Thanks thats what I meant. She does a really good job as a crown princess, loves her family and thats all that matters. Also that quote was from Crown Princess Mary's Current Events where I was initially refering to her choice of outfit that she wore on the reveal of her new portarit. So to qoute me from another thread without knowing what I meant is just wrong. I mean no offence I didn't even what to comment on this thread because I think its useless to talk bad about someone we personally don't know but I felt I had to when my qoute (that was in another thread) was misconstrued.GlitteringTiaras said:Is there really such a thing as being "perfect" a majority of the time? For all rational & logical human beings this theory is completely impossible. No one in this world is "perfect" in every sense of the word. We all have our imperfections, we "mess up" and make silly decsions from time to time, that is what makes us unique. Even Princesses are not perfect; we would like to think so, but let's be rational here, they're not.
Mary has done a pretty good job so far as a representative for Denmark. People should be proud, but by no means is she perfect. I'm sure she would agree with me on this one if she took an active participation in this discussion.
Australian said:Lasse Pederson stated that in his opinion, Mary is perfect most of the time. Lasse never said she was perfect all the time. IF she was perfect, then she would be perfect as Crown Princess all the time - that would make her perfect. But Lasse said "most of the time" so it doesnt make her perfect. Thats what I think he was saying- or at least thats how I interpreted it.
grevinnan said:I have nothing against Mary but let's not make her a role model. Her accomplishments prior to finding Fredrik were not exactly of "role model" caliber.
missjane said:I think Princess Mary embodies everything that women would like to be. Why else would we all spend so much time commenting on her apperance, clothes, shoes , family and everything else if we all didn't think so. I admire her in every way. I'm sure she has her faults, we all do. But what a role model she is for the modern woman.
grevinnan said:I have nothing against Mary but let's not make her a role model. Her accomplishments prior to finding Fredrik were not exactly of "role model" caliber.
Margrethe II said:But neither were any of her counterparts yet I have seen them labelled as role models..And given her position, she is now, undoubtedly, a role model.
"MII"
Margrethe II said:But neither were any of her counterparts yet I have seen them labelled as role models..And given her position, she is now, undoubtedly, a role model.
"MII"
Little_star said:As for embodying what every woman wants to be, as a woman, I must be the anamoly as I don't aspire to be like her as you suggested.
A woman who marries well lasts only as long as the marriage.
There were quite a few scandalous stories surrounding her meeting Fred and questions about whether Fred courted her or she courted Fred
At the very least, she had no problem of giving up everything and moving half world away to be a "kept" girlfriend for two (?) years before getting an engagement ring on her finger.
highpriestess said:In public, she gives out an haughty air with the constant chin-in-the-air and pasted on smile that never quite reaches her eyes. It all gives the impression of a woman who likes to be a celebrity princess than someone with substance.
Margrethe II said:You become part of the fabric that is that countries (respective) identity & history.
I hardly doubt they were scandalous.lol. It is the continuous hearsay distributed by those who have no evidence to support such claims that's scandalous.
And what, a long distance relationship would have worked?.lol. dear 'o' dear...
Australian said:well im sure if any of you women met a prince who was fond of you and wanted to marry you, you would have done the exact same thing as Mary given the chance. If not, then please, show her how its done since we seem to have some experts here.
Margrethe II said:Not if your a Crown Princess or Queen Consort! You become part of the fabric that is that countries (respective) identity & history.
"MII"
highpriestess said:You're under-estimating a lot of women in the world. As an educated woman with a serious career, I may respond to a prince when he comes courting. I definitely wouldn't move half world away with no job prospect in the new place, no ring on my finger and expect to be "taken care of" by my rich prince boyfriend. My pride and self-esteem wouldn't allow it. If "we" really want to be close to each other, either he would have to make equal efforts to be closer to me or I would find a job and relocate to somewhere closer to him.
BTW, it's been long admitted by even Danish reporters that Mary's job at the Microsoft-owned company was a sham. Fred arranged it with his buddy who's head of the company. The purpose was obvious that being a live-in girlfriend of the crown prince for so long didn't look good on her CV.
soCal girl said:IMO it's unfair to compare princesses to each other and their accomplishments. There is someone who is always better and worse than you are. I think all of the European crown princesses have shown an awful lot of maturity in giving up their past life and privacy for a life in the public eye/scrutiny and public responsibility. A lot of people talk about the advantages of being royal, but I would never give up the life I have now to be a crown princess. One thing that always makes me sad is that their first-born child (well, nowadays) has an automatic role in his/her country. They really don't have a choice. The kid could always abdicate or decline the throne but that's letting a whole country down. I don't think I would ever be able to do that to my kids. Give birth to an innocent baby for a lifetime of scrutiny and responsibility. And saying that Mary is less accomplished than other women is really not fair. They all grew up in different situations and circumstances. Didn't Maxime and Mathilde come from extremely wealthy families; where it might have been easier to "accomplish" more in places such as the corporate world? And isn't one of Letizia's parents also in journalism?
BTW, I like all these princesses.
Australian said:You are absolutely right. It isn't fair to compare others, and it also isn't fair to still have this thread opened.
Australian said:have to disagree with you there, this is merely a thread for people to come together and be mean and say how much shes this and that. Anyway...........
What is an 'accomplished' young woman - crown princess-wise? Education? Family background? Money running in the family? Sounds awfully old-fashioned and a bit restricted, this 'unaccomplished'. Why shouldn't you be able to be a great young woman/crown princess even if you don't have what some people would call accomplishment? Being a normal, healthy, caring person who a CP falls in love with seems to be sufficient accomplishment.grevinnan said:In comparison to Letizia, Mathilde and Maxime she is quite an un-accomplished young woman.
Do you have a source? I haven't seen what you refer to here in the three Danish newspapers we subscribe to.highpriestess said:BTW, it's been long admitted by even Danish reporters that Mary's job at the Microsoft-owned company was a sham. Fred arranged it with his buddy who's head of the company. The purpose was obvious that being a live-in girlfriend of the crown prince for so long didn't look good on her CV.
I don't remember her job description, but the company she worked with was actually Microsoft. Microsoft had just bought what was previously Navision, a successful Danish software house. I think the purchasing price was over DKK 11 billion and said to be Microsoft's second largest purchase after Great Plains.princess olga said:I always thought Mary, pre-engagement, worked at a Danish startup that was a derivative of Microsoft, not at MSFT itself. Is that correct? In any case, so what if the job was arranged by a friend of Fred's. Like it or not, that's still how the world today works--referrals.
What exactly, does anyone know, was her title/job description at said company?