tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post912886902493450499..comments2024-03-29T15:04:20.549+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Scandal of the 18th century: DenmarkHelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-68689929979827322272015-01-08T01:56:11.868+11:002015-01-08T01:56:11.868+11:00Lally John
Thank you. I too do not believe in an ...Lally John<br /><br />Thank you. I too do not believe in an inherited right to be head of state and agree that this film confirmed everything bad about the monarchy and the aristocracy. <br /><br />But there are tons of books and films that show how Danish (or any other) society was turned upside down. What the film Royal Affair made VERY clear was that the personal can definitely be political. And nowhere more so than with King Christian VII and Princess Caroline. And Dr Struensee.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-7758347427924523542015-01-07T21:54:20.248+11:002015-01-07T21:54:20.248+11:00I watched this film last night and was struck by t...I watched this film last night and was struck by the similarities to the film about the Duchess of Devonshire. I am anti-monachy and this film certainly confirmed everything I believe to be bad about inherited power and the aristocracy. Clearly the arrangement for these two very young people to marry had little to do with feelings and everything to do with bloodline and alliances. <br />This film is a little masterpiece of observation storytelling and history. It was beautifully acted and filmed. I was compelled to read more about the Danish royals and amazed to see that the royals command so much respect to this day considering much of their progressive attitudes as a society can be traced back to the Enlightenment and a commoner.Lally Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-22301554469148342662012-10-22T23:36:52.430+11:002012-10-22T23:36:52.430+11:00Keef
Right. I should have made that point myself,...Keef<br /><br />Right. I should have made that point myself, or at least made it more clearly - female royals were a commodity to be traded for the most political advantage and the best royal marriages. Princess Caroline might have been the best-read, most modern thinking of all the Georgians, but she was only King George III's sister. And she was a baby herself.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-11740280918713254872012-10-22T13:42:23.946+11:002012-10-22T13:42:23.946+11:00One has to realise that (Although today it is offe...One has to realise that (Although today it is offensive ) a female offspring was a commodity to be traded for the most political advantage.<br />We must also bear in mind that most Royal families including our own in Britain were not a full picnic (oops sorry, Oz slang for not all there mentally). Remember, things did change during Frederick's long reign that surpassed what had been lost.<br />I suggest ppl interested in royal intrigue watch a 2 part TV series called Britains She Wolves.Keefnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-10363277894272292802012-09-27T14:48:18.461+10:002012-09-27T14:48:18.461+10:00Dinner Guest,
nice wine :)
The film review's ...Dinner Guest,<br />nice wine :)<br /><br />The film review's main additional bit of information was this:<br />"the film does not so much embellish the past as tone it down. Caroline Mathilde is naturally prettier than her plump blond original. She is also much less angry. The film is framed by her being seemingly reconciled to her exile in a Hanoverian castle belonging to her brother; in life she was furious and spent her years there plotting to regain her throne and the two children she had been forced to abandon in Denmark." I wish I had known that.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-22647043493185332402012-09-27T14:22:37.584+10:002012-09-27T14:22:37.584+10:00At the dinner party the other day, I mentioned to ...At the dinner party the other day, I mentioned to you Stella Tillyard's review of this film. Here is the reference.<br /> History Today, August 2012 http://historytoday.com/stella-tillyard/heads-and-tales-royal-affairDinner Guestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-4488947756232859862012-09-24T11:33:19.508+10:002012-09-24T11:33:19.508+10:00Anon
you are quite right. The film A Royal Affair...Anon<br /><br />you are quite right. The film A Royal Affair clearly depicted the very unstable King, especially his trusting, rather dependent relationship with Dr Struensee. What a tragic outcome for all the main personalities in this Danish crisis. Even for King Christian.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-64585003056092967352012-09-20T14:31:52.969+10:002012-09-20T14:31:52.969+10:00I am extremely fond of Historical movies. After wa...I am extremely fond of Historical movies. After watching A Royal Affair I read more about Danish Royals. Its a very touching, sad true story. <br /><br /> Execution of Dr Struensee?? I was most heartfelt for King Christian as Dr Struensee was the only person Christian trusted, also loved his company. Was King Christian truly willing to forgive the German Physician? <br /><br /> As for Queen Caroline, no words for injustice done to her & enormous tragedy of her life. <br /> <br /> This is a must watch movie for sure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-14465834146544084422012-07-12T11:17:20.030+10:002012-07-12T11:17:20.030+10:00Amanda
that is so true, but if she hadn't hav...Amanda<br /><br />that is so true, but if she hadn't have been sacrificed on the altar of a Danish alliance, she would have been given over to a different, foreign alliance. So she certainly wasn't going to be allowed to stay at home.<br /><br />At least in a different royal family her new husband may not have been mentally disabled, her mother in law may not have been so vicious and she MAY have survived to a proper age.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-49714581308532965362012-07-12T11:16:55.161+10:002012-07-12T11:16:55.161+10:00Amanda
that is so true, but if she hadn't hav...Amanda<br /><br />that is so true, but if she hadn't have been sacrificed on the altar of a Danish alliance, she would have been given over to a different, foreign alliance. So she certainly wasn't going to be allowed to stay at home.<br /><br />At least in a different royal family her new husband may not have been mentally disabled, her mother in law may not have been so vicious and she MAY have survived to a proper age.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-4686814361351681952012-07-12T10:07:34.057+10:002012-07-12T10:07:34.057+10:00If Caroline was intelligent, cultured and interest...If Caroline was intelligent, cultured and interesting, she was definitely an exception among the Georgian royal mob! Most of them were stupid, annoying, spendthrift and debauched. Pity she didn't stay in Britain for our sake, as well as her own.Amandahttp://www.webhistoryofengland.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-79325264975343868802012-07-07T19:04:09.812+10:002012-07-07T19:04:09.812+10:00Deb
I don't suppose it was any better for the...Deb<br /><br />I don't suppose it was any better for the workers in any other countries, or any less luxurious for the courtiers either. But the gap between the two groups in society was so starkly presented that viewers can perhaps start to understand why Dr Struensee acted as he did.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-86567180014625798362012-07-07T18:56:01.909+10:002012-07-07T18:56:01.909+10:00Andrew
What were the British royals thinking? The...Andrew<br /><br />What were the British royals thinking? They sent her, totally alone, to a mentally disabled foreign king. It must have been a nightmare for her at 15.<br /><br />In the film, she had a sympathetic older woman who taught Caroline Danish and functioned as her maid. But the king sent the maid packing :(<br /><br />When my boys were 15, I wouldn't let them cross the road by themselves!!Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-42955766133290272682012-07-07T16:22:56.946+10:002012-07-07T16:22:56.946+10:00The workers looked dirty, cold and poorly nourishe...The workers looked dirty, cold and poorly nourished. One worker was executed in the film by his landlord because of some slight offence.<br /><br />The courtiers looked beautifully dressed, well fed and well entertained. What a divided society.Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-80173751259109369192012-07-07T15:29:38.635+10:002012-07-07T15:29:38.635+10:00Caroline was only twenty four when she died. Prett...Caroline was only twenty four when she died. Pretty sad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com