She actually spoke kindly about the Danish royals and Princess Benedicte, (and Gustav, but I guess I'd take that as a given). You also refer to the interview as "disasterously angry"... is there a second interview Carina has given that I'm not aware of? Because I'm finding it difficult to see where you're coming from if we're speaking of the same interview.
Then we must be looking at a different interview. In the one that I read, Carina takes a slam at the "closed" world of dressage (Nathalie,) the dilapidated state of the rest of the castle (slam at Benedikt,) indicates that her generation (hers and Gustav's) could not spend the way that previous ones did (slam at Richard & Benedikt) and discusses Richard's temper with snide remarks about his "special" nature.
She spoke of her friendship with the Danish royals in terms of how close she and the Crown Princely couple were, but that was more in a manner of constrasting her relationship with R & B, which she then goes on to describe in the terms I've just mentioned.
It was a very testy interview, and the interviewer offered her several options to soften her language that she did not take.
One thing that did emerge from the interview was that she was adamant that she just didn't give a toss if they married or not, that for her, being herself was enough and that it was going to have to be enough for everyone else, too. It seems to me that this couple has gone through all the permutations of this situation quite thoroughly and have consciously and repeatedly confirmed this course of action for themselves. They've weighed it all and this is where they are and what they are.
It's only "odd" because for some reason, in the eyes of some here, marriage and children seem to be the only course of action that is "right."
They're grooving on each other even knowing all the potential outcomes. And that should be enough.
Thanks for the answer. I call this a job, managing such an estate is not just a hobby.
About the rest of your post, I would agree if the estate had been made and the lands united by the nazi grandpa. But as it is an ancestral estate, the "nazi" care of it is not as important.
If they married, could there be a large donation from prince Richard which would leave the estate or a huge part of the estate to his son and daughter-in-law, to get round the will?
Good heaven, yes; an estate of that size with multiple large land holdings and cash flow streams is not just a full time job, it's a corporation.
The only reason I am emphasizing the "Nazi" aspect is because that was the PR spin put on it when it was discussed by the press agents, clearly a deliberate mention to evoke sympathy. It's also one of the things that keeps getting brought up here. You are correct - the ancestral nature of the House laws supersede the grandfather's will, and they have the same strictures on suitable brides, excluding the language of "Aryan."
Thanks for getting that! It's often overlooked.
If Gustav were to marry an "unsuitable" bride, the estates and all that they entail go directly to the next heir.
By the way, the S-W-Berleburg House as it currently stands has a fairly recent split wherein the S-W-Hohenstein House lacked an heir, so the second son of the S-W-B house was adopted as heir to the S-W-H cadet branch and assumed the headship of that House (his elder brother inheriting S-W-B.) When Prince Bernhard S-W-H inherits S-W-B (or his own son does,) the titles and estates will merge and the "junior" S-W-H House will be subsumed into the "higher" S-W-B.
