MARG
Imperial Majesty
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Now if Frederik had just worn his red trousers . . .i'm sorry but all i can see in this video of the arrival is mary following the cameras with her eyes. even in 0.45 as the chair for the night talks to her and welcomes her and frederik, she seems to be more interested in the people taking pictures of her and in posing for the pictures.
i find it rather inacceptable. i know i will now have the mary lovers jumping to my neck, but it's just so evident and disturbing. this is supposed to be about charity and accomplishments, not about personal alabation.
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No you won't.
It's a question of interpretation I'd say. What I see and not least hear, is the photographers screaming for Mary's attention. - Frederik, not wearing a dress, doesn't get that much attention from the press...
So she's naturally looking at the cameras.
I am amazed that unlike the rest of the recipients on the red carpet, at some points Mary seemed a little embarassed. Not so her husband, he positively beamed and kept pointing the press towards her. It was obvious for all to see how proud he was that she had been given such an award. His actions positively screamed "that's my wife"! While Mary looked at little embarassed, Frederik held her hand.I read somewhere in German, that they posed very briefly to the press compared to most of the others on the red carpet. I think there was about 200 photographers +tv.
And, judging from the Bunte video, Mary didn't even give a brief interview afterwards like the other recipients did. Hardly a sign of attention-seeking behaviour.
Mary reacted like any other normal person would when being on a red carpet with a large number of photographers shouting out your name. It's natural to follow the cameras with your eyes – that is what the photographers want, it's what the red carpet is for (it must've be quite an upsetting feeling for the photographers if they'd come home with a handful pictures of the attendees looking everywhere else than at then cameras). And she did it gracefully, in my humble opinion . . .
Obviously the attention is on her rather than on Frederik because she is the recipient of the BAMBI and I think it was noticeable how proud Frederik was at her.
I think Frederik and Mary are both used to the red carpet treatment and that 95% of the time they are the honoured guests, not the main act. But this red carpet appearance really was "all about Mary" and her fellow recipients. And proof that even Princesses get a little rattled, she even had a little trip.
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