lashinka2002
Serene Highness
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karima said:I know a lot of ordinary families, not royals at all that would definitly not agree on their son marrying someone who has such a past. sorry to say so but that is the truth. May be it is a matter of culture. I am from the middle east and a there, a woman should not have a past, specially if she marries into royalty!
I am from the West a country that is made up of many cultures and over here the mass population believes in second chances. Women and men here have pasts, we are not expected to be perfect (royal or not) and forgivness for a past is always an option. My husband is Indian & my I am of Ukranian/German decent (although born & raised in the west we celebrate the Ukranian traditions & culture) We have each had our cultural mountains to overcome in order to be together. My past is one of the reasons why my husband loves me & his past is certainly one of the reasons why I love him. Your past is what makes you into the person you are today, and that's a very important thing. I am sure that Hakon loves MM for this very reason.
If you have no past then how do you know who you are or what you want in life aside from the things that your family may set out for you? (which you may discover you never wanted at all?)
Even in the 18th & 19th centuries there were all kinds of royal scandals some of which included princesses. The only difference is that back then they were able to cover up these scandals much more easily. The newspapers were more respectful... & we didn't have the mass media that we do today.