Maybe you have the idea of monarchs actually ruling a country. About a Prince or a King giving orders, etc.
In fact they have excellent ministers and civil servants who taka care for a proper working of the state's institutions, the public works, the social security, the police, the health care, etc.
The Prince of Monaco is no exception in that. If a citizen stops the Prince to complain about a broken sewer in High Street, the Prince would turn to his secretary of Public Works and say: "I thought you were paid to solve this? Why am I bothered with this?"
And that is how it works. And how it should work. The Prince of Monaco is just The Prince. It is his principlaity and there are lots of people governing and administrating it, out of his name. He can swim a few lines with Charlene without making too much fuss about 'ruling'.
When I say "RULE" I don't mean the official aspects of it, I mean the more traditional aspects of it. He is NOT 'ruling' the way his father did. He wishes to date and live with his prospective, flaunt what he will, behave the way he will ... he intends to be the person he wants to be and use his position as Prince to make it okay. After all, he is the one making the "rules" of his behavior now ... no longer his father !
I know about government and politics .. was not talking about those decisions!
About Charlene and Albert, so what if he says "distant future"? Who knows what that means? A week? A Month? Ten years? It is a very vague statement from a man trying to buy back some privacy. But privacy was his until he and Charlene gave it away. I think there is all sorts of stuff going on in behind the scenes that we all don't know about. Language classes for Charlene, protocol classes, etc ... One can tell she has been undergoing some sort of changes because of the more classic way her make-up and hair are being done and the clothing .. well, designer all the way, not something she could afford on her own.
All the surprise of this union has gone away .. okay .. he is dating her, it's out of the bag now!!! But I think they are trying to build up some suspense by giving out vague statements and conflicting stories .. it keeps them in the news and all of us speculating ... which is partly what the media is for ... HYPE!
Albert might have indicated no marriage plans .. but he also dated a few other women when Charlene was gone after making those statements and he MUST have missed her or something .. because she came back ... in full force and is by his side all the time, barely swims for someone "in training for the Olympics" and has a car, clothes, and living accommodations of someone entering the civil list.
Rosalee
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