Alexandria, I'm sure your right, but why do I get this feeling that those who knew about it probably just thought he was probably just having a fling, nothing serious, he's just come out of a 4 year relationship - on the rebound the usual stuff. He only dated her for 6 months before the engagement. If they knew she was "the one" why would Felipe had had to give his parents an ultimatum? And if they knew she was the one and she had been adequately prepared please explain these faux pas - which incidently Mary did not make
1) In the "Peticion de Mano" (official announcement) Letizia walked on the wrongside of Felipe and interrupted him "dejarme terminar" so one presumes she paid alot of attention in her protocol class
2) She indicated that she would eventually leave her job but not immediately!!!!! Every royal watcher and their Mama knows when you get engaged to a CP you leave your job ASAP. This had to be corrected eventually by a Palace official. So obviously they did not brief her properly. I did not see Mary hanging around in her Microsoft job!!!!!!!
3) When the engagement is announced all CPrincesses move into the official Palace untill they are married. Letizia moved into Zarzuela and after a couple of days moved out? Why were the indepth questions from the men in grey suits abit to tough for her or did the King jsut not like her? Isn't Mary still living at home with Frederik she has not had to move out has she?
4) How can intelligent woman from a country as proud as Spain with its own fashion industry wear an Armani trouser suit to her official engagement? Hello!!!!! I'm sorry but something is just not right. Compare and Contrast all recent announcements and I don't think these many mistakes have been made. Mary did not make a mistake why - because she was adequately prepared -or well it seems like she has been.
5)"Operacion silencio" - if Spain rejected I Sartorius and E Sannum on the grounds that they're parents were divorced the heir to the throne is asking them to accept a divorce whose parents are divorced and grandaprents I think on the maternal side also are. I'm a publicist and I'll tell you you only gag the press if a story is groundbreaking and big enough to 1) cause major damage (hence you go into damage limitation mode - I suspect thats why they had to buy her divorce papers another hint as to why they did not expect her to be the one, the divorce papers would have been bought a long time ago) or 2) it will be of enormous advantage to your client. And all I'll say is even Haakon lived with Mette Marit so it was no shock to the nation about her son. And lets be honest if Letizia had been pictured with Felipe prior to the engagement as his potential bride, I'm willing to bet good money on this there would be no engagement.
Why - the nobility don't like her, the Duke of Palma (Elenas Husband) does not and supposedly the King, lets not forget the GRF - the queen is close to her family and Princess Irene does not think much of her, God ony knows what KC thinks of her and lets not mention the conservative press and pro monarchists. Its interesting that most critiques of Letizia tend to be pro monarchists. With this much opposition she would never have made it past the Palace gates and you get the feeling sub consciously Felipe probably knew that's why all the hush hush.
I don't know much about the Belgium situation but I know the Crown Princesses family are part of the nobility - isn't her mother a countess or something. And did she make the same mistakes as Letizia?
1) In the "Peticion de Mano" (official announcement) Letizia walked on the wrongside of Felipe and interrupted him "dejarme terminar" so one presumes she paid alot of attention in her protocol class
2) She indicated that she would eventually leave her job but not immediately!!!!! Every royal watcher and their Mama knows when you get engaged to a CP you leave your job ASAP. This had to be corrected eventually by a Palace official. So obviously they did not brief her properly. I did not see Mary hanging around in her Microsoft job!!!!!!!
3) When the engagement is announced all CPrincesses move into the official Palace untill they are married. Letizia moved into Zarzuela and after a couple of days moved out? Why were the indepth questions from the men in grey suits abit to tough for her or did the King jsut not like her? Isn't Mary still living at home with Frederik she has not had to move out has she?
4) How can intelligent woman from a country as proud as Spain with its own fashion industry wear an Armani trouser suit to her official engagement? Hello!!!!! I'm sorry but something is just not right. Compare and Contrast all recent announcements and I don't think these many mistakes have been made. Mary did not make a mistake why - because she was adequately prepared -or well it seems like she has been.
5)"Operacion silencio" - if Spain rejected I Sartorius and E Sannum on the grounds that they're parents were divorced the heir to the throne is asking them to accept a divorce whose parents are divorced and grandaprents I think on the maternal side also are. I'm a publicist and I'll tell you you only gag the press if a story is groundbreaking and big enough to 1) cause major damage (hence you go into damage limitation mode - I suspect thats why they had to buy her divorce papers another hint as to why they did not expect her to be the one, the divorce papers would have been bought a long time ago) or 2) it will be of enormous advantage to your client. And all I'll say is even Haakon lived with Mette Marit so it was no shock to the nation about her son. And lets be honest if Letizia had been pictured with Felipe prior to the engagement as his potential bride, I'm willing to bet good money on this there would be no engagement.
Why - the nobility don't like her, the Duke of Palma (Elenas Husband) does not and supposedly the King, lets not forget the GRF - the queen is close to her family and Princess Irene does not think much of her, God ony knows what KC thinks of her and lets not mention the conservative press and pro monarchists. Its interesting that most critiques of Letizia tend to be pro monarchists. With this much opposition she would never have made it past the Palace gates and you get the feeling sub consciously Felipe probably knew that's why all the hush hush.
I don't know much about the Belgium situation but I know the Crown Princesses family are part of the nobility - isn't her mother a countess or something. And did she make the same mistakes as Letizia?
