UserDane
Royal Highness
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No one doubts that Victoria or Hakoon will be great monarchs one day. Why? I would say because they are great number twos at the moment.
Just curious - because this is what I often hear said - that Victoria will be a great queen. I have nothing against Victoria; she seems a sweet person (as do a lot of other younger royals). But I do wonder why so many always state that she will be a great regent. What is that based on? Does she carry a very heavy work load? From my visits to TRF and the like I do not perceive that she works harder than any other CP; so is it her winning smile that triggers these predictions? Her sex? (then the following generations will be loaded with 'great regents' and poor Christian will be one of the 'unfortunate male regents' ). Again, nothing against Victoria - but I do wonder what actual facts these expectations about her are based on.
From the discussion here about Frederik, it is my impression that we want to push our favourites to the top and perhaps attribute them more positive characteristics than actually demonstrated - and vice versa for those we are not so keen on. Many posters have generally deemed Frederik's jobs 'light'. And it seems that if Haakon attends one Davos meeting that counts way more in his favour than Frederik visiting victims from the Japan tsunami og going to Africa. That is our perception and that is what we stick to.
Frederik has also been labelled 'folksy' - and so have his jobs. What is wrong with that? True, if he wants to navigate in the superficial world of the Internet and the quick media attention (and it is superficial - a world where things only exist if 'we' have solid proof in the form of image documentation) then yes, he will have to have less public attention on his sports related engagements and blow up attention on his other areas.
His mother could get away with having a fairly narrow focus on culture; In this day and age Frederik cannot get away with a similar focus on another subject. QMII has had an elitist focus on culture - I'm not complaining about it, just stating facts. QMII for all her admirable qulities is rather elitist in her focus areas compared with the majority of her subjects. Frederik is the other way around, he's good with 'folksy' stuff. He likes culture too, has shown interests in various areas which are not typically areas his mother has focused on.
That is apparently being 'light'. And apparently we are "a sleepy little country" (a rather derogatory comment - perhaps we should drown in national debt, lay off our social services etc. to make us less 'sleepy') easily satisfied with less than other monarchies. Nonsense in my opinion. I hope that Frederik will continue to not fall into the media trap where the superficial media image is everything. QMII has stated several times that she has faith in her son and follower; I for one believe her.
Bowing to the media pressure in all that you do - that is 'celebrity' in my opinion. And that's exactly what 'we' do not like in our royals, isn't it?
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