Mari-Anne
Courtier
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I must admit that this doesn't sound good at all:
the court doesn't want anyone to take the attention from Estelle, because she is the heir to the heir.
Heir or no heir, she should learn to gain the attention by herself not because others were left out (in this scenario did they prevent Madeleine to attend when Carl Philip was the heir to the heir?? And now that Carl Philip is no longer the heir to the heir, is he unwanted baggage?? Or if photographers happens to take more photos of Madeleine than of Victoria, is that a problem that she takes away an attention from heir??Oh, the court's policy sounds quite silly, IMHO).
No wonder that Victoria has said that in this role one gets very lonely. As a heir she had another kind of upbringing and her role was a lot more different than that of her siblings. Had they shared some of the burden, then perhaps we had seen the siblings at the representation duties more often and we wouldn't have to wonder "why Carl Philip and Madeleine are so rarely seen". And after reading this kind of view from the court, it makes you wonder if CP and M were more rarely seen because they didn't have to create hardworking image and they could have taken the attention away from the heir?
I hope that the royal families can find good balance for all the grandchildren of the monarch. Perhaps those further down from the throne are the luckiest ones because hopefully they can be more free in finding their own way in life, and they don't have to go on the pre-set track set for them by others?
TBH I like Carl Philip and Madeleine now even better than before: they have turned out well, even though they have had to grow up on the constant shadow of their big and important sister, dragged along behind her like some secondary people, knowing they are not so necesssary like her... I was always compared to my older brother and I often found it irritating when I was told that I'm not so good like him or should stay back at times (it took some learning to accept that I'm a person of my own, so this doesn't bother me anymore).
And I promise that from now on I will be more patient with other grandchildren when they perhaps do not behave so well as Estelle because after all they do not have the same experience, upbringing and they are not so used to the spotlight like the heir to the heir.
the court doesn't want anyone to take the attention from Estelle, because she is the heir to the heir.
Heir or no heir, she should learn to gain the attention by herself not because others were left out (in this scenario did they prevent Madeleine to attend when Carl Philip was the heir to the heir?? And now that Carl Philip is no longer the heir to the heir, is he unwanted baggage?? Or if photographers happens to take more photos of Madeleine than of Victoria, is that a problem that she takes away an attention from heir??Oh, the court's policy sounds quite silly, IMHO).
No wonder that Victoria has said that in this role one gets very lonely. As a heir she had another kind of upbringing and her role was a lot more different than that of her siblings. Had they shared some of the burden, then perhaps we had seen the siblings at the representation duties more often and we wouldn't have to wonder "why Carl Philip and Madeleine are so rarely seen". And after reading this kind of view from the court, it makes you wonder if CP and M were more rarely seen because they didn't have to create hardworking image and they could have taken the attention away from the heir?
I hope that the royal families can find good balance for all the grandchildren of the monarch. Perhaps those further down from the throne are the luckiest ones because hopefully they can be more free in finding their own way in life, and they don't have to go on the pre-set track set for them by others?
TBH I like Carl Philip and Madeleine now even better than before: they have turned out well, even though they have had to grow up on the constant shadow of their big and important sister, dragged along behind her like some secondary people, knowing they are not so necesssary like her... I was always compared to my older brother and I often found it irritating when I was told that I'm not so good like him or should stay back at times (it took some learning to accept that I'm a person of my own, so this doesn't bother me anymore).
And I promise that from now on I will be more patient with other grandchildren when they perhaps do not behave so well as Estelle because after all they do not have the same experience, upbringing and they are not so used to the spotlight like the heir to the heir.
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