Sorry to have offended anyone with the term "little Tassie girl"...I mean that as a positive phrase. In other words, she seems to have shrugged off, or buried some of the down-to-earthed-ness that the average "commoner" would have, and substituted it with Euro-chic.
I am all for any woman improving her appearance and trying to look her best every day, but there is something endearing about someone with a true Cinderella story still seeming down to earth.
I have said it before, and I'll say it again, I admire Mary Donaldson very much because she has undergone an amazing transformation that would tax the best of us physically, psychologically, and emotionally, to be with the man she loves. However, I think she has developed -- out of necessity -- a very strictly public and private face, with the public face adhering to a certain ideal (representing Denmark, the Danish royal family, her husband, European royalty, etc.) with her private face the only evidence of the down-to-earth commoner she was, and still is. I can just imagine how I would feel moving in the circles that CP Mary does...overwhelmed, a little insecure, overcompensating because I was not born to this life, but have to learn to embody it.
No offense meant to my Australian friends on the Forums, but I still think she has -- out of necessity and growth -- left behind a lot of herself when she became who she is now. That's what I meant by "little Tassie girl".
Look, none of us likely know CP Mary personally, and we are all observing her from afar. I'm just sharing my perceptions with you based on body language, demeanor, and what she has said publicly.
No offense meant!