Förlovningen

Ja du hur tänkte hovet här? Förhoppningsvis inget alls. Jag är otroligt glad över Prinsens och Sofias förlovning. Jag tycker att man såg deras lycka och starka kärlek tydligt i klippet igår. Det var precis samma reaktioner när Prins Daniel inte hade blivit prins än utan bara hette Daniel Westling, gick runt i en keps och ägde ett gym. Vilket inte var fint nog. Jag tycker att det är tack vare Prins Daniel som kungafamiljen känns varmare och mänskligare. Jag har inte träffat Sofia men jag har många i min närhet som har gjort det och alla beskriver henne otroligt klok och med fötterna på jorden. Jag tror att Sofia kommer att bli den mest omtyckta personen av alla och göra succé utomlands. Du undrade oroligt om hur det ska bli under nobelmiddagarna? Då ska jag berätta vad jag tror. Jag vet inte hur många människor som brukar behöva stå tillsvars för något man gjorde tio år sedan, innan man flyttat hemifrån. Det hon gör idag är betydligt mer intressant. Sofia är generalsekreterare för Project Playground som hjälper barn och ungdomar i Sydafrika.

Project Playground har 29 anställda och 300 barn inskrivna i sin verksamhet. Det är ett betydligt mer spännande samtalsämne. Stort grattis till deras förlovning!

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OK so the king and queen now have a former glamour model as a daughter in law.I read the following on a foreign internet site:Prince Carl Philip of Sweden is dating glamour model Sofia Hellqvist, who has posed topless with a python wrapped around her bodyIs SH going to attend future Nobel dinners? When she’s asked about her background and education, will she mention her ”career” as a glamour model in a Swedish Men’s mag or as a skimpily clad reality star from Paradise Hotel?I wonder how many times the pictures from SH’s past will circulate in foreign medias now, in the near future and for ever more when the couple is mentioned. Is the royal family proud of this? Does it seem fitting of the image and background of members of the royal family?Is this something that will show Sweden and the Swedish people in a positive light? What does this say about Swedish morals, and about the choices Swedish youths make? Should the members of the royal family be role models for the Swedish people and good representatives for Sweden as a country?In that case, how does that fit with a background as a glamour model and posing topless in a Men’s mag?

Yeah, what was the royal family’s reasoning? Hopefully non-existent. I’m so happy for the Prince and Sofia’s engagement. I thought that their happiness and love really showed in the clip. The reactions that followed are exactly the same as when Prince Daniel wasn’t a prince yet but was just a guy called Daniel Westling, wore a baseball cap and owned a gym. That wasn’t considered good enough.

I think it’s thanks to Prince Daniel that the royal family feels so much warmer and more humane. I haven’t met Sofia but I know a lot of people who have and all of them describe her as a really wise person with her feet on the ground. I think that Sofia is going to be one of the most well-liked members of the royal family and that she will succeed abroad. You raised concerns about the Nobel dinner? I’ll tell you what I think will happen. I don’t know that many people who are held responsible for what they did 10 years ago, while they still lived at home. What matters is what she’s doing today. Sofia is general secretary for Project Playground that helps children and young adults in South Africa. Project Playground has 29 employees and helps over 300 children. That’s a much more interesting topic to discuss. Congrats on the engagement!

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