Hi Jalmey,
Yes there is a big difference between popular support by the media for legitimate reasons and manipulating the media during a nasty marriage/divorce.
I saw this documentary on Diana where it said Charles resented the attention she received from the media almost from the start...
Hi Cathy,
You said in point
3. Someone who is not willing to upstage Felipe on events/walkabouts like Princess Diana did.
I don't understand how you could require that of any woman unless you change them completely. If a woman is beautiful and stylish, and her husband is duddy, she will...
Jacqueline,
I can assure you I wasn't making fun of commoners especially those who marry exiled and/or deposed royals.
What I believe is that those who retain the title of king or queen and crown prince or crown princess, after they are deposed, devalue and demean what those titles mean for...
Does anyone but me feel sorry for these people? What if on the day, one has a headache or cramps, or just doesn't feel like getting dressed up and smiling that day? What a lot of work! It's even more than a regular 9 to 5 job. :unsure:
Interesting about what Queen Mary reportedly did. If it's true, I'd be a little embarrassed to wear the tiara. Who was it that refused the tsar and his family refuge in England, was that George V, Queen Mary's husband?
Who knows? King Albert does admit to having a grown daughter born out of wedlock, after he married Queen Paola. I wonder why the crown was suppose to go directly to Prince Philippe and bypass his father, and why that changed?
No doubt, it would be interesting, but proper? Marie-chantal is not even a real princess or real royalty. She doesn't have a country to represent. Maybe she should, but the current fact is that she does not.
That's an interesting question Alexandria. Family dynamics of royalty can be so intriguing. I was looking at pictures of Queen Paola last night, and she looks like a wonderful person. She also looks rather apologetic which is highly unusual to see in royalty. I bet there's a story and a...
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Olav V was the next king, but without a Queen as Princess Märtha already had died in 1954. His daughter Ragnhild had married a Norwegian commoner in 1953. Princess Astrid acted as the first lady until her marriage in 1961. Crown Prince Harald met Sonja Haraldsen...
Hi Jalmey,
"It seems that once a country gets rid of their royality, that's pretty much it, ..."
But Spain's royalty was restored after a long absence. I see a royal house as so important in taking some of the PR needs off the government. It seems in the USA, the President and his family...
Thanks Josefine for those super pictures. I'm gonna try it now to see if I can post some from the same website you mentioned.
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Princess Alexia doesn't look too happy in her photos, or maybe she thinks why put on a smile? I can't blame her. It has to be heartbreaking to leave one's own country, to say nothing about the beautiful residential estates left behind.
I wish that Greece would restore its royal family, but...
Jacqueline,
Thanks. You took the words right out of my mouth.
Besides that, she is without a doubt a cute little girl. Adorable looking in fact. I don't know how anyone could say otherwise.
However, I have to disagree with you about any newborn looking cute. I not sure of the truth...
What I see as the problem is not Maxima's choice in colors or style, but her own coloring is not good -- something seems labored about her as if she is in physical pain. I don't get this impression from any of the other royals currently, so maybe it's not just my imagination. She should get...