Expressen about Madeleine cancelling her attendance at the Opening of the Parliament
Princess Madeleine will not participate this year. Work on Childhood takes too much energy, and the journey is also considered too bothersome for small Leonore. She stays in New York, where she was seen last weekend stroll in Central Park with Leonore and mom Silvia. Since Madeleine moved to New York, she has found it difficult to schedule commitments in Sweden. Lately, she has just participated in one official arrangement, according to the court's calendar: a dinner in conjunction with the Polar Prize Award Ceremony. Previously, she has been criticized because she stays away from Sweden.
Former Speaker Thage G. Peterson usually sits at the same balcony as Princess Madeleine and Prince Carl Philip at the opening:
- It's sad that she's not there. The Constitution says that the head of state opens the Parliament. Who he has with him, that he determines himself. Princess Lilian had not always strength to attend, and then she didn't.
Child psychologist Anneli Gyllenborg Lundh thinks every parent herself must decide when it is right to go back to the chores.
- It is very individual how it works. Children are also different. It's all about your own priorities. If you want to prioritize you parenting, you have every right to do so.
Court expert Carl-Erik Grimstad thinks that it is a European trend to do like Madeleine and create your own life. Prince Joachim and Princess Märtha Louise do it too.
- Before it was vitiated by duty to belong to a royal family. It is not an issue today. Her generation takes the duty very easy. In Sweden there is not a lot of royal power left. Then it becomes obviously more important to keep up the traditions, says Grimstad.
Mia Sydow Mölleby, chairman of the Republican Association, thinks that the tradition should be broken. Unless the royal family maintains it's traditions, it's popularity will be eroded, she believes.
- I find it strange that the royal family attend the opening of Parliament. Each time you break the traditions there is the possibility that they weaken. And it's not like I think that is a disadvantage.
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