Posted by Lucas
on 25/2/2017, 11:48:46, in reply to "Re: Lenor & the Golden Fleece"
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See also https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huisorde_van_de_Gouden_Leeuw_van_Nassau
--Previous Message--
: I'd missed Leonor was invested with the Golden
: Fleece before her 10th birthday.
: Does any other European monarchy still
: invest Royal children with orders before
: their majority? Other than Sweden
:
: --Previous Message--
: Felipe received the Golden Fleece at 13 is
: it
: expected Leonor will receive it at that age
: or later (18?). Did Felipe receive the Order
: in a special ceremony or something low key?
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: --Previous Message--
: As responses have been censored I am
: commenting here. First it is simply untrue
: to say Queen Letizia dominates the King - it
: is the King who has been taking the lead, at
: his own initiative, of reinstituting some of
: the ceremonial solemnity to the monarchy.
: These not include the latest reforms to the
: procedures for state visits, but also
: investitures, and the aborted wish to invest
: the Princess of Asturias with the Golden
: Fleece in a solemn ceremony. The King is
: doing a fantastic job and the only family
: issue that has been making problems is the
: prosecution of his sister and
: brother-in-law. Is there a serious
: proposition that he should have tried to
: prevent this? Or publicly defend them? This
: is a matter for the Spanish courts and only
: in a despotism does the head of state try
: and manipulate the justice system. It would
: have been entirely inappropriate for him to
: have made any public comment as, indeed, it
: would have been for any close member of the
: royal family including the former king and
: queen. One can be sure they are very
: saddened at what has happened - but while I
: have criticised the sentence I have not
: sought to absolve the Infanta's husband of
: responsibility. Is it surprising that a
: mother would want to stand by her daughter
: at such a difficult time? This mother is the
: wife of the former head of state, however,
: and she cannot make public comment. She is
: hardly a novice in matters royal, so it is
: wholly unlikely that she would ever have
: expected her son, as king, to have done
: anything differently.
:
: If the King is angry with his sister and
: brother-in-law, then that would be very
: understandable - but if he is, he has not
: expressed that publicly. I believe that the
: whole family is very relieved that Cristina
: was acquitted but it would obviously be
: wrong for her to assume any public
: functions.
:
: The critical news story is just a nasty
: trouble making example of how news outlets
: like to impose the worst interpretations on
: matters.
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