The Royal Family's Current Events - Part 3 (December 2004 - May 2005)

[GrandDuchess]

Time for a new Family News (for news including more than one royal) thread, since the old one is now 10 pages. You can find the old thread, Family News 2, here. Happy reading!

[GrandDuchess]

After an incredibly busy last week that didn't end until this very weekend, we can see by next week's calendar for the Royal Family - that Christmas is indeed closing up. Perhaps it's time for them to look for some Christmas presents, just like the King did last week?

Official Engagements Week 51 (13-19 December)

Tuesday 14/12

> H.M. The King
Precedence: Professor Emeritus Magnus Mörner
The Royal Palace of Stockholm

> H.M. The King
Farewell Audience: The Ambassador of Syria to Sweden, Samir Al-Kassir
The Royal Palace of Stockholm

Thursday 16/12

> H.R.H. The Crown Princess
Visit to Karlskrona & attendance at the naming of a new corvette for the Navy
Karlskrona, Blekinge County

> H.M. The Queen
Attendance at a Christmas Luncheon with the Deutscher Damenclub
Operakällaren (the restaurant business at the Royal Opera), Stockholm

Friday 17/12

> T.M. The King and Queen, H.R.H. The Crown Princess, H.R.H Princess Lilian
Christmas Luncheon for the staff of the Royal Court
The Royal Palace of Stockholm

[Dennism]

From the Local(Journalistic Excellence in English about Sweden)

The people have spoken – Crown Princess Victoria is the intellectual of the Bernadotte family. This was the main finding of an Internet survey on perceptions of the Swedish royal family’s academic prowess that might have left King Carl Gustaf feeling slighted – only three percent of Swedes thought that the monarch was brighter than his kids.

The survey, carried out by Internet company IC Research, questioned a “representative sample” of the Swedish people, it was reported in Aftonbladet. But the survey’s apparent credentials did nothing to impress the royal press spokeswoman, Ann-Christine Jernberg.

“I think it is distasteful that people vote about such things,” she told Aftonbladet. Yet maybe things really aren’t all that bad for the king: the survey also revealed that Swedes think that he is a good representative for Sweden, and that the monarchy will still be around in a hundred years.

Still, when it came to nominations for the brain of Drottningholm, the king’s popularity couldn’t save him. Victoria, with 34.7 percent of the votes, had clearly managed to overcome people's prejudices about the intellect of royalty. Respondents appeared to be impressed by her academic record: she has taken courses at Yale and studied French at a university in Angers, France.

The heir to the throne was followed in the royal brain stakes by her mother Queen Silvia and sister, Princess Madeleine, but the monarch himself was considered to be the brightest in his family by only 2.9 percent of respondents.

As if it wasn’t cruel enough that His Majesty’s subjects think that someone else has inherited the family brain cells, they also believe that he should get less money. Forty-nine percent of respondents said that the royal house gets too much money from the state – a view that was given short shrift by a school-marmish Ann-Christine Jernberg:

“Those who have said that don’t know where the money goes,” she said. “I suggest they read our annual accounts on the website”.

[GrandDuchess]

Official Engagements Week 52 (December 20-26)

Monday 20/12

> T.M. The King and Queen, H.R.H. The Crown Princess
Attendance at the Swedish Academy’s Solemn Gathering
The Stock Exchange House, Stockholm

Wednesday 22/12

> H.M. The King
Advisory Council on Foreign Affairs
The Royal Palace of Stockholm

Thursday 23/12

H.M. The Queen’s Birthday!

[Lena]

A "wonderful" (pre) Christmas-gift for the Royal family: Aftonbladet has listed all violations of the parking laws, caused through the Royal family, esp. the younger members.
Aftonbladet claims that the Royal court had to pay 26.125 SEK (2900 EUR) in the past 4 years. And they have "collected" 47 tickets for wrong parking in the past years. Of course employees, who use cars of the Royal court are also included, but more than the half were caused through the Royal children.
Carl Philip is worst with 19 tickets.
Daniel Westling (when he does something good, than he´s just "Daniel from Ockelbo" and when he causes something bad then he suddenly is an "almost member of the court" ) has parked on the 27th of May 2004 in the middle of a "busy" street, so that the other cars had to drive around his car. Danne has also parked the wrong way in a terminal of Arlanda Airport. His last (of 9 this year) ticket is from October, 20.
Also from October is princess Madeleine´s last (the last one of 6, since she drives her Lexus) parking ticket, but she (the court) hasn´t paid it so far. It´s Christmas!-can´t they show pity for little Madeleine?! She has to pay the Christmas gifts for Jonas. But maybe auntie Lilian will give her grandniece a little bit money for her piggybank for Christmas, so that she can pay it then

http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyhete...577100,00.html

http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyhete...577097,00.html

http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyhete...577098,00.html

http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyhete...577099,00.html

[mixer2002de]

Originally Posted by Lena

Aftonbladet claims that the Royal court had to pay 26.125 SEK (2900 EUR) in the past 4 hours.

2900 € for wrong parking in 4 h . How to manage that? Taking all vehicles from the royal mews and park them at forbidden areas?

[Lena]

Originally Posted by mixer2002de

2900 € for wrong parking in 4 h . How to manage that? Taking all vehicles from the royal mews and park them at forbidden areas?

Ops, my mistake Of course it´s years! (time to get a coffee, Lena)

[Yennie]

edit: haha you were faster than me this time Lena!

Wow, what can one say about these articles?!
Shame on the royals... They have millions and they cannot pay for themself? Lazyness? Ignorance? Stupidity?

[mixer2002de]

Originally Posted by Yennie

edit: haha you were faster than me this time Lena!

Wow, what can one say about these articles?!
Shame on the royals... They have millions and they cannot pay for themself? Lazyness? Ignorance? Stupidity?

Has not Pappa kungen pay for them? If I would be him I would have a little conversation with them.

[Lena]

Originally Posted by mixer2002de

Has not Pappa kungen pay for them? If I would be him I would have a little conversation with them.

Yes, but then they would mention that Pappa Kungen has also parked his Pajero 3 times wrong in the past years. It seems, they are chips of the old block On the other hand those 3 times of course aren´t compareable to that, what his children have caused.
I also wonder the same like (this time slower ) Yennie. They live in Sweden, they should know, that this would become public in this "glassy state". And they should know, that they are role models. But when they do such things, they automatically give the impression, that they enjoy the good things, but don´t take over responsibility. Get a bike, CP, Madeleine and Danne!

[Dennism]

Good grief. That´s a lot for parking tickets. This is a problem that should be fixed.

[Lena]

Originally Posted by Dennism

Good grief. That´s a lot for parking tickets. This is a problem that should be fixed.

I´m for a second mentor for Madeleine, and a first one for Carl Philip. "And here Madeleine, you have to drop the coin, then you get a ticket...and now you have to place it in the car...no, Madeleine a little bit more to the left, so that the traffic warden has no problem to see it...yes, Madeleine, well done Madeleine. I´m proud of you. And now I will teach that to your brother."

And "Mr. health" aka Daniel Westling could really go to his gyms (they are in the same district!) , instead of driving and parking then wrong.

[Dennism]

Yes, good idea. Mentor Madeleine on parking. Obviously genetics nor environment have not helped out in this case. Yes, I always knew you wanted to get CP alone in a car...As for Mr. Health, for some reason 4 words come to mind "long walk, short pier." :) Anyway, few people have had no driving or parking infractions but few have families where this seems to be this big of a problem.

[mixer2002de]

Originally Posted by Lena

Yes, but then they would mention that Pappa Kungen has also parked his Pajero 3 times wrong in the past years. It seems, they are chips of the old block On the other hand those 3 times of course aren´t compareable to that, what his children have caused.
I also wonder the same like (this time slower ) Yennie. They live in Sweden, they should know, that this would become public in this "glassy state". And they should know, that they are role models. But when they do such things, they automatically give the impression, that they enjoy the good things, but don´t take over responsibility. Get a bike, CP, Madeleine and Danne!

So 3 times are about 150€ at maximum if wrong parking is expensive. But where does the rest come from? Wouldn't it be cheaper to buy a permanent parking ticket?

[Lena]

Thank you Dennis.
I know this is mean, but I can´t stop laughing, when reading this dialogue and looking at the pictures. Victoria and Madeleine are almost perfectly copied.

[Yennie]

I like it to! Very funny :)
I think the royal court shouldn´t take things like this so serious!
when they react, the programme gets a lot of attention and that is exactly what they wants

[Lena]

Originally Posted by Yennie

I like it to! Very funny :)
I think the royal court shouldn´t take things like this so serious!
when they react, the programme gets a lot of attention and that is exactly what they wants

Agree totally. But I guess we can´t expect complex thinking of Ann Christine Jernberg and ETW

IMO the one, who acts as Carl Philip (David Hellenius?) could/should get a job as Daniel Westling-double in the future.
A picture of an earlier show of Peter Magnusson as Silvia:

[Dennism]

Love that photo of "Silvia". Anyway, the press chiefs should ignore it. If one replies to ridiculous stories or whatever, then the "story" will be that the Court, politician or whatever, replied. Ignore it and it will eventually go away. Especially short term things like this piece.