I have read a lot of ridiculous things about Letizia here at this forum and in the tabloids, but this has got to win the award for the most ridiculous discussion.
Now the woman can't drink
beer??? It's one thing to critique what she wears orhow she wears her hair but now it's within the public domain to critique
what she drinks???
The Spanish people may financially support the royal family through their tax dollars but I don't think they are able to decide what the Princess drinks. Will you next say when she can go to the bathroom?
...JuAnItA... said:
They must not forget they're royals! They shouldn't do that kind of things in public!
Many people drink in public, including royals. Prince Charles has attended several pubs in England as part of his official engagements and he is properly photographed having a pint. Prince Amedeo of Belgium was just photographed in a formal session with a group of friends in London having a pint.
They are royals but they are human beings first. It's not as if Letizia was doing some illegal act like taking drugs or mooning the audience.
...JuAnItA... said:
They're public figures and the example for young people not just in Spain but in the whole world, so they can't do this kind of things!
I don't think young people are as naive. Many have seen their parents or family friends having a beer. Having an occasional drink does not make you a bad example. In more than two years this is the
first time we have seen Letizia have a beer. No one would think she has an alcohol problem because she was at a soccer game having
one beer. If anyone thinks she has an alcohol problem it is more likely from all the champagne she is seen toasting with at state banquets. How many times have we seen her with a glass of champagne?
...JuAnItA... said:
I didn't said that the protocol says it! I just talk about it because i don't think that is that normal in royals! Can you understand?
Why is having a drink
not normal? I bet that there were more people in that stadium drinking beer than not. If Letizia
didn't drink beer then she'd be the unnormal one ... So no, I don't understand.
...JuAnItA... said:
The protocol says that Royals must have a "good" behavior, and i don't think this behavior was that good! As i said (and lots of people said) they're an example!
Where can I find this protocol exactly? I'm very curious to see where it says that royals are not allowed to drink beer. This forum asks for factual statements to back up comments, please show me the Spanish or general royal rules book where it says "Do not drink beer. You will be a terrible example to the world if you drink beer."
Again I ask, why is the behaviour not "good" behaviour? How is she
no longer an example because she had
one cup of beer at a soccer match? So all the past two and a half years of hard work and daily activities goes out the window because she had one beer?
And P.S.: How do you know it was beer for sure? Did you smell her cup? Did you take a sip of it? Or does your computer screen have smell- or taste-o-vision that my computer screen does not so you know for 100% that it's beer? What if it was iced tea? What if it was gingerale? What if it was a special German drink?
nayralorenzo said:
I think it is not correct. If they want to drink something they can dring whatever one alcohol. They are not like "thousands of spaniards". They are royals and they have to know where is their place.
I just don't get this line of discussion.
Or why certain people are so insistent that having a drink is so
wrong.
How have they defied their place by going to a soccer game watched the world over to support their home team, and are enjoying themselves by having a beer?
Plus consider if it would be better if they just went home each night and drank lots of beers behind closed doors? Would that be better? Because then nobody would know that they dared to defy the royal protocol by having a beer.
What's so bad about beer anyways? It's alcohol the same as champagne and wine, and we have seen many pictures of royals from all countries drink those. So why pick on the Letizia for having
one beer?