Sweden’s Crown Princess gets it right

Mayday says:

01:30pm | 21/06/10

Probably get her pregnant, long live Sweden!

PeterB says:

11:47am | 22/06/10

So what’s the point?

If it’s all about equality and commoners why bother with a monarchy?

LifeofY says:

12:31pm | 22/06/10

Because it’s Sweden and they choose to.
As an Australian I don’t get to weigh in on whether or not Sweden should be a monarchy.
As a human I do get to weigh in on their treatment of people as a whole.

anais says:

08:03am | 23/06/10

LifeofY, check facts, the Monarchy who has gone most with the times is the Dutch and has since Juliana became queen in the late1940s. She choose not be be called Her Majesty but Madam/Mrs, she send all her kids and grandchildren to ‘normal’ public schools, no private this and that to be seen anywhere, and made them go their on their bycycles, like she used to ride around town on one for exercise and fresh air.  They could marry whom they wanted, all of them had regular jobs (I met one of the princes working for a bank in London) to keep themselves, with a small anual allowance for public functions.

Not only, they have had females run the country (1st born) for the last 116 years since Crownprince WIllem Alexander is the 1st male heir to be born since then.

He also married who he wanted, a woman he loved but did not have the approval of parlaiment, so he said ‘I will marry her, permission or not, come what may come from that’, and thereby showing to be willing to sacrifice title and position for the woman he loved.

The only difference is, that the Dutch Royal Family, stays out of the news, and lives quietly, that’s why you never hear any of this.