Posted by William F on 10/1/2011, 16:44:31, in reply to "yesterday's TV broadcast"
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Thanks for the information. So is Georg Friedrich seeing anyone at this time?
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: http://www.3sat.de/page/?source=/specials/thementage/ard/150589/index.html
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: yesterday the TV station 3sat broadcasted -
: within a series about Prussia - a part on
: the present members of the Hohenzollern
: family: the head of the house, his uncle
: Friedrich Wilhelm, the Princesses Felicitas
: and Christina of Prussia and Prince Oscar of
: Prussia appeared. It was pretty interesting:
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: Prince Georg Friedrich comes across as a
: VERY grounded, intelligent and charming man,
: he looks a wee bit old for his age, but the
: his pretty modern in his approach and
: combines very much the demands of tradition
: and modernity. A very nice sign of this was
: hoy he greeted the Princesses - kiss on the
: cheeks as a close relative, followed by a
: bais main in respect of age and rang. In
: short he is a chap one has to like.
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: His uncle however is a different story. One
: feels how disappointed and bitter he is that
: due to his unequal marriages he lost his
: place and the position as head of the house.
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: Prince Oscar is again a totally different
: story -head of the Johanniter he engages
: actively in social welfare, a modern man and
: very engaging. The Princesses are funny as
: they are so different, even tough sisters -
: Princess Christina - a very elegant woman
: and a bit more conciliatory than her sister.
: Princess Felicistas - a wee bit the
: "groomy old woman", pretty
: opinionated, but funny too. She said she
: could have been the head of the house as she
: is the eldest granddaughter of the last
: Emperor, if her father's marriages would
: have been recognized...
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: Georg Friedrich indicated that parts of the
: house law might be changed. He did not say
: anything about marriages, except he would
: only marry for love. But I got the
: impression that he hopes that marriage and
: the house law might not contradict.
: Personally I believe an equal marriage would
: help him as otherwise all the conflicts
: would break out again with full force; after
: such a marriage it would be the time to
: modernize the house law ... he is
: intelligent enough to find the right way.
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: The courts ruled that the Head of the family
: trust is free to select his successor in a
: way he sees fit.
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: no that is not the ruling. The ruling has
: nothing to do at all with the question of
: the headship.
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: Germany isa republic since 1918 and the
: German courts do not deal with such matters
: as succession. The popular press turns it
: into such a matter.
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: It has all to do with the finances and who
: gets a share to the assets.
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: I believe the girlfriend is Sophie Princess
: of Loewenstein.
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: I think the ruling was that the head is free
: to select his heir, so there is no legal
: requirement for GF to marry equal. However
: his grandfather selected him as his heir
: based on the marriages of his father and
: uncles so if he were to change that system
: he might be considered a hypocrite. He would
: have to resign as head and either let the
: headship of the family pass to his father's
: younger brother (the next in line with equal
: marriages) or to the oldest male line of
: Wilhelm II.
: But as he is said to date a princess so he
: seems to be able to follow his heart and
: keep the within the requirements of the will
: of Wilhelm II.
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: I had read that the original Will
: stipulating
: that the head of the house must marry
: equally was more of a financial arrangement
: than designating who the head of the house
: is (something the German courts have no
: jurisdiction over). Although Georg Friedrich
: is recognized as head of the house, I
: remember reading that the stipulation that
: the inheritor of the estate be married
: equally could only be ordered for a few
: generations and that Georg Friedrich will be
: able to marry whomever he chooses without
: violating the Will. I may be wrong but that
: is what I remember.
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: His entire status as head of the family is
: the
: result of the equal/acceptable marriage of
: his parents and the fact that his father's
: elder brother married a commoner so i guess
: he needs to marry a woman of royal or noble
: descent.
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: The Prussian Royal and Imperial families has
: always been one of my favorites to read and
: learn about. I haven't heard too much lately
: about the head of the house Prince Georg
: Friedrich. Does anyone have any current news
: or information on him? I thought I remember
: hearing he was dating someone that was from
: an aristocratic family but I'm not sure
: about that. Is he still under pressure to
: marry someone of equal or acceptable status?
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