crisiñaki
Heir Apparent
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I don't get why people think that JC and Sofia's marriage was for convenience, they had so many things against them:
1. Franco (Spain's ruler at that time) didn't like Sofia because she wasn't catholic
2. Queen Frederika (Sofía's mother) didn't like the idea of her marrying a "pretender", she would have liked Sofia to marry Harald of Norway
3. They had to ask for a special permission from Pope John XVIII to get married 'cuz she wasn't catholic at the moment of the ceremony
4. To please everybody, they had to get married THREE times the same day: one civil, one catholic and one ortodox!
They would have had a much easier time marrying somebody else, don't you think?
1. Franco (Spain's ruler at that time) didn't like Sofia because she wasn't catholic
2. Queen Frederika (Sofía's mother) didn't like the idea of her marrying a "pretender", she would have liked Sofia to marry Harald of Norway
3. They had to ask for a special permission from Pope John XVIII to get married 'cuz she wasn't catholic at the moment of the ceremony
4. To please everybody, they had to get married THREE times the same day: one civil, one catholic and one ortodox!
They would have had a much easier time marrying somebody else, don't you think?