Small child celebrates royal bub by ‘flipping the bird’ at reporter on live TV
The rude finger popped up on morning TV earlier today, as part of the celebration surrounding the royal baby’s arrival.
- Harry announced he and Meghan’s baby had arrived earlier today
- The media were on baby watch at Windsor near the couple’s Frogmore Cottage home
- Harry said they’ll debut their new son later this week
This is England
To be fair it was Sunrise reporter Edwina Bartholomew who was actually the target of this gleefully flipped bird. She was in Windsor reporting on Meghan and Harry’s brand new baby when a car carrying a young child cruised by.
From the back seat, the little boy’s grinning face could clearly be seen as could the gesture he was making with his hand. You might have expected him to wave a patriotic flag or give a little salute, in keeping with the royal theme.
But instead, his cheeky grin switched to a mischievous grimace as he merrily stuck his middle finger up at Edwina and the assembled cameras.
.@edwina_b received an unwelcome guest while reporting from the mean streets of Windsor… ? pic.twitter.com/i0IyfqPWJS
— Sunrise (@sunriseon7) May 5, 2019
Never work with children or animals
It was all beamed back to Australia where morning TV viewers were no doubt spitting their coffee in surprise. Edwina tackled the mite’s naughty behaviour head on a little later in the program.
“How about that little kid that pulled up behind me?” she said in a cross back to David Koch in the show’s Sydney studio.
“What a little rotter, he stuck up his finger at me. There you go, the mean streets of Windsor on a bank holiday weekend. Wait until I get my hands on him.”
She then confirmed the car circled back for a second go.
“I’m sure you will be stoked to hear he looped back around for an ‘F-you!’ too,” she revealed on Twitter.
Charm-ing
Sunrise later shared vision of the incident on Twitter and people had … opinions!
“Good job on seatbelt use parents,” one commenter posted.
“I just spat weetbix everywhere,” someone else posted.
“Representing the town of Windsor: We’re tired of journalists taking over our streets and harassing us the past few weeks,” one local wrote.
“Accurate critic of Sunrise,” another commenter quipped.
