Swedish has a more liberal attitude about nudity than the United States. My opinion about her goes back and forth. I wouldn't say that this is acceptable (I think someone who becomes a Princess should have a much higher standard of behavior) but then again noone is perfect.
I appreciate how your personal experience might mirror some of Sofia's motivation, nascarlucy. But I still believe this is different. Unless you aren't telling the whole truth (LOL!), you didn't create photographic documentation of your rebellion to be published in a men's magazine.
As to your quote posted above, I have no problems with nudity. I think a human body, particularly a naked female, is a beautiful thing on many different levels. But there is a difference between artistic beauty (which can be found in paintings, statues, and IMO even some of the Playboy pictorials) and the photographs we have seen of Sofia. It's the difference between erotica and pornography, and that is a matter of opinion that even the Supreme Court here in the US can't define - (they can't define pornography but they know it when they see it).
Sofia's pictures aren't the worst out there and similar pictures have been seen in Playboy - but I would say they are approaching the racier end of Playboy or the tamer end of Penthouse, rather than artistic nudity...which makes them closer to porn than erotica.
But even if hers were the really artistic, completely professional type of nudes produced for example of Olympic athletes for Sports Illustrated or Vanity Fair (usually before the Olympic games), I would say it would be an inappropriate choice for her life and I see nothing wrong with those pictures.
I suppose it's a matter of expectations some may have for a royal person. Yes, Prince Charles was photographed nude while dressing inside a hotel room/cabana whatever it was. It's not the same thing because he was not posing for a photographer. But he should still have used better judgement than to change in front of an open window. Heads of state here in the US as teens have used drugs (Clinton & Obama) or alcohol to excess (George W. Bush) and gone on to become a head of state. But none of them were raised since birth to be a future head of state. Most of them made the decision to enter politics and public life after those events. Charles had been raised since birth knowing that he was going to be a future head of state so his lack of judgment IMO is worse than the others.
My expectations of CP are to choose one of the millions of beautiful, intelligent, sweet, discreet young women who haven't posed topless, or made out with a porn star, publicly stated their ambition in life is to be famous, participated in a reality program, and/or bragged about their relationship with any man - let alone a prince - on twitter or facebook.
My expectation for his potential wife is to have done none of those things.
The horse is dead...y'all know where I stand. Nothing more from me....LOL..unless they get engaged LOLOLOLLLOL!!!!
True. These pictures are from New York. Even though my friends did similar things at parties etc., I would never do anything like this.
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