Margrethe II said:
No different from
"Poor" little Maxima or
"Poor" little Mathilda or
"Poor" little Mette-Marit or "
Poor" little letizia....all who are to become Queen Consorts!
Your sounding like an 18th century revolutionary
Except they exclaimed
Poor Little Marie ...Oh, and what would you know, same name different spelling
Bad form "PO", bad form!
"MII"
All right, all right, my comment might have come across as a bit harsh. My piont really is this: nothing against Mary, she is after all doing a fine job within the confines of royal consort and figure head of a small country. Nothing wrong with that.
And no, Mary herself never stated she was God's gift to Denmark. (Joachim did) Although she did say she thought her meeting Fred was fate, so therefore pre-destined, which in my opinion sounds a bit smug, but she gave the quote when she was just engaged, so one can understand such an expression I take it.
But I honest to goodness think that comments such as Linda's that state that the lives of (any of the respective crown princesses) are, to use Linda's words, "very tough" are getting a bit, well, worn.
Reading over and over how crown princess x, y or z is so very admirable for the very tough path she's taking, doesn't, if anything, make for very intersting discussion.
And second, let's get an ounce of reality into the fold here.
Whatever path these crown princesses are on might be a challenge, but 'very tough' it really ain't. Let's face it: If these ladies have it tough, how on earth would you describe the lives lead by the rest of us?! ('Very tough' in my opinion are the lives of the billions of people who, to name but one obvious example, struggle every day to make ends meet & feed their families.)
As for the portrait: I like it actually. It has an inexplicable timelessnes to it that I like. The colors are a bit dark, but why shouldn't they be, the whole thing looks cohesive and seems to tell a story of a woman's journey. Mary is recognizable as herself (seems like a huge dhoh! but not all portraits do their subject matter justice imo), yet there's something left for the imagination of the viewer. And her chin--well, yes, it is a bit up-in-the-air, but people in pensive moods often do that, so perhaps it's a reflection of that.
