Yes, yes, yes, on the "old" Point de Vue. Years ago, PDV used to *suggest* scandals and overtones in a way that fascinated me -- I'd get the drift of what they meant, but everything was sort of discreet.
(These days, rather than talking about Baudouin and Fabiola's love story, we'd probably get ovulation schedules and sperm counts.)
But, I wonder if today's younger royals even have enough glamour or mystique to create the stories we saw years ago. I think that the generation born after, say, the mid-1960s has grown up with such a sense of being "like everyone else," there's nothing special about them at all. They just don't have the "presence" their elders had.
I've had a chance to see several royals up close in real life. Elizabeth and Philip, Charles, Farah Diba, Beatrix, Grace, Henrik, Anne-Marie, Sophia and Juan Carlos, Felipe, Pavlos, Noor, and Silvia all had *magic* -- they truly changed the electricity in the rooms they were in, even though several of them were "off duty" and dining or shopping in private circumstances. By contrast, I literally didn't notice that Mary, Laurent, Zara, or Willem-Alexander were in the room or at the event until someone pointed them out. They seemed like nice, charming people, but they didn't have the presence their elders have.
(But, I'd bet they'd still run rings around Britney Spears!)
Well in France it's a "serious" magazine, not considered as a tabloid. It's the upper class of celebrity magazines and most readers are old women lol. But I'm 16 and I read it so I believe there are exeptions
YES, quite reputable it is!
I have subscribed to it FOREVER.
The editor-in-Chief, Ingrid Seqard, takes great care not to be salacious, although once in awhile one can throw in a tidbit or two ... and, she does!
I love that Charles married Camilla, finally. NOT to have done, would have been a complete sham, IMHO.
I buy it when it has coverage of The Monegasque Royals, especially Princess Stephanie de Monaco, and Caroline's "children".
I pick my way thru' it, French-English dictionary firmly in hand, LOL
... for the photos, especially.
I like Vanidades, although it doesn't devote itself to Royalty as much as do other 'zines.
-- Abbie
I don't consider People Magazine a tabloid, its very informative.
Point de Vue has a website
Point de Vue *.:.*
Hope you will be able to find what you wish.
Happy New Year to all members
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Well, I looked in this weeks (week 2) issue of PdV and we are not the only ones who are noticing PdV´s change of course. One of the send-in letters was from somebody who remarked that he/she has been a member of PdV for 45 years but that recently the focus seems to shift and he/she referred to ´Roi Sarkozy´ and ´Reine Carla´.
I have to give PdV credit for their reply, it was rather gracefull but basically saying nothing. They pointed to the articles they had on royals in the previous issue and they emphasized that their focus was on royalty, people who make a difference in the world and thus also heads of state. They also point out that they had 2 scoops on Sarkozy and Bruni.
I have to say this issue is better than the last one, royalty wize though again a dosis of Pres. Sarkozy & Carla Bruni, the American presidential candidates & families etc. But more royalty and another long article on Diane de Cadaval and her fiancee, the Duke of Anjou. I suppose Rosalinda has stopped writing angry letters to PdV on calling her younger half sister Duchess de Cadaval (or PdV doesn´t print them anymore
) but for the last 3 weeks we've been surrounded by the french president.
