ardilla said:
She didn´t need to say I´m not argentinian I´m a dutch princess and Argentina is maybe somewhere in my heart!!!!
she didn´t say I will always have it in heart!
I never heard or read Mary saying that or Sofia or María Teresa or Silvia or any of them, It sounded like a rejection to me, and believe me cause I heard her speaking in her mother toungue.
Ardilla, have you seen the interview on TV? I have, and she never said "I am not Argentine". The question was: "As an Argentine, what is your opinion......". She let the journalist finish and told him: "I am Dutch. I am a Dutch Princess that was born in Argentina". Have she said "I am not Argentine" would have been considered rude here, eventhough she is now the princess of a foreign country, wherther we like it or not. And she
did say she has Argentina in her heart.
I have nerver listen to Queen Silvia speaking regarding her nationality, but I have never heard Grand Duchess Maria Teresa saying "I am Cuban" or Queen Sofia "I am Greek" since they got married. However, it is undeniable the look of joy on their faces when they returned to their homelands.
No Watcher, the video is not avaible on the net. Since they did not get the comment they wanted, it is easy to allow people to wonder what she really said (the posts on the boards are a great example) and used it to attack her again instead of letting people listen what exactly she said.
Gisella said:
Technically she is STILL an Argentine. The Argentine government does not allow its people to give up their citizenship. Having said that, I completely agree that she was visiting in her capacity as a Dutch princess. As a dual citizen myself, there is no doubt in my mind that she will forever love her homeland.
Since when? I am sorry but our constitution, original and modified, does not say so. Being a person with a double citizenship myself, too, I do know we are granted that status due to the agreements reached during the 19/20th century on occassion of the huge waves of inmigrants towards our country. I do know people who have become a full citizen of a foreign country and personally, never learned that the government did anything to forbade them from doing so. For example, have you ever heard of someone who gets the American citizenship that got it due to a double citizenship status agreement?).
Furthermore, that would be against the Universal Human Rights Declaration, which our country also signed.
What was informed here (and please posters from The Netherlands do correct me if this is wrong), was that the Dutch government allowed her to get a double citizenship status, what if I am not mistaken, was a complete exception, since as far as I know there is no double citizenship agreement between Holland and Argentina. And here, in order to get the Spanish/Italian Citizenship your parents or your grandparents must have been Italian/Spanish. None of Maxima inmediate ancestors are Dutch.
I do recall watching her on the news, receiving her Dutch passport due to the fact she was not going to be allowed to marry unless she became a Dutch citizen, what she is now. She may have been granted the double citizenship status, but she is a member of the Dutch Royal Family, and no matter how much she loves Argentine, she represents The Netherlands not Argentina, eventhough we consider her as our best ambassador.
