E! and Forbes' 20 Hottest Young Royals - documentary

[emilieweber2004]

I am surprised that Madeleine of sweden isn't in that list!

[LauraMCS]

Yes, she is. All three of the Swedish royal kids are on the list. The Swedish royals do not have a fortune estimated at $7Billion. Most of what they have is owned by the government of Sweden. Their personal fortune is only a few million dollars and they live on their state allotments.

It's not a documentary as the people who commented on it are compensated for their participation. Also, the amount of mistakes in titles, names, personal wealth are too preposterous to be taken seriously.

[morhange]

Oh, I've just remembered the biggest thing that bugged me! When they were talking about Harry, they mentioned how he's third in line and will probably never see the throne because William's older. But as we all know, alot of recent kings and queens have been second sons or second children!

Three of George III's sons became kings, and the next monarch was the daughter of his fourth son. Who would have ever thought she would be queen! And Naturally Edward VII was the eldest son, but he thought for much of his childhood that his elder sister was going to be queen. And George V was a second son, as was George VI, who became king once his older brother abdicated. And the current queen is only so because of her uncle's childlessness and subsequent abdication. So there is a long history on Harry's side about someday becoming king. I'm sure it won't happen, but to say that there's no way he would is silly!

By the way, does the term "once and future king" bother anyone else? They refered to William as this, and I'd always thought that the term "once and future" was kind of stupid, because it implies that you've held the position before, somehow lost it, and are expected to take it again in the future? I don't know, it's always sounded so strange to me.

[norwegianne]

Originally Posted by morhange

By the way, does the term "once and future king" bother anyone else? They refered to William as this, and I'd always thought that the term "once and future" was kind of stupid, because it implies that you've held the position before, somehow lost it, and are expected to take it again in the future? I don't know, it's always sounded so strange to me.

Not to mention "The Once and Future King" is a fantasy novel by T.H. White about King Arthur...

[HRH Kerry]

The List also has CPss Victoria graduating from Yale vice attending for two years.

[PrinceOfCanada]

Originally Posted by norwegianne

Not to mention "The Once and Future King" is a fantasy novel by T.H. White about King Arthur...

If memory serves, "once and future" refers to Arthur being expected by prophecy ("once"), as prophecy in mythology often refers to some sort of Golden Age, and that he will be King again (future). It's all very Messianic.. read the King Arthur legends in light of Christian mythos and it all becomes pretty clear.