At the risk of beating a dead horse, I think Delphine's choice to discuss her half-siblings and their mother on a public podcast - a podcast that appears to be royal gossip-focused - is not the same as Delphine choosing to discuss her feelings with friends or a therapist. We all have said things to friends that we would never say on a public podcast.
Delphine does not appear to be a stupid person. She knew what she was doing, and how her words would potentially hurt people- and these people were not responsible for the circumstances of her birth. Nor has she offered to withdraw her statements or provided any clarification of her intent.
If Delphine appeared to be a naive, uneducated woman, then I truly would give her the benefit of the doubt. But she can't have it both ways: it can't be that Delphine is an intelligent woman and has no idea that discussing her half-siblings and their mother on a gossip podcast would come off unkind and unbecoming.
There is nothing more ridiculous to me than when a person with a royal title, who chooses to use that title, complains that the system isn't fair to them, because they deserve more. As though nobility and royalty is meant to be a fair and equitable system. At its core, it is built on the principle that certain people, because of who their parents were, are granted more significant privileges than others. And every European system of nobility and royal house has always given more privileges to children born within authorized marriages. Again, it's not about equality. That's just how it is. If you disagree with that concept, then you fundamentally don't agree with the entire system, and you are hypocritical if you continue trying to benefit from the system.
Delphine does not appear to be a stupid person. She knew what she was doing, and how her words would potentially hurt people- and these people were not responsible for the circumstances of her birth. Nor has she offered to withdraw her statements or provided any clarification of her intent.
If Delphine appeared to be a naive, uneducated woman, then I truly would give her the benefit of the doubt. But she can't have it both ways: it can't be that Delphine is an intelligent woman and has no idea that discussing her half-siblings and their mother on a gossip podcast would come off unkind and unbecoming.
There is nothing more ridiculous to me than when a person with a royal title, who chooses to use that title, complains that the system isn't fair to them, because they deserve more. As though nobility and royalty is meant to be a fair and equitable system. At its core, it is built on the principle that certain people, because of who their parents were, are granted more significant privileges than others. And every European system of nobility and royal house has always given more privileges to children born within authorized marriages. Again, it's not about equality. That's just how it is. If you disagree with that concept, then you fundamentally don't agree with the entire system, and you are hypocritical if you continue trying to benefit from the system.
