jessmacleod
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I think he's worked rather hard the last week, and right after the overseas trip went right to work on Friday morning at Zarzuela.
If you actually read the story, you will see as I posted above that both of these trips took place last fall well before the hunting trip/broken hip and Corrina later leaving Spain.
Duke of Marmalade said:Corinna has always had residence in Monaco too, apart from Spain. Nowadays she is living in Monaco full time, due to the media attention. I dont think anything has changed, only that they are less bold about the relation in public.
By the way, I dont think that Corinna is as stupid as to believe that she could / would replace Sofia one day. I dont think she is interested in the public part, only in the non-public part that usually doesnt get exposed but is more lucrative.
Neither version of the infamous statement is worthy of re-print here or anywhere else.
Why apologize at all? Bad PR perhaps but he did nothing illegal. Politically incorrect for some but not illegal. The Spanish PM knew where he was, and he didnt feel the need to question the trip. It didnt cost the Spanish taxpayers as it was funded by the Saudis. He killed an elephant but that to is legal and the culling of the herd in Botswana is even sanctioned by the WWF. He traveled with a woman rumoured to be his mistress, well that is a private matter but it is not illegal.
Anyway he apologized, and now some people are just enjoying piling on a man while he is down.
Spain's WWF fires Juan Carlos, completely justified imo
Spain's WWF dumps King as patron over african hunting trip - US news - Environment - NBCNews.com
Its justified because it gives a bad image these days but thats all. Many WWF presidents have been known to be keen hunters, even of endagered species, like Prince Bernhard or Prince Philip.
But this was then and JC and the elephant is now, times and political correctness are different.
People seem to forget that the shooting of the elephant by King Juan Carlos in Botswana was absolutely legal. While the African elephant may be endangered in other parts of Africa it is not in Botswana. In fact their herds are too large and need to be culled which is why the Botswana government authorizes a limited hunt. The WWF does not object to hunting per se, indeed any conservationist recognizes culls as necessary for preservation of species, they do object to the killing of endangered species which in Botswana was not the case.
I am not sure if the outrage was about the shooting an elephant or about the king being in the company of his mistress, but in the end it was all about political correctness. The elephant kill was legal and his mistress is a private matter that really is only of concern to the king, his wife and his mistress.
The SRF seem to have been in the middle of a perfect storm...collapsed Spanish economy, the Inaki problem and then the kings hunt & mistress problem.
Duke of Marmalade said:But today, it is not tolerable (and rightly so) that such an important public figurehead like Juan Carlos will pay money to shoot an elephant, it is not political correct, let alone that Spain and Spaniards are on the brink of bankruptcy, it is a highly insensitive action and speaks for the mindset of such a person, what was he thinking?
I personally don't see what the big deal is with this trip. He did everything legal, didn't break any laws nor did he spend money of taxpayers as mentioned. He was having a private trip just like any other person. This is not the first time he goes on an elephant hunting trip.
We don't know if he did pay. His friends could've paid or maybe it was for free as well. Its easy to blame the crisis. It seems its the excuse to almost everything the Spanish royals do these days.
I know what you are talking about re botswana, I know people who say the same and then I hate them instantly, not for long unfortunatly.
if according to you it is all about money and being legal, that's all right then,
excellent posting prior to yours btw, perhaps you missed it, then again perhaps not
El Mundo is a serious newspaper, I doubt Corinna would have done these interviews without the King's consent in the first place. Sofia must be fuming that the mistress is blabbing with the King's consent while her strategy has been to shut up and endure Juanito's antics.
My life has become a nightmare, how pathetic can it get My advice would be, dont go on a secret Safari with a married man, especially with the King of Spain.
Corinna da el salto a la revista ‘¡Hola!’: “Mi vida se ha convertido en una auténtica pesadilla”
I would add don't sleep with a married man, especially a high profile one, and expect to not reap the whirlwind in the media.