In America, a random stranger kissing a boy’s hand would be placed on the sex offender registry. But hand kissing is a tradition amongst royalty in Morocco and elsewhere around the world.
12-year-old Moroccan Crown Prince Moulay Hassan can do without the royal tradition of hand kissing. A hilarious video, originally published in 2013, shows the then 10-year-old prince snatching his hand away when men attempted to kiss it.
The boy who will be king attended to his official duties of greeting dignitaries who traditionally kiss the hand of royalty.
But the prince was so uncomfortable with the tradition that he snatched his hand away when a male dignitary bowed down to kiss it.
A few of the men were acutely aware that the prince was uncomfortable with the hand-kissing tradition, so they shook his hand instead.
Video from the event went viral, garnering nearly 2 million views on Youtube.com.
What would you do if your son was uncomfortable with men kissing his hand?
Meet the 12-year-old Crown Prince of Morocco…who hates the tradition of royal hand kissing https://t.co/uegGyCWICQ pic.twitter.com/evn8vm9kg7
— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) January 7, 2016