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AFAIK Muhler, the DRF doesn't get a voting card in the mail. They can legally vote but they do not get a card.

It's entirely possible that a "pruning" will take place. You see it beginning already with Joachim's children not being "royal highness", but only "highness". It's possible that the titles will prune as well, to lower degrees of nobility - such as counts, then barons then nothing.

Could have been nearby when the call was made.

I was in Australia in February 2007 for a couple of weeks, and I was surprised to see Mary's face on almost any magazine cover. After all this was a couple of years after the wedding and while my family there is Danish, I figured the hype would have worn off. In a few weeks I'm going to...

Yes, that's disgraceful IMO. But in Denmark, the monarchy is (as you know) more popular than ever - and has been for some time. 15 years ago or so, a newspaper "revealed" that former PM Poul Nyrup Rasmussen had edited Margrethe's New Year speech. The critizism was massive and widespread, that...

It was her choice. The idea that anyone, save perhaps Henrik, dare "tell" Margrethe anything is laughable. She's too experienced to be bossed around. The no-smoking craze in Denmark is seemingly taking a lull at the moment.

Technically, it's minus 20% - but hey. Besides - no matter what discount Mary et. al. recieves, it doens't matter on the budget. If they get a million they spend (or save) a million, no matter what the dress cost. But you are right - when someone (republican Ekstra Bladet) "adds up" what...

I find it remarkable that only 50% supports the monarchy - and that 31% prefer a republic. In my immidiate circle of associates and family, there's one, ONE! republican. Where are the rest?

Nice find. I don't know how these things work - but Ødum might have been "off" Frederik for some time. The relationships of Frederik were always unofficial and perhaps even the girls weren't always aware of they were in or out. The reply from Ødum in the article could be a decent way to get out...

Females use logic?:ohmy:

I'm sure you are right. But women's hair colour tends to change over time (i.e. dyeing their hair), and this could be a slight darkening Mary had done - or it could simply be the lighting or the filtering of the image. Re. the freckles I have never looked closely at Mary's shoulders on...

You sure that isn't Mary? When I opened the image I thought "how daring of Mary to pose like that. Why haven't I seen that picture somewhere? It would be a small sensation. Then I began looking for "doctoring", as if someone had superimposet Mary's likeness over some torso - but nothing. Only...

They didn't go to the Municipal "borgerservice". The Royal Family carries diplomatic passports and these are issued solely by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I'm still suspicious about your friend's lack of confidentiality. Even if the royal family is "public domain" so to speak, I would...

Well, technically speaking she is protector of the fair. However, a "patron of the arts" isn't a patron of ALL arts. I think the Danish fashion industry in general enjoys the attention Mary helps create. Her mere interest in fashion makes her - strictly speaking - a patron of Danish fashion.

Loves how Joachim is scolding the kids when they pull the sled. "Stop that! Before you breake it... And I have to break you".

This is already happening. Many things Frederik does could just as well have been the job of the Queen. It's quite natural as a person gets older, that they won't be able to do the jobs they used to. There's no shame in that. The shame is when said person fail to realize his/her limitations and...

For me, it's to the death. However, if the monarch sees fit to have someone else (the heir apparant) do some of the jobs, then find by me. That way the Monarch can "retire" while not letting go altogether. Also, one should not discount the possibility of dementia or other cognitive challenges...

Well, he didn't actually praise Hitler. He was trying to tell some sort of convoluted joke and it didn't translate very well. But Hitler-praise or not, we could do very fine indeed, without his opinions.

Isn't that something you could say about everybody? I'm sure Angelina Jolie wouldn't have that position if she wasn't an actress, and so on. It seems to me that Mary is there as the founder of the Mary Foundation (and of course because she's an attractive, sensible figurehead and all that)...

I find the page awfully cluttered. The image carrousel is too big and too "direct". I prefer more calm and subtilty in a website - especially one that should signal dignity.

For - definitily! I am for for a number of reasons. The most important one is the superiority of monarchies, which I see as stability, continuity, community. While a monarchy must never take despotic form, it is superior to republics for the reasons stated above. Unlike the president, the...

Peculiar how much animosity there is towards AP in the comments on that article. I know that there are some that find her... unagreeable. But there are rather mean-toned comments about AP's relationship with christianity coming from apparantly devout christians!!! Can't help but quote Wierd Al...

Must have been quite a hurdle for Mary to call her children that.:lol:

I wrote to the court earlier this year, where I could get portraits of the queen and prince consort, as I was interested in hanging them in my office (I'm a public servant). This wasn't very easy - the courts press office wanted to know what I would be using them for, where they were to hang...

Well, the fact that you'll be confronted by armed guards if you "hang around" or slow down your car seem to have that effect on people.