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Why are people so worked up about the fact that a man and a woman in the 21st century are going to have a baby and for reasons of their own have decided not to be married? It is not as if lots of people do not make a similar decision. In France it is about 55% of women, and I read in a summer...

Mutual descent from Electress Sophie of Hanover.

I doubt anyone but Sixte cares what Sixte thinks anymore. His time has long past.

I guess that is the whole point, it was just an article of clothing. Is it considered normal for adults to get themselves so heated up over a simple article of clothing no matter if they love it or loathe it? I mean it is one thing to state that one dislikes a piece of clothing but to keep...

Yes, just look at how that turned out......not exactly the best days for the monarchy and not ones we want repeated any time soon if we can avoid it.

I know but the over reaction to a dress has been just as extreme.

Given the warmth of the letters between Diana and Philip I am not sure I would bank on your statement as factual. .

At the end of the day it was just a dress, love it or hate it that's all it was. No one died. No gunboats were launched. Diplomatic relations were not severed. Trade sanctions were not imposed. It was just a selection of clothing that was apparently not successful. Big deal?!?! The world kept...

Have you or your sister even met Beatrice let alone physically examined her? If not then no I would say you do not "kind of know" but are merely passing around unqualified speculation as fact.

Lets not start diagnosing medical conditions unless you have a MD degree and have actually examined the patient.

Not the first woman, or even princess, this has happened to and no doubt will not be the last. Cannot get too worked up about it. Did love what she wore to the Bloshoi.

Why do her friends always seem to be the people leaking these stories to the newspapers?

That is what I find so refreshing and admirable about this Pope as opposed to his 2 immediate predecessors who seemed more concerned about peoples private lives than the lives of those in need in the world. Francis talks in more positive terms about people while JPII and Benedict XVI spoke more...

^^^^^ So much for all the Mayor of Amsterdam's complaint in the run up to the installation - too expensive, too many people etc. The man was a real killjoy.

^^^^^ A father giving his daughter away in marriage is not really part of the tradition in The Netherlands.

Yes yes we know you don't bow or curtsey to anyone regardless of their position. Good for you, yet many well educated well brought up men and women do not seem to find it problematic to bow to a judge or genuflect to a Cardinal or Archbishop and I have noticed when Frederik and Mary of Denmark...

^^^^^ Well she certainly would not be the first royal lady with a bare back. Diana rather famously wore barebacked gowns with a string of pearls hanging down in back.

Other than providing nice gifts on appropriate occasions, and possibly the odd holiday invite, what solemn responsibilities do you imagine the godparent of a prince might have? they will never be the child's guardian in the event of a tragedy as the monarch is legal guardian to all royal...

I have had the same experience with the DM. They do not like to let facts get in the way and certainly do not like to have it pointed out that their story was factually wrong.

Frankly, I prefer how HH phrased it "Who am I to judge" which is contrary to how so many Christians view their fellow man. http://www.towleroad.com/2013/10/poll-two-thirds-of-us-catholics-agree-that-the-church-focuses-too-much-on-homosexuality.html

Do you imagine that anyone is too fussed about who Sixte does or does not recognize? They seem to be able to carry on with their lives quite nicely without needing his approval.

One would assume that any monarchy would have been a constitutional monarchy so Sarkozy and Hollande would have exactly as much power as the constitution and their parliamentary majorities allowed them. As long as they acted within their constitutional rights the King could say and do nothing...

I am afraid the dear Sheikh Doctor General President Dictator of Gambia will not be greatly missed at the upcoming Commonwealth meeting. One less dictator to give foreign aid to as far as I am concerned. I do feel sorry for his people though as his rule does not seem to have done much to improve...

In one of the Jubilee interviews the Duke of York said that HM is the only one in the family who knows what everyone's schedules are, and that if she see that everyone is going to be in the same county/region at the same time she will question through her Private Secretary why that has happened...

As Reza has only daughters who is to be the Pretender to the throne after him?