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It's not any matter of "interpretation", it's a matter of fact - it was certainly about overcoming a past but what has transpired since then? What? Answer: murky bastard violent son is now again in jail, while his mummy apparently makes another mistake by interfering in that criminal case from what I read. In fact, Mette-Marit is probably glad she has a sister-in-law who at least equals her in disreputable choices with suicided ex husband Behn, bizarre Shaman second hubs and unpaid second wedding bills. They are an ongoing circus, and not in any good way either. Nir do they need to be "Korean" etc. to accomplish their damage. Previous Message
That is a matter of interpretation. I read that comment of the Queen of Norway that anyone marrying into the Royal Family and especially someone marrying the heir(ess) of the crown has to put in the work to gain respect in that role. Mette-Marit had her own past to overcome so the observation was totally fair. She would have had the same issues had she been Dutch, Finnish, Spanish, Korean or any other nationality. Previous Message
All that proves with Q. Sonja is that this is a random occurrence and it all depends on the individual personality. But since you mention Q. Sonja - it was her own comments that I read elsewhere many years ago when her son was just engaged, and said something like "Mette-Marit will have to do a lot to earn her rank and respect.." etc. IOW, it sounds like one former commoner had grave doubts about another one from her country. Previous Message
I cannot say i agree with your point of view. HM Queen Sonja is an excellent example of a Royal marrying a commoner from his native country and making a success of it. She is not the only one who did. Marrying a foreigner (Royal, noble or commoner) does not always make it easier or better. Previous Message
As I've said time and again: if a royal HAS to marry a commoner, the least he can do is to marry a foreigner. The spouse would not have any family nearby to make the rounds of the local tabloids.
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark did well to insist that her sons marry outsiders: "We Danish royals do not marry Danes." It's difficult to see that the mingling of classes through marriage in Norway, over the decades, has strengthened the monarchy there.
Even before this latest scandal, I had doubts and questions about the state of Haakon and Mette-Marit's marriage -- the exact nature of their relationship. She doesn't appear to be a very active person on the royal scene and fulfilling her duties, as expected of a future queen consort. Of course, she can be excused somewhat because of her health problems ...
It seems to me that the prince married her out of infatuation, rather than love. Gone are the days of duty when a royal sets aside personal feelings when searching for a suitable spouse ... when children born of unequal unions (who would have been morganauts, made to feel an inferiority complex over their status) would seek to raise their stock by marrying back up into royalty. We saw this in the Tecks, the Battenbergs, and the descendants of Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará (from the house of Orléans-Braganza in Brazil).
Instead, the children of His Majesty King Harald V find justification in what they did on the grounds that it was what their own father had done: marrying a native Norwegian commoner ...
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