Recent content by Duc de Chatres

I guess it all comes down to personal preference and the respect one royal personage holds for another. If I remember correctly there is a video clip on ITN Source showing the Queen of Denmark curtseying to Queen Elizabeth II whilst simultaneously kissing her hand. This happened at Windsor...

Actually it was the Pirnce of Wales who put his foot down and banned her from appearing-thank God!

Maybe the shows have lost their appeal...too many celebrities and all that nonesense

I don't know why people are always quick to criticise MCs image. she's a good mother. I think she's unpopular for being a billionaire's daughter. People have to undertand that she works realy hard. It's not al parties and fun. She ca juggle runing a successful enterprise and being a wife and...

Looking spectacular as always. I think she's the most eleant and regal looking of all young Europen royal women

Sorry! What I meant was that in marriages of state, love should never be an issue-fine, smile, go and meet the public together, then go your own way in private but for the country's sake, stick together. The partner has to know what's expected. Queen Sonja is a good example of a morganatic wife...

But there have been significant cases of the 'girl next door' i.e, the aristocratic but all too common (and I don't mean that in a derrogatory way) Lady Diana Spencer alomst bringing an ancient dynasty down. When you have a country let alone a Commonwealth to consider, love should be the last...

Morganiatic marriages will always prove to be problematic. Maybe in the Scandanavian countries the concept of monarchy is different. But I think for the good of the Crown, any future King of Britian should restrict himself to aristocratic girls who will know what will be expected of them since...

I love this subject because it is really controversial and my views tend to be conservative, based on experices from the past twenty or so years. For starters, I strongly believe the position is one for which a person MUST be trained FROM BIRTH. The experience with Diana and Fergie shows this...

The Queen is not normally praised for cutting sartorial dash but didn't she look stunning yesterday?

Poor Princess Pavlos. Whatever she does, she ends up irritating a lot of people. Why can't peple JUST LET HER BE!

The Duchess has adjusted extremely well. I like the fact that she's taken more of a supporting role rather than upstaging her husband. She'll make a great Queen. As for the clothes: perfect for her role. She has not put a foot wrong in the past year.

Out of curiosity, who thinks things should have been left as they were up to the 1960s- royalty only marrying royalty? Maybe all the problems the Windsors have faced wouldn't have happened if they married into Continental royal families. Sounds a bit too old fashioned, I know!

Does the world have to come to an end because the Queen did not attend a Swedish birthday? I don't think the Queen nor her family are under any obligation to attend any mass partying on the Continent. It was clearly a private affair despite teh tiaras and carriages. I don't think it has anything...

Exactly!This has been blown out of proportion. Was it a state event? NO! Was it crucial to British-Swedish realtions to have them there-NO! The Royal Family had a busy week with the Queen's 80th birthday, so it's quite understandable that they didn't attend the Swedish affair. Why weren't tehre...