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Christian is such an adorable little boy. Thanks!
I'm not a parent so I'm not really sure how I feel about this. Yes, he may be a beginning swimmer but this is not a pool. This is a much more dangerous body of water. But at the same time Mary should know the behaviors of her child and know if he's going to act wild and crazy on board or just sit there and soak it all in. Plus, this isn't really the type of boat where you are running around a lot is it? It looks pretty small and cramped to me.
Oh for goodness sake, he was on the little boat for a short journey, he has umpteen security agents with him and he doesn't look like the sort of child who would suddenly throw a hissy fit and dive over board. As a mother I'm sure that Mary knows exactly how her son will behave, hence no life vest.
Thanks Linda Hsu for the great photo's of the young family playing at the beach.
Oh for goodness sake, he was on the little boat for a short journey, he has umpteen security agents with him and he doesn't look like the sort of child who would suddenly throw a hissy fit and dive over board.
Yes, he should have worn a life vest. However, it was a short ride, and I'm sure as someone mentioned, he had an army of lifeguards at his disposal in case anything went wrong. I think it's fair to say Christian was never in a real danger. Accidents can happen to anyone, anywhere, at anytime, even with a life vest. We all know they are safe and sound, that's what matters the most. I just adore this little guy!!
The campaigne she launched is called "Skru ned for solen - mellem 12&15" (Turn down on the sun between 12am-3pm). And she told the children they shouldn't be out in the sun without protection through sunlotion and hat during that particular daytime.and it is a conundrum that Princess Mary covered herself up from the sun, but her son had bare arms, and nothing on his head, a rather hypocritical turn considering she had warned some young children about the dangers of exposure to the sun during one of her appearances.
Absolutely not, I'm sure that the little prince has access to a swimming pool and is probably a very proficient swimmer. In Australia babies are being taught to swim from a very young age, just months old. I'm sure that CP Mary is the kind of mum who would ensure that Prince Christian is safe at all times and would have a firm grip on him. JMO
Wearing a hat is useful not only betewen 12am and 3pm, it is necessary to wear a hat if the sun is shinning for young kids and it is even more necessary if we are in summer where UV's are very high! Christian is not used to the sun, he was born and live in Denmark so he is not used to high temperatures and to the sun for sure! Of course if we let our son to have a sunburnt that is very bad and that is the utilmate consequence of not having sun protector and I assume that is not the case, but we need to be carreful with the sun, a hat and a t-shirt with medium sleeves could be the best for a baby that hasn't been to the sun very often!In fact you don't know how strong the sun was at that particular time. And for how long he was in the sun. (And if it was between 12am & 3pm.) And you also don't know what he is used to or not.
Mary does know all these things and since we never have seen Christian with a sunburnt skin so far I assume she knows what to do and when to do it. (Remember the pictures of Christian with sunlotion on his face in Australia?)
I just took my son to kindergarten and he was not wearing a hat and had bare arms although the sun was shining. Terrible mistake, I'm sure, he will never recover from it. But somehow I didn't get the impression that he felt unwell.
I do not disagree with you on principle, biboquinhas.
But I believe Mary knows the situation better than we do and can handle it. I also believe she is a caring mother and if a hat and a life-vest would have been necessary or available (I spend my holidays regularly in Croatia and never saw any children with life-vests on any boat) then she would have used them.
This was a short boat-trip along the beach to the ship in the harbour, they were not out on the deep sea, exposing Christian to the sun for half an hour.
We have seen other royal children out in the sun with no hats and nobody bothered to even take notice but it seems to me in connection with Mary every little thing becomes a big problem (and an indication for selfish and hypocritical behaviour - see wiwaxia's post to which I was originally responding).
...but it seems to me in connection with Mary every little thing becomes a big problem (and an indication for selfish and hypocritical behaviour - see wiwaxia's post to which I was originally responding).
They must be on holiday themselves. They always have great pics! I'm sure we will get to see bigger one soon, I can't wait. Thanks for posting the pictures of the family. What a lucky lady Mary is!!!Awww!!! I love seeing small children on vacation, they are just so interested in everything!! I wonder why Danish Royal Watchers doesn't have the current pictures up yet....
I wonder why Danish Royal Watchers doesn't have the current pictures up yet....
I wouldn't classify them as cautious whatsoever.But I kind of thought they would be cautious about putting to many pics up. Simply because this is a vacation that the family is on.
The campaigne she launched is called "Skru ned for solen - mellem 12&15" (Turn down on the sun between 12am-3pm). And she told the children they shouldn't be out in the sun without protection through sunlotion and hat during that particular daytime.
Do you know at what daytime those pictures were taken? Do you know whether Mary used sunlotion?
Do you know whether there was need for a sunhat? (Probably not since Mary did not cover herself up with a hat either.)
Actually we don't know any of these things.
So how can you call Mary a hypocrite?
I guess that's just your opinion?
And in a democracy everyone has a right to his opinion,
no matter if it is imparting false information or not.
There are other blogs out there besides the one you mentioned, so why not search to see what they might have?
Second, and I'm guessing here, the reason why they don't have the breaking news story along with photos: The Danish magazines haven't written anything about the Crown Prince couple's vacation (except what they wrote on July 18, 2007.)
The photos, posted above, are brand new (perhaps only a couple of hours) and since one of the blog owners lives in Austraila while the other lives in the States, they haven't had a chance to post anything yet. Give them a while and perhaps they will have something interesting from Billed Bladet, Se og Hor, or an original DRWs article up online within a couple of hours.
Finally, they're usually on top of things and are trustworthy so I wouldn't worry. Hang tight.
Yes, you guessed correctly, it is just my opinion; thanks for your reply! and therefore cannot be 'imparting false information' as you infer; if a person represents a cause, then IMO they should be exemplary in support of its criteria - on and off 'duty'.
Just wondering what makes you think one of the blog owners live in Australia?
I am not so sure