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#101
11-28-2005, 01:12 PM
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So I’ll stand With arms high and heart abandoned In awe of the One who gave it all. My soul to You surrendered, All I am is Yours. 
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#102
11-28-2005, 01:16 PM
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In critical moments even the powerful have need of the weakest. Aesop A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person. President Madison (1751-1809)
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#103
11-28-2005, 04:05 PM
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Also, QB's English is perfect because she was very young when she was exposed to it (during the exile in Canada during WWII). Her accent has changed through the years though. I saw a video of her in the USA in 1958 and her accent was basically American/Canadian! During the English engagement interview in 1965, her accent had shifted some and it sounded a little more upper-crust. Now it's a very dignified accent that is difficult to place, but it sounds like a more rounded American and slightly British accent.
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#104
11-28-2005, 04:17 PM
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[quote=SpiffyBallerina]I've read that the young Princess Beatrix was fluent in German VERY early on (probably thanks to her dad). Besides, aren't German and Dutch very similar (in terms of pronunciation and such)?
[quote] I think the similarity is overrated. i speak dutch and I can understand german only a little if someone speaks it very very slowly and saying only simple things. and once anyone starts with the regional accents, it's all greek to me. i suppose it would be easier for a native dutch speaker to learn german than for say, a native french speaker, but they will have to study long and hard.
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#105
11-28-2005, 04:22 PM
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 Scandinavia is just Norway, Denmark and Sweden. Iceland and Finland are, along with the Scandinavian countries, part of what is commonly called the Nordic countries. And after 12 years of Norwegian classes, I can draw up a pretty language tree, showing how the various languages are related and how Finnish and Sami fits in, but I'll spare you Speaking of Sami, I wonder how good Märtha Louise's Sami really is. I know she learned enough to read to Sami children, but does anyone know if she's taken that knowledge to another level?
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#106
11-29-2005, 11:09 AM
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I do not know if it has been posted, Prince Michael of Kent speaks a perfect russian
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#107
11-29-2005, 11:44 AM
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He very often goes now, i do not about before. He is very interested about Russia, he consider as a part of his family story
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#108
11-29-2005, 11:51 AM
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that's really cool. he sort of resembles the last tsar, imho.
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11-29-2005, 01:03 PM
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11-29-2005, 01:06 PM
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#111
11-29-2005, 02:38 PM
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It must be all that facial hair in the same style. Their face shapes are very similar too.
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#112
11-29-2005, 02:41 PM
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#113
02-20-2006, 11:59 PM
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I think Spanish is a very difficult language to master, specially for those coming from europeans countries, that languages come from a common branch: english, dutch, german, etc while spanish comes from the latin branch that groups french, italian, portuguese, etc.
Spanish is hard because involves soo many grammar rules, much more than english does and the language itself is incredibly rich, sometimes a word in english means an entire phrase in Spanish, so it's hard for those who don't come from a "latin" country. That's maybe the reason why many european royals aren't fluent in spanish, besides as we latins say, spanish isn't a language, it's an experience, you probably won't learn spanish very well taking classes as you do with english because many of the language characteristics and speaking is all about knowing where you are, it really changes from one country to another, I'm Colombian and sometimes I can't get the expressions from a Peruvian person and our countries are right next to each other  .I believe nowadays the "in-languages" are english, spanish and mandarin, so good look to all our beloved royals learning chinese 
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#114
03-25-2006, 02:42 PM
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#115
03-25-2006, 11:09 PM
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Princess Stephanie of Monaco speaks English fluently with no accent at all its very American.
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#116
03-25-2006, 11:12 PM
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I've read that Princess Caroline speaks 5 languages fluently. They are english,french,spanish,italian,german. I also heard that she speaks in english with an American accent just like her brother and sister.
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#117
03-25-2006, 11:18 PM
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[quote=crisiñaki]That's maybe the reason why many european royals aren't fluent in spanish, Not true.
:) Princess Caroline of Monaco I belive speaks fluent Spanish. I've read she speaks 5 languages fluently and Spanish was metioned several times.:) :)
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#118
03-25-2006, 11:20 PM
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Hi would anybody happen to have a video clip of Princess Caroline speaking English,because I've only heard her speaking French. Thanks.
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#119
03-26-2006, 01:20 AM
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