What if a princess did make him happy? What if a princess is what he truly wants? I
never said that commoners should stay in caves or 'in their place' or at all not be married to a nice man. On the other hand, what exactly is wrong with a princess. Mette-Marit used to be a drug addict (as if they themselves don't have issues already) and ahd a kid out of wedlock with a convicted drug offender?
As for Georgi being a pretender, so what? He isn't much to look at, but should ALL princes be perfectly handsome? He might end up being better, or not, but he is quite the young man if he hasn't had a lot of love scandals and a lot of major porblems or baggage. He might not have mounds of cash, but should a prince automatically be wealthy, or if he doesn't, he isnt' worthy of a title? Money can't buy ancestors and money can't buy honor and decency.
a Maxima or a Mary or a Mette Marit, or even a Catherine who, apparently to the above, had to learn manners and how to carry themselves.
Exactly. By the time of their marriage, they should have had enough of an upbringing to know how to carry themselves as ladies. Maxima is different since she had a well bred upbringing and as for Kate, well, she should have been doing other things than partying all the time nad boozing it up like a total floozy. Frankly, it would be refreshing to see a princess that isn't out slurping alcohol. Princess Beatrice has apparently stopped boozing and exercises so seh isn't aas overweight and Princess Stephanie, well, she is a Grimaldi and that is an entirely different sphere of upbringing. Monarchies are supposed to be exclusive and the members well trained, so they are the best possible representatives. If Georgi is such a non-catch, why shouldn't he marry someone who won't judge him according to his means and his precarious claim on a throne that does not exist?
Lastly, how many of these commoner brides would look twice at the men they married if in fact they weren't heirs to reigning thrones? Mary didn't show an interest in Nikolaus of Greece, but rubbed against Felipe of Spain and then went after Frederick after Felipe didn't fall for the bait. So it's not like commoner brides have such pure motives all the time.