I agree, bluetortuga. I think Queen Rania, if she wants to maintain all her designer clothes and accessories, needs to exercise more discretion. And with hold the flaunting of such luxuries and extravagances for a time when the rest of the people of Jordan can easily afford basic items.
but really besides British and Monaco's Royals nobody is interesting to the media.
Queen Silvia's looks are irrelevant (although I think she looks fine). She is well put together and serves her country well without creating controversy. One does not have to be photogenic (although Queen Silvia is) to be a good role model and a leader. Rania may get magazine coverage, but that too is not the point. She shouldn't be worried about how much or in what light she is potrayed in gossip and fashion magazines, or how many invites she has to Oprah etc. She should be more concerned about how she is conceived by her husband's subjects -- you know, the ones who pay for her lifestyle.Originally posted by kiarasecretagent@Jan 10th, 2004 - 9:28 pm
That's true,and it's the way it should be.But i'm sure if Qrania looked like Q of Sweden ,she wouldn't be anywhere .
I live in a small Europ. country that doesn't have royals(not saying which one,don't wanna people to know who i'm am from other forums LOL)and even in magazines in my country,QQrania would get 1 or 2 pages,when other royals get some small paragraphs i dont even notice.
I've never even seen an article about Sweden family until that girl had anorexia or something like that.Even then it was only in few words in royals section.
World media is a only interested in UKroyals and Grimaldi's , other royals are only for their domestic people and nobody really cares about them on the larger scale.
Rania is just the "thing" that's in right now.She just feels the need to deliver the goods to the world media i guess.
She should tone her image down while she's in Jordan i suppose.
As far as QSilvia goes, she was never in the same legaue as Qrania,not even when younger.There is something wrong with her cheeks.She has skeletal look .To much face lifting obviously.
I'm European
Can u imagine princess Noor of Hamzah being on Oprah one day.I sure can't.
She may be smart but who would wanna watch her unless she's something "special".
It's gross but unfortunately it's how the media operates these days.
We've actually gone down in the amount of aid with give. Although we still give a lot (and we should), among the OECD countries we quite low on the list.
So he makes out. And, in my opinion, the plight of the developing world should be a real concern given the growing disparities and disease, as opposed to a mere hobbby. It was he who cut the aid budget as finance minister. Personally I don't expet any substantial increase, as he is guided by neo liberal economic principles (that's a whole other story). He'll have to do better than inviting Bono to give a key note address. Initiatives such as the former Prime Minister's NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa’s Development) initiative is a good start. However, when you have 7000 people a day dying from one disease, the world should be doing more (such as providing generic drugs post-haste). Even getting G8 leaders to contribute to that initiative was a long, gruelling process. Bush promised billions in AIDS aid to Africa, but that has yet to materialize and there are so many unrealistic political and moral string attached that it is questionable if it ever will. In any event, let's hope that Martin keeps does, in fact, work towards levelling the playing with the developing world. It takes more than aid though. We have too look at trade and borrowing policies as well. Anyway, I"m getting way off topic.
Um, she isn't that naive. It's obvious she is catering to the media by her way of dress and her activities. Most royals do not grant interviews to or pose for fashion magazines like Vogue. At least not Queen consorts. I consider it horribly undignified, but that's just my opinion. It reaches not audience that can help the Jordanian people and sends no message, other than that Rania is aware of fashion. Whether right or wrong, one gets the impression that she is interested in celebrity. However, she's the wife of a political leader, and is not a supermodel.
her focus on palastinian issue rather than caring about clothes,handbags,shoes,........etcWell, maybe if Rania did something of substance the media would spill more ink about that instead of her looks and her clothes.
