Yes, it seems that after two years of “reclusion” at school in the States, Froilan is trying to catch up all the "lost" possible fun in Spain (especially in Madrid and Marbella). He is certainly young and that’s the way it should be among young people.
Anyway it is striking that the members of his group of close male friends are not so young. Some of them are 8-10 years older than him. Bull fighters, football players among them. Most of them, bull-fight enthusiasts. People old enough and with experience enough to move around easily in clubs and all kind of environments.
The female friends, however, all socialite young rich ladies, are same age as him. To make it more O/T one of them is the granddaughter of the late Duchess of Alba, a daughter of a bullfighter herself and other one is Alba Diaz, also a sibling of another famous bullfighter. (Froilan has publicly declared himself a deep devoted fan of the national fest, same as his mother and grandfather). His alledged current girl-friend is the granddaughter of a rich Spanish businessman.
So, personally, I’m a bit skeptical about the influence these full grown-up male friends can produce on him and on his behaviour. Just my opinion. R.
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: Please note I am not blaming the King for what
: must have been a terrible accident, however
: I am just illustrating that people make
: silly mistakes when they are young and do
: not realise the consequences of their
: actions.
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: Infanta Elena's son is not 20, my
: understanding from what I have read about
: him is that he is boisterous, confident and
: rather entitled.
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: If he still has these issues in 5 or 10
: years time sure, call him all the names
: under the sun, but he is still a youth and
: he does not come from perfect family, so
: holding him up against some imagined pure
: dynasty is unfair.
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: Well, unfortunately Froilan is famous for
: his
: presumptuous outbursts in public and for not
: exactly exercising the proper self-control
: befitted to his royal pedigree (as an adult,
: I mean, I'm not talking about the child's
: kicks during the 2004 wedding). THat's why
: he is very much followed by the social
: media. His parents are very much upset about
: this. R.
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: I think we should compare them more to the
: children of Felipe's aunts and if we're
: looking abroad those of the Princess Royal
: in the UK and those of Prince Constantijn in
: the Netherlands. Yes they are in line of
: succession but will unlikely every have an
: official role in the monarchy. They are/have
: been raised to build their own life being
: respectful of the family they come from.
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: No, they do not and will not have any public
: role.
: But, yes, their lives are of interest, at
: least for the social media.
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: Infanta Elena's children are 4th and 5th in
: the line of succession to the throne, so is
: it likely that Don Froilan and Dona
: Victoria will have any public roles in the
: future, much like the York princesses in
: U.K. ? Infanta Elena's children are in
: their late teens now...is there much media
: interest about their lives and what they do?
: Thanks.
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: I did not say anything about non royals not
: behaving properly in public. You are making
: assumptions.
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: The Countess of Barcelona was born royal and
: knew how to
: behave in public.
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: What a bizarre pairing of traits,
: particularly when one considers the many
: egregious and colorful fools, psychos,
: letchers and other assorted nasty characters
: in royal history.
:
: As you probably know, the vast majority of
: people in the world "who know how to
: behave in public" were not "born
: royal." The two characteristics are not
: intrinsically linked.
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