Melibea, I was replying to Monna's question. I never said anything about someone's own preference for a certain royal, however what's the base to make such a general statement ? Based on polls, surveys, crowds, interests of the media and etc ? None of the above is there to support such a general claim. OK, everyone said Felipe would have big shoes to fill after his father. If Elena or Cristina were at his position, people would certainly say about the same thing, maybe even worse. So Felipe is not very intelligent ? Where is the proof that Cristina or Elena is more intelligent ? All I had heard was that Elena was doing very poorly at school, she repeated a grade, her younger sister became the first Borbon to graduate with a university degree.
Regarding the infantas overshadowing the Princes ? how so ? The interests at their acts hadn't been the same. Even before Spain has its own princess, the media had much more interests at the likes of Diana, Caroline of Monaco than their own infantas.
On the other hand, I'm all for the infantas to keep their old agendas. Perhaps Queen Sofia is the one who can reduce her acts a bit, not the infantas. But with the kids all growing up, having their own life, Sofia probably finds joy at working.
Regarding the crisis between Inaki and Cristina, I don't think it's because of his business directly. Like I said before, Cristina has always loved Inaki, even he went to jail, she would still stick with him IMO. It should be something else. I always has the impression that Inaki has been looking quite upset with the SRF since Zarzuela forced him to quit his business in Spain. A few times the last couple of years, he didn't show up at the events that he was listed on the official website. He might have other obligations, not his fault, but the communication between him and Zarzuela didn't look good. Sometimes an angry man does stupid things to his wife, who knows.
I'm only quoting!
