The Frowning Royal Wedding Flower Girl: What Was She Thinking About?

Aah, the Royal Wedding. A grand occassion where joy was had by all. Well, almost all.

Grace van Cutsem, age 3, was the daughter of Lady Rose Astor and Hugh van Cutsem, a close friend of William and Harry. She was the cute flower girl that stole the show by tellin' it like it was in this photo that went viral 'round the Web (apparently, she hates loud noises!)

Boing Boing has the large pic: Link (Photo: Darren Staples/Reuters)

What do you think she was thinking about? Enter your caption in the comment below along with your selection of Funny T-shirt (don't forget the size and color) from the NeatoShop. Funniest 3 will win the T-shirts. One caption per comment, though you can enter as many as you'd like. If you don't enter the T-shirt selection, you forfeit the prize, mmkay?


I saw when she did it. It was when the Lancaster Bomber and 2 spitfires did a low flyby. Trust me they are VERY loud. And usually when you have a flyby the crowds go nuts and yell and this crowd was almost 1 million I'm sure the noise was unreal to a 3 year old
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Personally, I don't understand why people want children under ten years old in their wedding ceremonies, but all the kids here appeared to be SUPER well behaved.
At this point, it had already been a very long day for a three year old. Give her a break.
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The lil girl was happy and fine on the balcony - this pic is from when the world war planes were doing a fly over -,poor girl didn't like the loud noise
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Great, she gets the handsome prince, and all I get is parsley on my head. What am I supposed to be anyway, the salad bar angel?

Black X-Large, on the off chance :-)
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When I saw Grace van Cutsem, I immediately tought hshe has some sort of development issues. Her eyes are set too far apart, noise bothering her indicates some sort of autisum or audio processing syndrome. I prayer her parents have her evaluated and in therapy soon.
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Agree with John London's comments, as I too immediately thought she has some syndrome, due to unusual facial features, and I noticed that she covered her ears and looked unhappy as soon as she entered the Abbey. One of my own children did this as a child and my mother, a speech therapist, identified an auditory processing problem, and now he is diagnosed as being on the autistic spectrum. Parents may not be aware of this, or they would not, surely, have subjected a small child to this stress.
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@John London & elizamel,
Honestly people? Neither autism or auditory processing disorder are characterised by chranio-facial abnormalities. Her face looks normal to me. There is some co-morbidity between the two, but many people with APD do not have autism and vice versa. You could make the argument that she has hyperacusis (a sensitivity to loud sounds), or just aknowledge that it's normal for a child to be a little frightened and cover their ears when thousands of people below them are cheering, screaming, and whistling, and jets are flying overhead. She was very well behaved throughout the ceremony.
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"The voices of anarchy are screaming in pain! Down with the symbols of tyranny, the ever-suppressing monarchy, bourgeois of the old rule; let the working class citizens dominate the news-waves!"

Comic skull and crossbones, red, small
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Great entries, guys! Contest closed - congrats to the winners:

Kat C: "Blasted commoners, such a ruckus! And I thought the vuvuzelas were bad."

ladybuggs: "This is my most desperate hour. Help me Obi Wan Kanobi, you're my only hope. I can't stand the noise!"

Wndrin: "Great, she gets the handsome prince, and all I get is parsley on my head. What am I supposed to be anyway, the salad bar angel?"
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