tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762674434623075554.post5588266412314426153..comments2024-03-29T04:20:44.056-04:00Comments on Royal Musings: Princess Madeleine to marryMarlene Eilers Koenighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14984860671065161997noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762674434623075554.post-64705588480979160482012-10-27T19:11:38.353-04:002012-10-27T19:11:38.353-04:00I used the word "allowance" yesterday be...I used the word "allowance" yesterday because I had read it from what I'd considered an unimpeachable source, i.e. you.:-) In your Oct. 25 post concerning Madeline retaining her title you state in the second line of the second paragraph that she will continue to receive her allowance, or apanage. Regardless of how her government subsidy gets allotted to her, she did come under heavy fire earlier this year for spending too much time living in New York. She even had to stay in Sweden longer after her niece's christening so she could be seen patronizing her charities, i.e. giving good value for money. Even though she gave an interview stating that her stay in New York was being privately funded, why would the Royal Court have reacted so strongly to media criticism if it was all just a misunderstanding? This certainly has been an "Annus Horribilis" for Carl XVI Gustaf! Why, in what undoubtedly has been the worst year of their father's reign, are his children either minding their own business, lying low, or leaving the country instead of standing by their father and supporting him? I wonder what the Bernadotte family dynamic is truly like behind palace walls. P.S.- I ADORE YOU. I've read your work since I was a child, I regularly annotate my copy of QVD, and I'm THRILLED to be finally corresponding with you!!!!!!!new york texanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08976417383342831603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762674434623075554.post-84898289701912908352012-10-27T03:00:57.439-04:002012-10-27T03:00:57.439-04:00new york texan@7.42p - what's sketchy about th...new york texan@7.42p - what's sketchy about they guy's parents, and his mother, in particular?phoebes in santa fehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10083814964836187823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762674434623075554.post-82537761292945796732012-10-26T22:36:54.609-04:002012-10-26T22:36:54.609-04:00I doubt the weddings will clash. The dates are en...I doubt the weddings will clash. The dates are entirely to be different. Madeleline is a princess. Andrea is a very rich commoner.Marlene Eilers Koenighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14984860671065161997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762674434623075554.post-32310853222091722412012-10-26T22:36:07.596-04:002012-10-26T22:36:07.596-04:00Madeleine receives payment for official duties ..s...Madeleine receives payment for official duties ..she does not get a government allowance. She is paid only for those duties she carries out. This was pointed out in the papers yesterday. He comes from a family of self-made millionaires, from poor immigrants from Italy and Ireland to become very well off. Two of his half sisters have made good aristocratic marriages, and even though Mom has been married four times, she moves in the right circles and is not shunned ... Marlene Eilers Koenighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14984860671065161997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762674434623075554.post-34059658665024004732012-10-26T19:42:25.069-04:002012-10-26T19:42:25.069-04:00There's something a little fishy about this gu...There's something a little fishy about this guy. His family's personal history, particularly his mother's, is frankly too questionable for him to become a member of a royal family as answerable to their government, let alone public opinion, as Sweden's, and hasn't Madelaine already drawn fire from the Swedish press for continuing to draw a government allowance inspite of having moved to New York? I doubt Swedish tax payers were pleased with the news that her allowance will continue now that she's permanately settling there, and marrying an apparent millionaire besides. I realize she will continue to carry out minor, occasional duties on behalf of the king, but I doubt she's worth the continued expenditure. In general, I doubt this impending marriage will stem the tide of the Swedish monarchy's declining popularity.new york texanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08976417383342831603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762674434623075554.post-13451924957051956102012-10-26T18:55:39.516-04:002012-10-26T18:55:39.516-04:00I meant from the perspective of royal watchers. I meant from the perspective of royal watchers. mstjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10542158830887996937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762674434623075554.post-38897886438659692772012-10-25T21:55:26.876-04:002012-10-25T21:55:26.876-04:00Why would this wedding clash with Andrea Casiraghi...Why would this wedding clash with Andrea Casiraghi's wedding. Madeleine is a royal princess, the daughter of a reigning sovereign. Andrea is not a royal. His mother is a princess, but he is not royal. His wedding will be largely private (like the engagement)and reigning royals from all over Europe won't attending.Marlene Eilers Koenighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14984860671065161997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762674434623075554.post-91731557278313708822012-10-25T18:13:16.836-04:002012-10-25T18:13:16.836-04:00I wonder if this wedding will clash with Andrea Ca...I wonder if this wedding will clash with Andrea Casiraghi's?mstjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10542158830887996937noreply@blogger.com