lisamaria
Aristocracy
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The explanation for their lack of enthusiasm may be quite simple, and that is that C P Mary is not in any position to execute an interview in Danish. The DRF have sensibly evaluated, that despite everything, it would be to embarrassing if the danish princess communicated with her countrymen in English.
Everything suggests that C P Mary's danish knowledge is limited to reading up speeches from a piece of paper, that others have written for her. And also to give make small talk which is minus any content. Unexpected questions are beyond the princesses danish level.
Danish is difficult to learn, that is agreed, but that said, C P Mary should use a little more energy to learn it. We don't expect much from her, only that she should commit herself to mastering her new country’s language, yes, that we expect, and demand.
The language issue is interesting - as Mary comes from an English-speaking country, she hasn't learned any other language before. She probably lacks the tools for learning for example I have from studying five foreign languages from very early on. And she isn't the only one - Letizia hasn't learned English, Mathilde hasn't learned Dutch, Prince Henrik doesn't speak proper Danish and Silvia doesn't speak proper Swedish. Not being able to learn a language is hardly a character flaw; some people just simply cannot do it as well as others. But journalists (if you can call a person who works for Se og Hor that) find it an easy target; Henrik and Silvia are still after decades being lampooned for it.
Interestingly, in a documentary done before the wedding, Mary speaks to Frederik in Danish - while they are in Australia. I would imagine she has put quite an effort on learning.
Dear highpriestess, I wasn't commenting your post but rather the whole chainWhere did I say she's shallow because she's "well put together"? Read my points again: