ursulajohanna
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On Thursday evening Victoria and Daniel attend Forum and Dinner at Svenska Embassy in London.
You are right. No matter how "popular" they are, they are only the second string.I think it's lovely that the Queen received them and that is the most we should hope for. William and Catherine are not "heads of state" nor are they "working royals" so they have no real need to have meetings with foreign royals.
Hopefully there was more going on when the cameras were actually following the sports.The only royals that Victoria and Daniel would know would be Edward and Sophie. We saw Edward and Sophie greet Daniel and Carl-Philip at the Olympic's last year, when William, Catherine and Harry all ignored them essentially.
Cepe you have the right of it. Having a private tea with Queen Elizabeth, a monarch of great respect, whose time is scheduled to the nth degree, really shows how much she appreciates the visit of this young couple. It is probably the first chance she has had to speak privately to Daniel and Victoria without it being part of another engagement.The Queen met them privately, therefore more on a personal basis not as a Head of State.
Why would they appreciate meeting the queen? They have met her before, I am sure. And who cares. Victoria's father is a king. It is not that Elizabeth is something more special.
How about that they have respect for the Head of State; or that they know and like her; that she is busy and found the time for them. Perhaps they do care.
Why would they appreciate meeting the queen? They have met her before, I am sure. And who cares. Victoria's father is a king. It is not that Elizabeth is something more special.
You are right. No matter how "popular" they are, they are only the second string.
Eeh ? Elizabeth are the ruling Queen of many countries have ruled since 1952 and are europes by far longest and the worlds second longest reigning monarch so yes i do think she is something special. And she is a good role model for Victoria.
I was generalizing but you are indeed correct. The Cambridge's have little to offer as yet, merely celebrity status a la Posh and Becks.I would say third string behind The Queen and DoE and Charles and Camilla.
Expressen tells that Victoria jokes with Daniel's similarity with the swedish minister for Health and Social Affairs, Göran Hägglund, who is one of the most famous politicians in Sweden.
When the couple on Friday was in Cambridge the Minister for Trade Ewa Björling looked curiously at the prince when Victoria called "Come on Hägglund".
Of course we don't know the context of that joke, had the similarity just been reported again? that would explain it, apart from that I don't find it so friendly from Victoria towards Daniel.
MARG said:Cepe you have the right of it. Having a private tea with Queen Elizabeth, a monarch of great respect, whose time is scheduled to the nth degree, really shows how much she appreciates the visit of this young couple. It is probably the first chance she has had to speak privately to Daniel and Victoria without it being part of another engagement.
I cannot quite get it through my head that anyone could think that havinga private meeting with HM instead of meeting the Cambridges is second or third rate treatment. This is real life not Britain's Got Talent!
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Bring Estelle to meet her future husband.
James, Viscount Severn, being a sovereign's grandson but way down in the line of succession to the throne, would be a good candidate for an arranged marriage with Estelle. He is about 4 years older than she is, but I don't see that as an obstacle.
The recent history of possible arranged marriages between the Windsors and the Bernadottes hasn't been very successful though. King Carl XVI Gustaf is rumored for example to have rejected Princess Anne as a potential bride when he was young and, despite all the speculation about how perfect William and Madeleine would have been together, neither family ever bothered to introduce them to each other when they were growing up.
I never read any speculations about Madeleine and William, the most often people's fantasy for William was Charlotte Casiraghi (exactly as for her mum and Pc Charles 35 years ago).