I agree. Form a PR point of view, this trip has been a disaster. Christian's nude pictures, Frederik's Playboy-party, Isabella's minkvest and now Nappy-gate. Maybe they should get a refund from Ms Fudala?
A reality check from someone actually in Australia subjected to the media reports here.
Weekly glossy women's magazines--- last week, secondary front page story, nice positive stories and pictures of Mary and children 'home'
---- this week, only front page on one magazine, but again nice positive stories, pictures of Mary etc in Hobart.
Daily newspapers--first week in Hobart, featured daily, whatever place they were photographed in, nude pictures, playboy party, mink vest etc all mentioned in the Tasmanian newspaper The Mercury, not a huge readership as Tasmania is not a densely populated state. The Mercury is a News Ltd newspaper, minkvest got a run in the Sydney News Ltd paper, other papers ignored the story. Non News Ltd papers didn't bother reporting any of them. News Ltd is Rupert Murdoch, editorial policy seems to be print whatever negative story you can spin about royals. British royals too, as he owns many of the British tabloids.
TV news footage, all glowingly positive, no negative stories at all, no playboy, no mink vest, nothing. Official events got major positive coverage, including today's Victor Chang opening when the reporter breathlessly told us about a woman who arrived outside the building at 7.30 to get a prime position. Not only that but she had come down from Newcastle! ( about an hour north of Sydney)
It was hardly a PR disaster! ( The media liason officer Nina Fadula isn't exactly 'notorious', while we do have some 'notorious' publicists, she's not one of them, infact no-one had ever heard of her! She's very lowkey.)
The media coverage was unfailingly positive, a few negative stories in The Mercury barely registered as few people read it!