Prince George, a small boy yet also a symbol in the public conversation | Paul Chadwick | Open door

A taxonomy of fame helps in making judgments about who loses some privacy in the public interest

The story concerned two-year-old comments by a cleric to this effect: pray that Prince George is gay because a royal same-sex marriage could help to make the Church of England more inclusive of LGBT people. Among the campaigner’s nine suggestions was the option to pray “for the Lord to bless Prince George with a love, when he grows up, of a fine young gentleman”.

The recently announced engagement of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle seemed to give matters marriage and royal renewed prominence, and among others the Guardian covered the comments in news and opinion articles.

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from Children | The Guardian http://ift.tt/2ycz7xL