GrandDuchess said:
After more than 1 week (8 whole days) - the Crown Princess has decided that it might not be a good idea after all to be on vacation while her nation mourns... According to a press release from the Royal Court, she will now (1 week/8 days late...) interrupt her personal trip abroad and come home. As a Swede - this makes me angry - why is she coming home now, after all this time? To me she is 1 week late. I think that it's the Court staff that has gotten cold feets of how her vacation in these times would look in the media, and that they have managed to get her to make this decision (maybe after a little help from her parents?).
Thanks for the update GrandDuchess.
Is it just me, or is it a bit sad and disappointing still that someone likely had to
persuade Victoria to cut her personal trip short and tell her that the
right thing to do would be to come home immediately?
She is not a six year old who needs to be coaxed to eat her carrots and peas. She is a grown (27 years old!) woman who should know better and should recognize the magnitude of this situation, especially when she sees or hears all that her parents are doing. Today her parents have again done even more by visiting a hospital where young children affected by the tragedy have been brought to to be treated, and not a peep out of Victoria, only that she is coming home.
It is indeed much too late; and I think Victoria will have a tremendous uphill battle to recoup her good reputation.
I had secretly hoped through all this that Victoria's "personal trip" would be trekking out to Thailand to aid in the efforts of rescue. To me, that would be the only thing to redeem Victoria at this point. But I guess since she hasn't turned up there, she really was on an R&R holiday.
Yennie said:
Yes, the actions of the spanish rf was admireable!
But I dont think you can compare this really. The horrible things that happend in Madrid was a terrorist act. People who killed innocent people.
This tsunami was a nature disaster, and no ones "fault", You know what I mean?
For me, the fact that no one was at fault here versus the Spanish situation last March, which was the act of terrorists, does not change my opinon in the
reactions of and the actions by the royals involved in both situations.
It doesn't matter what is the reason behind the crises, whether it be nature or human intent, it matters most what people do in such times. Both the Spanish and Swedish kings made televised broadcasts or public statements which in effect said that they understood the sorrow and plight of their fellow citizens and that their King was as sad as they were. In both cases we saw the queens of both nations take action: Queen Sofia visited a hospital that morning as well as attending a church service soon after followed by the memorial mass; Queen Silvia has made several public statements, attended several church services and a fundraiser to which she donated a private amount.
Felipe and the Infantas participated in a protest rally against the terrorist while Carl Phillip and Madeleine attended the fundraiser and made personal monetary contributions. Felipe and the Infantas along with their partners made visits to a hospital as well as attending a memorial mass, where they were photographed sobbing and in tears, and truly touched by the situation, just as we saw pictures of Madeline crying at the fundraiser.
Just because no one is "at fault" doesn't mean that there shouldn't be a reaction from our leaders. Earthquakes, hurricanes, and monsoons are not the fault of humans but that doesn't mean that our governments can sit idly back while such occurences devastate homes and lives, and not provide aid to those affected.
