Now Anne looks like the milk spontaneously turns sour when she passes your house.
I really don't know where these posts are headed, but these kinds of descriptions are both unseemly and not descriptive of how royalty is perceived. With the title of this thread being about domestic popularity, a thing which is near impossible to quantify, this thread can go in any direction, but I find that to characterize and sometimes come close to abuse various members of different royal families, on account of their appearance, language skills or other silly features, seems to negate some of the key words many attribute to royalty; class and decorum.
As I don't think anybody really has disputed, a younger and attractive royal fills more pages in glossy magazines. Is that what accounts for who is the most popular? In the UK, Princess Anne is seen as one of the most hard-working member of the RF, and is generally held in very high regard. Whether or not someone chooses to characterize how she looks or carries herself in an unfair way, is not a barometer on anything but that individuals lack of manners.
When Donna Paola married into the Belgian RF, it is true that she was perceived as far more glamorous than her sister-in-law, and therefore photographed and reported about more often. The affection with which Queen Fabiola was held however, was never dimished by Paola featuring on front pages of magazines, and when she passed away last year, there was a genuine sadness amongst Belgians that I doubt very much will be on display when Queen Paola is no more some day.
The thing which yields continual support from the population at large, is hard work, a perceived proper lifestyle and genuine warmth. People see through faux behaviour and attitudes, and beauty of youth never lasts. That is why I'm quite sure Queen Maxima will continue to be immensely popular in the Netherlands. She has, ever since she arrived to the country, been outgoing, direct, respectful, warm and genuine. She has worked hard on the language, and most Dutch men and women that I know enjoy her slight accent and respect her very much for her behaviour towards people and her work to be a good support for her husband and a genuine Dutch citizen. The colourful clothes and vibrant attitudes is just the surface of the Dutch Queen, and most people in the Netherlands seem to have taken her solidly to heart. When the Princess of Orange becomes an adult, I'm sure she will be photographed loads, but that does not diminish the warmth the Dutch in general have for their Queen.