Sofia provocates this, sorry.
I disagree. It's not Sofia who provokates here IMO. Because aside from this widely discussed "Guess what. I'm dating the prince"-comment she's done an absolutely great job so far at the side of the PRIVATE Carl Philip.
With these standards, I honestly do not see the point of monarchy any more.
So what's the difference then? Having a president (inluding wife and children) to represent your country? A president who (including family) is still going to be paid even after his working period is over? As long as he lives? No matter how many other presidents including family will follow him on this job? Just tell me, Moonmaiden (or anyone else of your fellow citizens), how many presidents a of your country are currently still alive? How many of them are still being paid for a job they don't do anymore? Wo are still being guarded by the Secret Service? And then tell me from what money they live? And from what money the Secret Service Agents guarding them are being paid? I tell you. It's tax money - YOUR tax money - for which all the former presidents (including family) have to do absolutely nothing for. They just get it and don't have to give anything in return anymore, just because they once were the big fish in the big pond. Do you thing this is a better system? More fair to the citizens of the country?
It's the same with our system over here in Germany. There are plenty of former presidents whom we have to pay for doing absolutely nothing. Do you think that's a better system? After all, what more do they do (when they actually work) besides waving to people and representing the country? It's a little different over in the US because you have two positions joined into one (the representer and the ruler). But from my point of view it's no big difference if there is a ruling prime minister or Bundeskanzler or whatever on one page and having a representing president or a king on the other page. In my eyes it would even be better having a royal family. Because they get educated their whole life to do the representing job and would be the faces of their country in a way no short time president (incl. family) ever could.
Because honestly, could you tell me who (aka which president and wife) represented Germany since say 1990? Not even I can remember all of them. I have to think for a while to get them all. And their wifes or even kids are a complete mystery for me. The same goes for the representers of Ireland, France, Portugal, Brazil, Argentina, Singapore, Vietnam, South Corea, etc and yes, also the US. But I have absolutely no problems naming the representers of Sweden, Norway, Spain, UK, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark. I'm sure you can and can't name the names of the same countries than I. Now ask again what the point of having a monarchy is nowadays and I'm sure you could give yourself a really good answer.
The point of having a monarchy nowadays is to have a special group of people who represents the country. To have known faces who get combined with the country they represent no matter where they are and what they do. No one can do this job better than a royal family who grow into this job from their day of birth until their death. I would love to still have a royal family in Germany. Not for ruling, but for plain representing. Tax money goes to the representer nontheless no matter who they are. We don't safe anything here (and you don't either). And in my eyes it's way better to give it to someone who really is/are the face/faces of my country than to someone who is just one of many faces who get forgotten as soon as they leave the spotlight but does still get paid from my tax money. But if you like it better the other way around, ...
Has CP earned a degree yet?
If you would bother to read his biography you would know that he trained/worked in the swedish navy for a few years right after finishing high school and also for a while a few years later. He left with the rank of a lieutenant.
He also finished a two-year course of graphic design at Forsbergs School in Stockholm. After that he made an internship with National Geographic, won a design competition (under a pseudonym. It wasn't his name or title that got him the award), design a cutlery series and had his own photo exhibition.
Currently he's studying agriculture which I think he does mainly so he'll be able to manage this farm proberty of his which he inherited a while ago.
If I count all this together than in my eyes he's absolutely able to support wife and children. Because he's got trained in 2 jobs and will be trained in 3 right after he finishes his studies at Alnarp. There are a lot of ways and a lot of open doors for him with all this knowledge. So why everyone always calles him lazy and not educated enough is completely beyond me.
I totally agree-if he wants to marry a girl who is generally not accepted by the public he should try to find a way to make his own money!
As far as I know the majority of people who have something against Sofia and don't accept her are people who're not from Sweden. What I hear from inside of Sweden is that there's noo big fuss about Sofia. Most of them don't care enough about her to have something against her. After all she's just a girl who Carl Philip socializes with. She's not the official woman at his side (yet). So why should they bother? I think this is a very good way of handling things. Why crossing bridges if you haven't even reached them yet?
Are we really going down that road?
