it's a grievous thing to touch one of them.

How depressing to have your country telling you no one but your immediate family are ever allowed to touch you.

[Joan of Snarc]

Hey British press, he is King James.

:shifty:

[louisa05]

From the Atlantic, it is a protocol that is encouraged but not commanded:

http://www.theatlantic.com/internationa ... ls/383616/

I would guess that it remains for the sake of security and avoiding chaos when they meet large groups in public. If everyone on a walkabout or at the annual Garden Parties at BP were trying to hug them, it could be very chaotic and very difficult for security. Incidents like Mrs. Obama or Lebron putting an arm around one of them in a secure setting absent a crowd are a different matter entirely.

[VelociRapture]

The Queen and Catherine didn't seem to mind those moments - if they don't care I don't see why anyone else should have a problem with it.

[roddma]

I read Charles is a stickler for manners and protocol.

[martian]

I doubt Britons as a whole care all that much. They aren't all touchy royalists.

[Four is Enough]

I was watching Wendy Williams' show, and she addressed this... in typical Wendy fashion. Basically, she said, "Get over yourselves. You're in America. It's what we do." She then said that Kate was pretty blasé about it, or gracious, because Lebron was pretty sweaty at the time.. :lol:

[GolightlyGrrl]

The Queen and Catherine didn't seem to mind those moments - if they don't care I don't see why anyone else should have a problem with it.

William and Kate always seemso down to earth and chill. I'm sure Kate was fine with having King James put his arm around her. She and Will sure looked like they were having a lot of fun at the game.

As for Michelle Obama, it's not like she went up to the Queen and said, "Fo shizzle, my quizzle." She put her arm around the Queen and the Queen reciprocated.

And let's not forget. King James and the first lady aren't British subjects. Some people in the UK need to take a chill pill.