Marchesina
Serene Highness
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That is true but it is another erosion of what a Royal Visit means. The glanz und gloria of representing a proud and self-conscious nation on world stage (one of the raisons d'être of a State Visit) seems absent here.
What can royals do? Put their feet down at their host, risking outrage from a population that is already rioting against their own president?!
These toned down visits are disrespectful to any country IMO, State Visits, no matter if from a Monarchy or a Republic should be at the highest level possible. It's the Head of a Nation you're receiving, you're showing up the best of you Country to another, even through hospitality.