There’s a new policy regarding the public engagements of the Swedish royal family, and its making members of Sweden’s media scratch their heads. According to royal reporter, Daniel Nyhlen of Svensk Damtidning, the press is not allowed to photograph the royals during their public duties.
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This explains why there hasn’t been any photos of Crown Princess Victoria meeting with the athletes of the Winter Paralympics or Princess Madeleine doing work for the charity Min Stora Dag, both events which have been recent.
Nyhlen considers this new protocol to that of “North Korean mentality.” He went on to say that it is, ” [T]otally absurd! When was this stupid rule? And by whom? Does the Court not think it is important that the media documenting what the royal family do? Or should I interpret it otherwise?”
Like anyone who’s existence depends on the public seeing and knowing what they do, this new policy could wind up hurting the Swedish royals than helping them – if that is the intention.
It seems as though Europe’s royals are cracking down on the media big time. The Dutch royals have the controversial mediacode which forbids the press from taking pictures of them during private moments. Late last year, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II personally asked her country’s media to not photograph her family also during private moments.
But note that those actions are for private moments. Why would the Swedish block out the media during public events?
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