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Is Vincent a redhead? He sure looks so in the picture.
Thanks for posting, nice that Mary and Frederik can go for a stroll without being bothered too much.
So it is Josephine with the hat on I thought it was Vincent.
Is Vincent a redhead? He sure looks so in the picture.
Is Vincent a redhead? He sure looks so in the picture.
Is Vincent a redhead? He sure looks so in the picture.
Is Vincent a redhead? He sure looks so in the picture.
- Well, Billed Bladet showed a close up of Mary crying on the front page.
There is a word in Danish: følelsesporno = emotion-porn/emotional-porn, describing when something is wallowing in emotions. I don’t like that sort of things. I believe you should be allowed to grieve and also to be overcome by grief without ending up on a front page.
I received a message from a moderator saying that my post had been removed because it contained speculation. We don't know the royals and we get all our information second hand, so isn't it all speculation?
Our rule about speculation is intended to prevent tabloid-type flights of fancy which often slip into outright fantasy and sometimes even libel. While we realise that much of the information posted in the threads is based on reports in the media which we can't verify, we expect posters to base their statements on published reports rather than on wishful thinking or unsubstantiated hearsay. The forum moderators have the final say about whether posts are unacceptably speculative. Disagreements with moderator decisions must take place via private message, not by arguing in the threads and certainly not by reposting deleted material.
Do you mean he got a car as a present just because he inaugurated a chain of stations for electric cars? I know royals get presents but usually they are smaller ones, aren't they? Accepting a present like that is IMO inappropriate and dangerous, no matter if it is Diesel or electric.You may recall some time ago that Frederik inaugurated a chain of stations for recharching electric cars, the first of it's kind here in DK. - The aim of course being to cut down on the use of fossile fuel.
Frederik arrived in a (hot) electric car, Fisker Karma. - Which he had borrowed.
And according to the book he had actually returned that very same model to the company a few days before and exchanged it with a (petrol-gulping) Land Rover Discovery 4.
Article May 2012/Borsen: Her er kongehuset kronebilerSøren W. Kruse, who is responsible for the DRF's economy cannot answer why Frederik opted for a Discovery and discarded the Fisker Karma: "I owe you a reply" (Common idiom).
Søren W. Kruse has to be diplomatic in his answer. Here may be a possible answer for returning the car.Thank you, Nordic, that cleared up that detail.
If you don't mind I'll translate:
Crown Prince Frederik borrowed a Fisker Karma by the Danish car designer Henrik Fisker in connection with COP 15 in 2009. In 2011 he bought his own. But now he has decided to use his right to return the car, because it according to chief of (the DRF's) economy, Søren W. Kruse, still has some way to go technically".
- So apparantly there were unsatisfactory technical deficiencies with the car.
I notice that the Discovery is not mentioned in the article. Børsen, which the article by Nordic is from, is the Danish equivalent to Financial Times, with a similar reputation.
Well, Mary preaches "green" sustainable fashion and for the frist time wore a dress from H&M Conscious Collection at this event, while I would say 95% of her wardrobe is not made from used materials, not sustainable. (And H&M btw has a bad reputation regarding "child-labour.)nwinther
I've always been wary about the wisdom - indeed intelligence - bestowed upon the Crown Prince. This only confirms my suspicions.
But for goodness sake, don't preach reduced emmissions, etc. too.
Thank the maker for Crown Princess Mary.
She actually recycled the dress in question and had worn outfits fromWell, Mary preaches "green" sustainable fashion and for the frist time wore a dress from H&M Conscious Collection at this event, while I would say 95% of her wardrobe is not made from used materials, not sustainable. (And H&M btw has a bad reputation regarding "child-labour.)
Well, Mary preaches "green" sustainable fashion and for the frist time wore a dress from H&M Conscious Collection at this event, while I would say 95% of her wardrobe is not made from used materials, not sustainable. (And H&M btw has a bad reputation regarding "child-labour.)
Shouldn't you be wary about the wisdom - indeed intelligence - bestowed upon CP Mary instead of thanking the maker for her?
First - Mary too has made it her thing to preach the environment. And I don't agree that Frederik has little else going for him.First off - Mary hasn't made it her "thing" to preach the environment. The Crown Prince has little else going for him.
Second - it's quite difficult for the ordinary citizen to figure out how much CO2 etc. goes into making a seemingly harmless piece of clothing. But you just need to make a quick glance at that car to realize it's a gas-guzzler. And if you want to know precisely, you can easily look up the numbers in the brochure.
Third - when Frederik bought the electric car, he probably didn't realize it took way more CO2 to produce that car, than it did the Land Rover he just got. Reason for that is, that few people know how complicated it actually is to get the ressources for making electric cars. And since it's quite obfuscated I can excuse that purchase of the electric car. And if the means justify the end, all the more so (doubling the embarrasment vis-a-vis buying the Land Rover).
The same goes for Mary's clothes. I don't expect a busy person to research every angle regarding how the clothes she wears is made and how much CO2, dye, softeners, bleach etc. is used. Just as with the car, it can be rather complicated to check every supplier in that chain.
Hence, I can forgive the apparant hipocracy re. Mary. But Frederik has attended school - he bloody well knows that a Land Rover is a bottomless pit when it comes to fuel. At least get a hybrid or something!
Mary too has made it her thing to preach the environment.
But it is Mary's thing, regarding fashion. It was in 2009 and again this year. She even gave an interview to CNN about it.Nope, I'm sorry but the environment is much more Frederik's thing than it is Mary's.
I agree with that. But I think it goes for Mary as well. How credible is it to promote "green fashion" when your wardrobe is filled with "un-green" fashion (and much more of it than the average woman has). That's why I asked if they should engage themselves in this topic at all.Muhler
M&F can buy all the land rovers they want but Frederik can't buy such (private) cars and at the same time be an advocate for us all doing an effort to reduce greenhouse gases. That naturally hurts his credibillity.
Well, Prince Henrik seems to have one too (and uses it at hunts). And I remember an article about Joachim speeding in a Land Rover with his two little sons in the back shortly after the divorce from Alexandra was announced (you might of course argue that he is managing an estate).Muhler
Back to the landrover. Unless you have a job that requires you to have a four-wheel drive, or regularly drive in rural Sweden, or have a large estate to manage you really don't need one here in DK.
For hunts? No, the local foresters have such cars which you can borrow or use and the roads are so good that you can easily get to whatever hunt you want to attend in an ordinary car.
I believe that Frederik purchased this car, because it's big and spacious and mostly because it's cool.
Has the DRF/F&M (since they are always the ones targeted, even if J&M also get prams, cars and stuff as presents) ever commented on what/when/how their policy on this gift business is and wouldn't that be the "bosses" (The Queen) policy?