Following the news of Alexandra putting up her house for sale, every expert imaginable is asked about their opinion.
Also DRF-expert and historian, Lars Hovbakke Sørensen to BT today:
Ekspert om Grevinde Alexandras salg af 'gratis' luksusvilla: Det gør hende ikke ligefrem mere populær - Royale | www.bt.dk
Basically he says the sale of the house which she is likely to profit very handsomely from and which was given to her virtually for free, will not make her more popular in the eyes of the public.
Because the public are annoyed that she is getting an apanage for doing... what? And now she's going to profit from the sale of her house.
- I must admit that this angle is unfair IMO.
If she stayed in the house, she would get heat for living in a huge house in a very expensive part of Copenhagen. And as such for having a too high opinion of herself.
If she sells, she's getting heat from profiting from the sale.
I mean, come on, she can't win.
The extreme left, The Unity List, (which is in favor of abolishing the DRF) has again talked about having a look at her apanage. - They can safely do that because the other parties in Parliament won't.
As Lars Hovbakke points out, it's more than doubtful the politicians will officially take up let alone change an agreement about an apanage once passed in the Parliament.
Lars Hovbakke also suggest that Alexandra might move abroad - still getting her apanage. Perhaps to pursue a career. - Personally I don't believe in that one. Or rather I find it very unlikely.
Alexandra may have her faults but I don't think she's particularly concerned with her popularity dropping. Apart from the gossip magazines she's hardly mentioned anywhere anymore. After her recent separation she's IMO even more irrelevant for various organizations as a more or less official patron. So she can just shrug her shoulders.
And there is one more thing: The sale of the house might provide her with an income sufficient enough to enable her to decline any further apanage. But no one seems to think about that.
That would be a nice little PR-coup.