Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa: Part 8

[HRH Mims]

Some good pics on luxroyals:
http://luxembourgroyals.web-log.nl/l...frankrijk.html
http://luxembourgroyals.web-log.nl/l...ankrijk_1.html

[Kelly]

When were those pictures taken?

[kelly9480]

If you look on the page, it says the date.

[drimal]

Maria Teresa at the tennis event Fortis Championships at the CK Sportcenter at the Kockelscheuer:












source: fortischampionships.lu

[Gillian]

Grand Duchess Maria Teresa looks beautiful

[Sophus]

Well - to me M-T seems to be a huge asset for Luxembourg - with or without the much disputed jewels of her mother in law on her head !!!

[sesa]

she is so short! But very lovely. She has a very engaging smile.

[Ditebaby]

Her neck must really hurt after all of that. Hardly anyone was at her eye level. She looked wonderful though.

[grim_lady]

I'm not trying to turn this into a "guess how tall the royals are" moment but no one else noticed how short MT was before?

Anyway, thanks for the pix drimal!

[Virnabrisa2000]

The wedding has been very beautiful, and the wardrobe of the Grand Duchess María Teresa also :)

[Virnabrisa2000]

In the Wort.lu, is new news of the Grand Duke Henri and the Grand Duchess María Teresa, www.wort.lu

[Virnabrisa2000]

This Friday 7 of October there has been an act with reason of the 25 years of marriage of the Grand Dukes, Henri and María Teresa in the Castle of Colmar -Berg, in the page: http://luxembourgroyals.web-log.nl / ,hay new pictures, is very beautiful and romantic.
Of this act I have not found pictures, if you find some you put them, I hope you like pictures

[HRH Mims]

Here is something from Rtl .... but well I dont understand a word
http://rtl.lu/modules/showarticle.rt...h=carteblanche

[lisamaria]

In Wort there's an article about a motion to apparently diminish the powers of the Grand Duke and give women the right to success too - it says that Henri supports the latter. I didn't understand too much about the article, but apparently the socialists are behind the motion (which makes sense), and they feel that current legislation from the 19th century is outdated. I never knew the monarch has so much power in the country.

[Sereta]

Originally Posted by lisamaria

The latest edition of Point de Vue tells that Henri is selling off Josephine-Charlotte's jewellery in an auction (if you have extra cash lying around, buy a piece of her!). He also intended to sell the Grünewald forest, but had to give up that one because of public opinion. I wonder if he is running thin on cash?

Hmm, I was wondering the same thing. I thought they were supposed to be so rich. I didn't know they owned a forest. How cool.

[dazzling]

Hope to see her soon at an event or a photoshoot. like to see her doing things, she is naturally elegent princess

[Tina]

Originally Posted by lisamaria

The latest edition of Point de Vue tells that Henri is selling off Josephine-Charlotte's jewellery in an auction (if you have extra cash lying around, buy a piece of her!). He also intended to sell the Grünewald forest, but had to give up that one because of public opinion. I wonder if he is running thin on cash?

http://www.lenk.lu/images/sujet/Goos...Goosch_113.pdf

(page 2)

they say, that the state paid Prince Félix' gambling debts? does anyone know anything about that?

around Minute 5 they say something about the forrest

http://www.rtl.lu/tele/videoarchiv/i...s&limitStart=0

[lisamaria]

Originally Posted by Tina

they say, that the state paid Prince Félix' gambling debts? does anyone know anything about that?

Yes, within the budget frame; meaning that rather than paying the debts off the family's private funds they used the government allowance. Also, the article says that the family pays no taxes and that they have the total private wealth of around 4,67 billion € - GD Jean 1,2 bn, Henri 385 mn, Maria-Teresa 25 mn (it says "Not bad for a Cuban").

Henri has been in power for five years and in that time, it seems, he has pretty much screwed things up Not good.

[Samm]

Is this article reffering to their son prince Felix?
LisaMaria, what did you mean by Henri has skrewed things up?

[lisamaria]

Originally Posted by Samm

Is this article reffering to their son prince Felix?
LisaMaria, what did you mean by Henri has skrewed things up?

Yes, son Felix.

What I mean is that the current GD has faced a lot of heavy criticism that his father was never subjected to; for what I have gathered from the media, many of his actions have been scrutinised by the politicians, who have questioned his position as the leader of the country - the odd adventure with the Grünewald forest, the sale of Josephine-Charlotte's jewellery, the financial troubles, the sudden urge to change the constitution to limit the monarch's powers and his budged, Louis' baby and marriage, the assumed trouble in his marriage, all sorts of things have happened within a short period of time and that has undermined his position as a leader. A little while ago the prime minister, Jean-Claude Juncker, defended the DG and announced that there is no ground for criticism and that Henri has done everything by the book. By him screwing up I meant simply that he hasn't managed to stay above and out of this kind of controversy the way his father apparently managed - when he stepped down, Jucker said he has ruled without error, without flaw.

But I guess it is natural that every monarch's position is evaluated every once and a while and he will pull through. But if this latest about Felix is true, things don't look sunny. I have gathered there is a small but loud republican fraction in Luxembourg, and they are definitely having a field day with this