Lilla
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I fail to understand what revolutionary changes usual Danes expect from their Crown Prince.
No wonder Al bina. I don't either - and I am one of those usual Danes
I fail to understand what revolutionary changes usual Danes expect from their Crown Prince.
Your parallel re George VI and his wife vs Mary & Fred really made me think. I believe you you hit the nail. Mary should provide all the security and love she can [which I believe she does] so that Fred will become his own man and rule the exact way he feels is correct. Mary will never change Fred (no wife ever does, believe me) but she will always be his sounding board and security. Fred on the other hand, will never come into his own until he becomes king. Look how many years it has taken Prince Charles of UK to get out from under the WIMP identification. Heavens, when he was in his early 20s, people thought his sister, P Anne had more backbone. There are still a lot that refer to him as 'milk toast' in nature. Only time will tell. I believe that Fred and Mary will make a great team in the future for their country.There's a parallel with Queen Elizabeth, who was married to the younger brother of Edward VIII and was left to pick up the pieces after the abdication. George VI was a diffident, nervous man with a stammer and an awkward disposition, and his wife is generally credited with being instrumental in his success as king. However, by all accounts she did it by providing security, warmth, support, and protection for him and the family, not by trying to remake him into something he wasn't. It was the attempt by his father to do that when he was a child which turned him into such a basket case in the first place. I don't think you can realistically ask for more from Mary than the Queen Mother provided for her husband.
Lots! Feel free to check www.1015copenhagenk.com Readers' reactions and Critics as well. Plus Viv Rosendahl did one on the unofficial royal forum. Lots of reviews out there!
No wonder Al bina. I don't either - and I am one of those usual Danes
Would you not like a Crown Prince, who actually puts in a full days work? Would you not like a Crown Prince, who gives something back to his community? Would you not like a Crown Prince, who has the ability to ensure that the monarchy is also alive in 100 years time? Would you not like a Crown Prince, who does not divide the nation by making the choices, he does? Nothing revolutionary about it. Just common sense and a belief that the monarchy will not survive unless the heir to the throne pulls himself together. Other monarchies have reformed over the years. Other royals have managed to adapt to the times we are living in. Why not the Danish royals?
...and, IMO, end of monarchy after him!I want Crown Prince Frederik to be precisely who he is! End of story!
...and, IMO, end of monarchy after him!
...and, IMO, end of monarchy after him!
Well, I believe that it would be better to say that European Royal houses are required to adapt. For instance, the Japanese Imperial Family is expected to avoid changing anything much or doing other revolutionary things. Quite the contrary, members of the Japanese Imperial family must always protect and cultivate "the Japanese tradition and cultural heritage" that have not changed much over the centuries....[snipped] Other monarchies have reformed over the years. Other royals have managed to adapt to the times we are living in. Why not the Danish royals?
I've just purchased your book online via your website Trine, and look forward to receiving and reading it very much. I will get back to this thread when I've actually read it
Well, I believe that it would be better to say that European Royal houses are required to adapt. For instance, the Japanese Imperial Family is expected to avoid changing anything much or doing other revolutionary things. Quite the contrary, members of the Japanese Imperial family must always protect and cultivate "the Japanese tradition and cultural heritage" that have not changed much over the centuries.
If you wish, you can check the following post by ChiaraC http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/743082-post36.htmlhttp://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/743082-post36.html
Well only Danes can decide about that and if Danes share Lilla's opinion, that will not be the end that soon.
You have your oppinion. I have mine!
Change is unstoppable!
I agree. It is the fundamental nature of human beings and why CP Frederik just has to keep on going the way he does now - being himselfe.
I want the Danes to have a monarchy. I just want us to have a better monarchy!
Change in society will then make the decision for him and the monarchy!
No, as a human being he will do just like the rest of us human beings do. Making his own reflections upon society and his role in society and according to these reflections he will make his decisions.
I think you are underestimating the Danish people here! In Obama's words: Change is unstoppable!
I understand that people are reluctant to change, people like Lilla, who prefer the status quo,
I've just come from a holiday on a meditrainan coast and I took the book with me. Now let me voce my opinion. I am born and bred British, and since Charles and Diana's wedding I have followed and read just about e/thg reg the BRF, I go to car boot sales and look for old books and the lot. I know alot about the BRF. I have only recently (the past couple of years) followed the other royals. Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Belgium etc. I actually found the book very informative, easy to read, flowed well.
Yes it does criticize the DRF, so what? it isn't writen in a malicious way. The facts are written, and so far no lawsuit is pending. Have you read other lit. regarding other RF's? Last spring I read a book about QEII which was written for her 70th b-day, It was just as this was informative, and wrote also about the weaker points of all the BRF The Queen, PHILIP, Charles, andrew the kents Glouscestors, history etc. I have a feeling many people who are "trinnie bashing" just can't bear their very favourate fairytale CP being exposed as being oh my gosh...HUMAN