Tatiana Maria
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Thank you for the nicely written obituary of Mr. Totland, Royal Norway.
That was a surprisingly amicable offer for a "rag-mag"!
Those are essential conditions for reputable royal reporting, I would say.
I wonder if not only his praise, but his educated commentary on daily engagements, history, comparisons to other monarchies, the intricacies of official events, etc., contributed to bolstering support for the monarchy? It seems plausible to me that for some individuals, an improved understanding of the institution might generate more affection for it.
Thank you for the nicely written obituary of Mr. Totland, Royal Norway.
About him: Short explained, he was a teacher in his home city Bergen who had become interested in royalty after having read books and magazines for his royal-mad mother when she was severely ill. And when he sent letters upon letters to the Norwegian rag-mag Se og Hør during the late 1980s to complain about errors in their royal coverage, it resulted in him (after having turned it down more than once) being offered a job as their royal editor in 1991, the year The King acceded to the throne. And was until he wanted more freedom to comment on TV and stuff in 2011, the only reliable person there.
That was a surprisingly amicable offer for a "rag-mag"!
Although it should be said that he has never had any problem voicing his opinion when there was something he didn't agree with. - Including Märtha's commercial use of her princess-title, which he has been ''highly critical'' of for years.
And he always respected those who didn't agree with him when it came to his stance on the monarchy.
Those are essential conditions for reputable royal reporting, I would say.
And that was the start of seven years of which we have never seen anything like in other monarchies when it comes to royal experts/commentators. Yes, he would often appear several times a week on TV2 News Channel and News-shows on their main channel TV2 to explain/comment on day-to-day royal engagements and large-scale events such as The King's Silver/Consecration Jubilee celebrations in 2016, The Regent-Couple's 80th Birthday celebrations in 2017, The Regent-Couple's Golden Wedding Anniversary celebrations in 2018 and various royal events abroad, where he annoyingly spoke the whole time, also over the music. LOL. I.e. about history, architecture of the various palaces, popularity of the various monarchies, orders, uniforms, military-displays, jewellery, dresses, shoes, etc, etc.
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Another thing to mention is that he's probably the person besides The King (as someone said it the other day) who is most responsible for the monarchy's record-high support in the polls over the past 5 years.
How? Because he was the monarchy and the NRF's BIGGEST supporter and would constantly praise them (and the institution) like no other (especially The King).
I wonder if not only his praise, but his educated commentary on daily engagements, history, comparisons to other monarchies, the intricacies of official events, etc., contributed to bolstering support for the monarchy? It seems plausible to me that for some individuals, an improved understanding of the institution might generate more affection for it.