Anna_R said:
I've been quietly searching for reasons for the fact that Letizia doesn't have any solo engagements. And I think I reached a conclusion - at least IMO.
The court is not afraid that Letizia will overshadow Felipe, the court is afraid that Letizia will overshadow Queen Sofia.
Sofia is now the "first lady" of the country. It's her that travels abroad on her own to meetings regarding microcredit, it's her that has her own foundation and etc. There's this very, very clear notion of hierarchy in the Spanish Royal family, and right now, the only woman allowed to shine is Sofia.
I know that the Infantas have their share of solo official duties as well, but for me they're seen as the "extension" of her mother.
And let's not forget that, back in the day, some people in Spain had a certain difficulty to accept Sofia because she was a foreigner. And Letizia is one of them, in many, many senses.
So, for now, the most important lady in the Spanish household is Queen Sofia, who's still a hard working queen.
I do not believe that after 40 years is born in mind that the Queen Sofia was born in Greece .... it has passed already a lot of time ... and it is not necessary to forget that the King Juan Carlos was born in Rome.
On the other hand, I do not believe that there is an alone reason for which Letizia does not do acts in solitarily. I believe that it is a heap of circumstances... Letizia catches many attention, and they do not want to turn her she is a famous and popular princess for herself ... but in a princess who makes the monarchic institution popular . There the shade is. The institution over the person. I believe that this it is the principal reason. And inside it it is does not get dark the work of other members of the family.
On what you comment...
It is true that in the monarchies the queens and princesses colitigants are in the habit of developing always the activities of charitable and cultural type ... cultural and socially this type of activities have associated more with the women. Possibly in countries like Holland or Denmark where the Queens are women and children have males, the arrival of the princesses was very good to promote this type of activities.
In Spain it is the opposite thing, there is one more woman and it is necessary to look for a place, and a suitable place where she could develop her activity. It would be very suitable that to Letizia were looking for an occupation and a project in the long term, with that the people the idenfique, it would be very positive. Mathilde and Maxima are working with the Microcredit, Mette Marit has begun to be employed at the struggle against the AIDS. But it seems that for House of the King, this is not a priority
, and between other things it is not a priority because this work already other persons do it.
The Queen and the Infantas have the very distributed and organized activities.
The Queen continues being a very active woman in many things. She presides at her own Foundation dedicated to charitable and cultural purposes. Now she is overturned in the construction of a residence for the investigation and the patients' care of Alzheimer. She takes part in many cultural acts related to her Foundation. She collaborates for many years with the Microcredit, presides at the Association of struggle against the drug addiction and many other associations, and visit every year projects of Spanish Cooperation in different parts of the world.
The Infanta Elena presides at the Paralimpic Committee , and many activities related to children are assigned to her. The Infanta Cristina collaborates with the UNESCO, and devotes herself more to the activities with elders.
The sisters of the King, the Infantas Pilar and Margarita also collaborate with other institutions. Even the Princess Irene presides at a charitable association.
In order that they are going to worry in looking something for Letizia, in preparing some type of project and to develop it if other already they do everything? It seems that this does not worry them by no means, and that for them it would be one more problem...:bash: