Hellenic Kings and future pretenders Friday, Apr 30 2010 

Greece , Sam 7:52 am

Let’s talk about the Greeks, shall we?

For some it may be surprising, what with the Greek being the inventors of democracy and all, but until 1967 (nominally until 1973) the Greeks were a monarchy and saw themselves as the successors to the Byzantine Empire.

Unlike most modern European monarchies, the last few Greek kings were heavily involved in their country’s politics, which was a good thing before and during WWII, but proved to be somewhat problematic later during the Greek Civil War, as factions started to form (see the section about the evacuation of the children especially). All this was under King Pavlos (Paul, King of the Hellenes; father of the current King of the Hellenes and of Queen Sophia of Spain). The political climate calmed down considerably after the Civil War but got stormier again when King Konstantin II (I’m using the K-spelling intentionally) ascended the throne with 23.

Contrary to the United Kingdom, where Konstantin’s cousin Philip was Prince Consort to the young Queen Elizabeth II, Greece was a country caught between extreme political views – communist, centrist and conservative – and not quite as stable as the UK. One could argue now why that is so but…let’s not go there.

At 23, Konstantin was an inexperienced young man and politician and had inherited a lot of his father’s views and baggage. That’s probably why he managed to cause a constitutional crisis at the tender age of 25, known as the Apostasia of 1965, when he dismissed the newly elected prime minister. Elections were scheduled for May 1967 and Konstantin appointed an interim government.

Only a few weeks before the elections, several right wing generals seized power in a coup d’etat, arresting and killing political rivals. Konstantin, as the head of state – and even though he was inexperienced he should have known better – sanctioned the putchist government and swore them in and had basically lost by then already. He claims he attempted a counter-coup but that did not bear any fruits. Konstantin and his family, Anne Marie of Denmark and their two babies Alexia and Pavlos, had to flee into exile to Rome. They later came to live in London and Konstantin is close to his British and Danish relatives.

Konstantin has made a lot of claims that run contrary to what other people directly involved in the coup have stated and I, personally, am not too sure he’s not simply covering his ass. I wouldn’t blame him, he made a few dire mistakes (some of which could have been avoided), but he also was a victim of the circumstances, at least in part.

The junta government lasted for seven years and the aftermath is what we see today. If you’re interested, the wikipedia article is quite interesting, I spent a good hour yesterday following Greek history from the 1940s until the 70s.

What is further interesting is that despite the monarchy being abolished in 1973, Konstantin never abdicated his throne. He still is Konstantine of Greece and Denmark, King of the Hellenes. Even though he is not allowed to return to the country as king – at present – he is free to enter and leave Greece as he pleases and he and his wife even have a vacation home somewhere on the coast. This leaves several rather interesting openings for future developments.

Restoring him to the throne is one possibility, although with the mistakes that have been made, with his statements and claims, and also considering his age (the man turned 70 this year), that is an unlikely development.

Konstantin and Anna Maria of Greece have five children who are in their forties and in their twenties today, Crown Prince of Greece is Pavlos of Greece and Denmark; should his father die before being restored to the throne he would become the pretender to the (defunct) Greek throne. He is the second option the Greeks would have and for more reasons than just him being the Crown Prince.

Pavlos attended college in London, underwent military training in Sandhurst and later studied at Georgetown University (sharing a flat with Felipe, Prince of Asturias and I don’t think we want to know what went on there), graduating in International Relations Law and Organization then later achieved a Master of Science in Foreign service, specializing in Eastern Europe and the Balkans.

Besides being more than on par with the political situation back home and in the surrounding countries, Pavlos seems to have a keen head for business, as he co-founded several investment groups and funds, among other dabbling in hedge funds and alternative investment.

Basically, Pavlos has more qualifications to lead the country of Greece than most, if not all, of the Greek politicians.

As for his personal life, he is married to Marie-Chantal Miller and they have five children, born and raised in the US (and London, where his parents reside today).

Sound advice, dear Greeks, get your Crown Prince on the throne and let him run the show for a few years. You can make a contract, give him more influence for a couple of years and cut back on it then.

For those who care to know: The royal line of Greece belongs to the House Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (yep, we Germans dabble in all the royal lines ;)), Konstantin is descendant from Christian IX of Denmark both matri- and patrilineal and he retains his rank as a Danish prince even though he is not in line to the Danish throne any longer (a referendum having abolished his claim). Anne-Marie (Anna Maria) was a princess of Denmark before marrying Konstantin. Hence the members of the Greek royal family are always “of Greece and Denmark”.

 

Letters Wednesday, Apr 28 2010 

Greece and Sweden , Sam 7:49 am

Dear Princess Madeleine,

first of all, you did the right thing in kicking the cheating bastard to the curb.

That’s about the only thing you did right though.

Of course, all this is said from the outside point of view, and I can talk all I want as long as I haven’t walked in your shoes.

But if you truly knew about the incident with the girl in Norway two weeks after it happened, you should never have gotten engaged. Binding a man to you with a ring doesn’t work, wanting to bind a woman like you should not either. When he started to officially date you, he should have known that escapades like that one are completely out of the question, if he was 22 at the time or 30.

I’m sorry you were hurt, especially by someone who clearly doesn’t deserve it. I understand about hanging on to a seven year relationship, especially with your sister marrying soon and your brother being….well, the was he is, but while cheating is something that has worked in royal circles in the past…it doesn’t do so anymore in the present. And please don’t listen to the idiot saying the two of you should pull yourselves together again. You deserve better than that.

Seriously.

Love,
me

Dear Greek people (all of you),

if you’d kept your king (in power), this probably wouldn’t have happened. He’s still alive, btw. And he has sons (and daughters).

Just saying.

No love,
me

 

…and I had it pictured so nicely! Monday, Apr 19 2010 

UK Sam 7:48 am

Such a shame, Wills won’t be attending Vikkan’s wedding, instead Charles will probably go.

It looks more and more tempting to simply place a bet on Wills and CP in the UK, that’s bound to get media attention for the sheer obscurity of it alone.

 

Madde, child, what to do Or: How to not do it Sunday, Apr 18 2010 

Sweden Sam 7:45 am

So let’s talk about Princess Madeleine of Sweden.

Youngest of the three Bernadotte siblings and partyprinsessan, albeit not quite as excessively as Harry of Wales. She’s loved by the media and the most outgoing of the three. She seems like a sweet girl, from all that’s available, although at times she could need a better PR team. And someone to tell her that wearing pelt is NOT cool.

She became engaged to Jonas Bergström, a lawyer, around the same time as Victoria to Daniel last year, announcing the wedding would take place some time in fall (without naming a specific date). While proceedings went well for Vikkan and Dan-Dan (no, I’m not making this up), things seemed to have been somewhat more rocky for Madde and Jonas.

Around the beginning of the year, before I actually became interested in the whole matter due to YHR, there had been some trouble already. This was attributed to her critisizing him a lot due to the fact that he spent too much time at work and wasn’t interested enough in the wedding. However, that was just said to be typically Madeleine, because she was a princess and has been dreaming about the perfect wedding since she was little etc etc. (amazing, the stuff the brain keeps stored even though it’s completely useless knowledge, or was at the time). They were said to have made up during vacation to Thailand.

Afterwards it was already said the wedding would be postponed to next spring (keep this in mind, it will be more important in a bit).

Now, I’m pretty sure you guys don’t read the gossip columns or you don’t even get royal gossip as much as we do around her (considering Germany has no royals anymore, we get surprisingly much news regarding those of all other ruling houses), so latest news is: They’re having trouble yet again.

And this time to the point of her having moved out of their flat in Stockholm and spends her night in Drottningholm Palace and at friends’ places. It is said if not for the engagement, the relationship would be over already. A day later, Queen Silvia made a statement the wedding was postponed and there had never been talk of a wedding this year in the first place. (Which is semi-true but remember what I said before).

Madeleine also is going to NYC for a month, alone, and she wasn’t at Queen Margrethe II’s birthday celebrations.

This puts the royal court of Sweden into an interesting position.

Two royal weddings (of the same house no less) is a bad idea to start with, which is why I thought that first time postponing it was a PR stunt.

Her sister’s wedding is two months away tomorrow and if she doesn’t show up on Jonas’ arm then, everyone will probably know what’s up. Or what isn’t up, for that matter, because then they don’t need to announce anything but the engagement is off the table. Jonas has been meeting with Daniel this last week but nothing has transpired.

This is not ideal. (Actually, it’s a similar situation the Brits are in with Kate, as William can’t go back nor forth, after a fashion.) Something like this should never have made it into the public in the first place, this only puts more pressure on both of them, which is something they really can’t need now.

Breaking off a royal engagement is…I don’t know if it’s completely out of the question but entertaining the notion alone is definitely not good.

So where will they go from here? Time will tell, I guess, but it’s not looking too good. I’ll keep following this, just the last few days Auntie Margrethe’s birthday was more interesting for everyone involved (diverting of attention and all that).

 

Queen Margrethe’s 70th Birthday – Nuggets of…Disturbance Saturday, Apr 17 2010 

Sweden , Sam 7:42 am

As Lara put it so aptly a few minutes ago, if we didn’t know you’ll be brothers in law soon (and that Daniel is very much in love with his fiancée), we’d be worried.

(Daniel Westling and Prince Carl Philip of Sweden, in case anyone was wondering)

 

Victoria of Sweden, manic grins and blue podiums Monday, Apr 12 2010 

Sweden , Sam 7:37 am

Even speaking in European standards, Sweden is a highly progressive country (come on, they elected their royal family from [French] commoners!). They also have an evil tax system.

Victoria of Sweden was not born Crown Princess, she only became that when Sweden – against the King’s wishes – abolished male-preference primogeniture shortly after the birth of her brother. Lucky for everyone, because as much as I adore Carl Philip, he’s not head-of-state material.

When it comes to Victoria, there have been tow major incidences in the last twelve, thirteen years.

The first was when she did her long, involuntary slide into anorexia, eventually prompting even H&M to change the sizes in their collections to make them more ‘real’ (i.e. in Sweden you don’t have to buy two sizes bigger than in every other shop). Unfortunately this change didn’t make it to the rest of Europe. Victoria went to University in Yale and was treated successfully in the US.

She herself said: “I felt like an accelerating train, going right down… during the whole period. I had eating disorders and was aware of it, my anguish was enormous. I really hated how I looked like, how I was… I, Victoria, didn’t exist. It felt like everything in my life and around me was controlled by others. The one thing I could control was the food I put in me. What happened cost and I was the one who stood for the payments. Now I’m feeling well and with the insights I’ve acquired through this I can hopefully help someone else.” which is rather insightful, regarding herself but also for those who have not suffered from the condition.

The second incident, if you want to call it that, is the fact that she is going to marry her fitness coach this coming June (Daniel Westling, to be Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland). They have been together for eight or nine years now and it has been a fight for both of them until they were were allowed to admit to it.

This has several reasons though. A morganatic marriage in Sweden is in and by itself possible without loss of title or claim to the throne, Queen Silvia of Sweden is a commoner as well (of German-Brazilian descent). Despite that, in times of King Carl XVI Gustaf’s grandfather, Gustav VI’s this would have resulted in just that, because he thought nobility should always marry within nobility. Carl XVI Gustaf has four sisters, three of them lost any kind of claim to anything, as they married commoners.

However, Daniel Westling, while he did own his very own gym chain, did not have the education, nor the grooming that the King deemed necessary for his daughter’s husband (meanwhile Jonas Bergström, Madeleine’s fiancé, is a successful lawyer).

I have to leave it to Victoria, for all that she probably has her own failings as everyone does, she is incredibly stubborn. The ‘Vicky-chin’ is characteristic, the manic grin when she steps onto the blue podium twice a year even more so. And while she might not love her role as Crown Princess, she has found how to fill it properly and she does it well. Better than a lot of other heirs, one might say.

I think it’s great she didn’t yield where her relationship was concerned and looking at pictures with her and Daniel (who looks like Karl-Theodor von und zu Guttenberg, our defence secretary), you can see that she’s incredibly happy, they both are. And that’s how it’s supposed to be, isn’t it?

The Swedish siblings seem to be very tight with each other, the pictures that show the whole trio are…telling. All three of them have gotten a nice genetic makeup; I’ve looked at their ancestry starting at Karl XIV Johan (Jean Baptiste Bernadotte, one of Napoleons generals) and they’re lucky there is only so much incest in their line. There is some, of course (else they would certainly not be so high up in the line of succession to the British throne), but it’s minimal enough and their mother was a source of fresh blood. Looks and brains, an ideal combination when you’re a royal. Or it should be ;)

Victoria will be a great Queen. And Daniel can join Prince Philip and Prince Henrik for the partner programs (hopefully both of them will be around for a while longer, Philip especially is so much fun).

 

Henry IX Or: How to have fun Sunday, Apr 11 2010 

UK , Sam 7:32 am

I will never understand Charles and Diana where the naming of their children is concerned. William Arthur Philip Louis is well and fine enough, the range of names to be used in the British succession seems to be awfully limited. It would be fun enough if Wills went around and became the very first King Arthur (as he can chose his regnal name himself, he doesn’t have to become William V). At least that would give him some impact in history, after his reign will probably be unmemorable, except some grand catastrophe of 9/11 proportions happens.

But naming a prince third in line to the throne Henry (Charles Albert David) is a risk. No King took the regnal name Henry after Henry VIII and with good reason. Now, even if William is destined to be King, something stupid needs to happen and Harry has to step up and Henry IX? is giving me nightmares. Considering William got his skull fractured by a golf club when he was a child and is now a helicopter pilot, the chance is there.

In YHR, Harry comes across as the irresponsible young adult he once was. The palaces have done their best to remedy his image over the last couple of years, of portraying him as a good soldier, a responsible adult. How much of that is due to them taking him on a very tight leash I wouldn’t know. It probably helps that he has found his place within the military and has a goal for the next few years (piloting Apache helicopters in Afghanistan).

However, I have doubts that things like the Nazi uniform, the drunken flights, Brarry or the boop groping (that William has….indulged in as well), even the ‘racial slur’ (the quotes are intentional and not up for discussion) will be forgotten at any given point. They’re just too remarkable, too memorable and just so….Harry. (Even though I do hope at some point it will be buried and forgotten that the whole nation knows how hung he is. And err…he is. Really.)

There has been controversy regarding Harry even before that though, considering the speculation about his paternity have never died down. While I can see both Charles and Diana in William, and see them clearly, Harry has the Spencer nose but nothing Windsorian about him. The ginger hair, sure is a dead giveaway for Mr. Hewitt one would think, but that is present in the Spencer family as well. There is supposed to have been a blood test, but honestly… Unless I’ve conducted that one myself? I’m not believing it, especially as William has been tested in the same instant. Oops, now I used the same sample twice…oh whatever. Ahem.

But well, that’s beside the point. Royal houses should not conduct paternity tests, I’m sure there’d be quite a few cuckoo children uncovered. As long as direct succession is taken care of, well.

I first became aware of Harry (and thankfully they’re calling him that so everyone who doesn’t know assumes he’s a Harold rather than a Henry) when his mother died, I’d known he existed but I think that was the first time I became consciously aware of him. And the he started to dominate the British tabloids.

And after all these scandals, after everything that boy did, I never thought I would say this but: Given the choice, I’d go for Harry.

Despite all the scandals and everything that has gone down, Harry is the one of the two brothers who looks like he’s having fun. Sure, the responsibility of becoming King doesn’t rest on his shoulders, it’s easy for him to go about his own business where his life and his relationships are concerned, yet he also has to make these choices same as his brother.

His girlfriend is Chelsy Davy, I actually never paid much attention to her (and my apologies to Miss Davy that I kind of axed her in YHR, but I needed to keep Harry off the throne and didn’t want him to join a monastery) until a couple of days ago and actually, she’s pretty kick ass. She has a great education, a great job lined up and despite her daddy’s money and her princely bf, she seems to be pretty down to earth. Recent articles stated she doesn’t care to be a princess, which I can totally understand. The split with Harry a year ago and their subsequent getting back together seems to have made a few things clear for her. Good for them.

Harry’s academic achievements are…sub-par, with a D in his geography A-Levels, he can be lucky to hit the continent on a map (sorry dear, but you know it’s true). I’m not sure Eton was the right school for him, just because his brother did good there, but I guess that’s water under the bridge by now. Sandhurst seems to have helped to focus him on what he plans on doing in the future, which is good! (Even though it hasn’t kept him out of the headlines.)

His military career seems important to him and other than his brother, he has seen active duty in the Afghanistan war. I’m not sure how smart it is to send a man so high up in line to the throne into war, but Prince Andrew did it in his time (Falkland War), so why not, I guess. And if he continues to get good results in his training sessions he’ll be allowed to pilot the Apache down there again, which is kind of the most elite thing you can do as a pilot. Again, good for him.

Now, I have sincere doubts we’ll never see Harry in the headlines again. Because other than CP, he is the true wild child prince of Europe. On the other hand, at least he’s entertaining for the masses. As long as he doesn’t get himself exlcuded from the succession by someone like Alex, he’s going to be at his brother’s back for a few more years until they both start their families. As far as I have a grasp on Harry, he’ll be happy if that takes a good many years more, though.

It will be interesting to see what role Harry will fill once William takes the throne. Somehow, I don’t think he’ll be quite like his uncle Andrew. Things will change on that day and that is the latest point at which he will have to settle down some.

Who would ever have thought I’d be singing praise of Harry of all people? I’m amused ^^

 

On William of Wales Or: Make up your mind already! Saturday, Apr 10 2010 

UK , Sam 7:19 am

I also will be working largely without mentioning of sources, as all of this is subject to public knowledge with a few words thrown into Google.

After yesterday’s post about Carl Philip and his new gf (or alleged new gf, to be precise), let’s now turn towards the other main subject of YHR, William [the real one, not the one in my head, this time].

A few days ago, one of the usual suspects (i.e. the tabloids) posted that the dates of the 3rd and 4th June had been blocked as far as scheduling was concerned. Everyone has been running high and low and wide that this might actually be the date when Prince William will announce his engagement to Miss Middleton, which has been pending pretty much ever since they left St. Andrews.

The fact that William is away on RAF training during those days, that the Queen and the Prince Consort are visiting Plymouth and the Prince of Wales and his wife are also busy in one way or other has been mostly disregarded. So either this is a ploy of epic proportion (with even the military roped into it and let me tell you, the military does not like messing with its schedules by higher ups), or nothing will happen.

A few truths:

William is turning 28 this year, so is Kate, and while Charles was not married until he was 31, slowly but certainly time is running out for them as a couple. William has the duty to produce at least one heir, and heir and spare is the usual setup these days. Pregnancies, especially first pregnancies, are not encouraged beyond the age of 34 and let me tell you from the reproductive biology pov: Eggs are starting to go bad at 34. Also, with hormonal contraception it takes up to two years for the body to be back on track, at least if you used oestrogen.

They have been dating for almost eight years now, have lived together at St. Andrews for a time even. At some point it turns ridiculous to stay in limbo and if William doesn’t pay close attention, he will turn into Albert II [who can do what he does because he has the perfect heir already and really doesn’t have to worry about anything, and at least Albert does it with style].

Many people are not exactly fond of Miss Middleton. She was nicknamed Waitey Katie a couple of years back, and that is not exactly charming. Her stand at court isn’t an easy one either, some aides have obviously dubbed her Kate Middleclass and that has made it into the general public as well. Not quite charming either. Many people perceive her as simply waiting by the phone for William to call, as she doesn’t have a real job (the family business is…well, let’s say the whole thing is complicated), she doesn’t have any social engagements (like starting to get into charities which will be her job if she should marry William), she’s partying and on holiday all the time. It makes things difficult and it makes her problematic in the eyes of many.

William briefly broke up with Miss Middleton about two years ago [and actually, that was not the first time, just the most widely spread one], you might recall the famously infamous text message. Then he crawled back a couple of months later. According to close friends, there was an ultimatum from Miss Middleton involved in this, saying she would only get back with him if he did marry her. I don’t know how much about this last is true, but it does fit in with my personal perception of her.

Enough with the truths.

Personally, if my bf was stringing me along like this for so long, I’d have left him long ago, especially if he knows I’m waiting for him to tie the knot. But truly, that’s as far as my sympathies go with and for Miss Middleton.

I understand that it certainly is difficult to find work where you aren’t looked at for being the gf of Britain’s future King. On the other hand, things like this are possible. All of the girls who later married Crown Princes have worked before their marriage and I think it has done all of them good. Also, Miss Davy (the on-and-off gf of Prince Harry) has chosen the fast track, she’ll be working for a prestigious firm starting this fall and she doesn’t care much about being a princess at some point (and even should she become one, that’s still soon enough for her to stop working, I suppose).

I understand William, up to a fault. Miss Middleton and he have been together for a long time and she is the first woman he had a serious relationship with. The trouble is, when you break up, there usually is a reason (even if you did it the way he did and…Wills, really -.-) and even if I can understand getting back together…once an ultimatum is involved you run like hell. That’s the point where I wouldn’t be sure anymore someone is with me for my sake or for the sake of what marriage to me can offer

And when even your boop groping, bra wearing drunkard of a brother urges you to caution, all alarm bells in your head should be going off and you should run even harder.

William has lost already. If he breaks up with her now he will be called mean cruel for having left her waiting for years. If he marries her in foreseeable time, I fear this marriage will end similarly as the one of his parents. And the people will be very disgruntled at the kind of future queen they’re getting.

Truthfully, I wouldn’t want to be in his shoes. One fact is: I can say all this, and I can criticize all I want because I don’t care for being in her shoes either. But I also know that if I wanted to have that job, I would do what is expected of me. And that’s where reality isn’t playing along and I don’t know if she doesn’t realize this, or if she’s unable to do so.

William and Harry are ‘my’ royals, they’re the ones I grew up with, William will be the King of my generation and his children – with whomever he will have them – will have to take on the role that he has now. The thing is, while I’m pretty far removed from being British, I’m not sure how pleased I will be to watch him repeat past patterns. And mostly because he can’t make up his mind, too. [And let’s face it, no matter if you are into royal gossip or no, in Europe you can’t get away from it. Before YHR I wasn’t even remotely interested and I still knew the general directions things were taking with the British boys.]

A few more truths:

A royal wedding takes a lot of preparation and you should count on about a year between engagement and the wedding date. Which means that the engagement would have to go down this year in order for a wedding in 2011. And oh hey, they could honeymoon in New Zealand just in time for the Rubgy World Cup. Isn’t that romantic? [/sarcasm]

2012 is a no go for a royal wedding in England, the Olympic Summer Games and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee will be happening as well.

2013 has been ruled unlucky (whoever knew that the Brits are so superstitious?).

William is with the RAF for at least another 3 years, and there has been speculation that he will stay for another 3 beyond that. Partly to get his training costs covered and partly because he really wants to see active duty, and that’s the best he can get, considering they can’t send him into war.

Planning a royal wedding while the groom is on Search and Rescue with helicopters? Uh… No, guys, really. Not even the Brits.

2011 should be out of the question because you simply don’t plan for two royal weddings in one year and Madeleine Bernadotte [Carl Philip’s little sister] is slotted to marry next spring. It’s just not good form, even if Madeleine is not quite important for the Swedish succession, as far as information goes she wants a grand wedding. [Yes, there are two other royal weddings this year too, aside from the big one in Sweden, but that’s the Greeks, the Greeks are…well, deposed. So let’s discount them. And Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg will just have her religious ceremony this year after the birth of her child.]

Announcing the engagements between William and Miss Middleton two weeks before the wedding date of Victoria of Sweden [alleged engagement on June 3rd/4th, Victoria’s wedding on the 19th]? Bad form. Really bad form.

Conclusion? I’m not sure there is one. All I know is, something needs to happen and pretty soon. I’m all in favour for William having a chat with his brother and Albert’s heir on “how to find a rich beer heiress who’s up for the job”. And really, CP is still an option ;)

 

Taking up the cudgels for Carl Philip today Friday, Apr 9 2010 

Sweden Sam 7:15 am

Even if I’m sounding like a society gossip bunny now…

When you’re writing things like “To Move Earth and Heaven” or its sequel, you don’t get around actually following the media where your subject is concerned. Aside from the fact that I actually like CP from what is public about him, you just can’t quiet get around it. I know more about European royalty than I ever thought likely, that includes most of the principal houses (although, funnily enough, hardly any of the formerly German nobility aside from the House of Hanover due to its relation to the English throne and its current head).

So when you, like me, have spent several weeks learning a whole lot about your subject(s) and suddenly he (they) make it into the big press that’s… a little odd.

While it’s normal to see headlines about William, CP is rather secluded where the media circus is concerned. All the more surprising it is to see him in the news twice in two weeks.

First there was the firescreen if Tre Kronor and well… Those of you who might have seen the interview know what I mean.

And now we get Swedish prince’s relationship with glamour model yesterday. Now my alert (yes, I admit to having a CP google alert) has dug up all these articles that revolve around this, some titled “Snake in the class system: ‘wild child’ prince and the python model” and the like.

Now… After all the stunts that Prince Harry has pulled over the years (Brarry, Nazi uniform, boob groping [although his brother is the same there, which is quite amusing], etc. etc.) one has to wonder: If CP is a black sheep and a wild child, what is Harry? Caligula, as Lara put it yesterday?

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind Harry. After all these weeks of ‘hanging around’ royalty, Harry and Prince Philip come close to being my favourites (aside from you know, my actual writing subjects, including a certain not-yet-prince from the southern principalities), but if you compare Harry and CP, you can’t help but come up a little short on one side.

As far as Sofia is concerned, well…. I’ll leave that decision to you but I have seen the pictures that show them on “love holiday” during Easter and err….no.

Also, what is interesting: It has been on the table for like ever (example, I’ve known about Sofia the first or second day I ever took a closer look at CP) and now they get around with it in the news? So weird. This is looking more and more like a setup from several sides, I can’t help but be extremely sceptical.

I also wonder of Frederik (of Denmark) and Haakon (of Norway) called CP and asked him where his lingerie model was, as both of them had dated lingerie models before settling down with their wives. Maybe that’s some rite of passage with the Scandinavian princes, I wouldn’t be surprised ;).

So….slow news week? Slow gossip week perhaps? I dunno. Anything seems possible at the moment, except what the media is speculating on (regarding CP and William both).

I also might have brought an introduction to Swedish home from the university library yesterday.

 

Welcome to “Young, Hot and Royal” Thursday, Apr 8 2010 

modpost Sam 7:08 am

Welcome to “Young, Hot and Royal”, a blog of musings, assorted news and occasional sarcasm and ranting.

Enjoy and comment! :-)