Exactly, I have never blamed her.
Unfortunately, whether it's intentional or not, many of your posts read as though you do
Duke of Marmalade said:
No, you are right. All of them are accessoires when being with their husbands = heirs. They are the ones who are important. The difference with Letizia is that she's the only CP who is reduced to this accessoire role as all others have more or less their own fields of activity and their own profile, just to name Maxima, Mathilde, Mette Marit etc.
With the exception of Maxima I would question whether any of the CP's have their own "field" or area yet.
Duke of Marmalade said:
You are right no question about her schedule being one of the busiest but assisting Felipe is not the kind of work I referred to earlier.
I would rather see her attend a conference on a serious issue like climate change (as they did recently) even if she is with her husband rather than some of the more "frivolous" activities some of the CP's indulge in.
Duke of Marmalade said:
I don't agree here. No way she does exactly what Felipe does. He's the heir, must be in the drivers' seat, does the speeches, the important talking, prize presentation etc. Letizia is there to assist and do small talk,
I think you'll find they both do the same thing when at an event, at times it's clear that Letizia is the one doing the talking. For example at the Book Fair there were many photos of her chatting away to people while Felipe looked on, she was clearly the one doing the talking.
Duke of Marmalade said:
Oh, well, Felipe confirmed then it must be true
I'm sorry, who else did you expect to confirm it?
I really don't see why people feel the need to constantly change the goalposts where Letizia is concerned. He has said that she helps him a great deal and it has been reported in the past that she does a great deal of work behind the scenes dealing with correspondence etc.
I on't understand why there needs to be this double standard?!
Duke of Marmalade said:
not so sure as royals work as much on their image as celebrities do. Regarding Felipe's speeches, I doubt he does any of them himself, as most other royals. People from Zarzuela's staff will do it for him while he can give input or do some editing. Keeping that in mind, I wouldn't overestimate Letizia's influence on Felipe's speeches. I said earlier that I assume that Letizia is involved in Felipe's work but if it's "heavily" or not I still don't know.
Well it's come staright from the "horse's" mouth that she does help and she offers solutions etc. Moreover it's hardly unbelievable as that's her background.