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Karin af Klintberg knew she had to ask the King about the scandal with the book "The Reluctant Monarch". The King says he still doesn't understand what happened. There was a lot, what you call a drive that always goes on, everyone gets on each other, and everyone invents a lot of things and it simply escalates.
Karin wonders if it was an equal situation when the coffee girls were there. The King laughs. Karin feels it is unequal that girls would come to a party to entertain upper-class gentlemen. The King says that it is a strange biased interpretation of the event. Karin asks the King to tell how it was, the King says that it seems Karin knows everything much better. Karin's intention is not at all to accuse, she is just asking and the King says that he is just trying to explain.
The clip where the King responded to whether he has been to a strip club: "No, I actually don't think so", has gone viral and Karin tells that many think the King is lying. But the King sticks to his version:
- It was all made up, it wasn't wise. It's just unnecessary to rummage through old things, no one gets pleasure from it. It's more fun to talk about the future and what to do. It is more important to do the job that you have been assigned to do, and increase the pace a little. The idea is that when you are a leader, you should not show yourself weak, but stand there and be strong.
The King admits that sometimes it can be difficult and tells that he felt bad during the period.
- It wasn't good, it was tough. But I'm not going to lie down on any bench with any psychologist in any case. No, why should I do it? I will solve it myself.
Karin asks the King if he is well, if he hates her and wonders if she is welcome back to meet him.
- I survive even this, I have been through worse. Yes, you are booked. You are on my program, I follow it to the letter, says the King and laughs.
Kungens nya ord om skandalen_ ”Det var tufft” _ Kungligt _ Expressen
Karin af Klintberg tells that both she and Crown Princess Victoria had tears in their eyes during the recording. Karin brings up the day when Victoria will take over the throne. The conversation then turns to death and Victoria comments that it is not something you talk about in the family.
- Both she and I sat with tears in our eyes. It's never easy to think about your parents' passing away, and you don't like to do it. It's hard to think about. And in their case, it is the case that they get their office when they are in the middle of grief and a close relative has just died. It is such an extremely special situation, that when you are in the middle of mourning work, you have to have all the eyes of the world on you. When you really want to hide and be alone, you have to be exposed instead, says Karin.
Kronprinsessan Victoria i tårar över kungen _ Hänt
Karin af Klintberg has followed and interviewed King Carl XVI Gustaf for two years. Now she releases her new documentary "Kungen", a close portrait of the monarch.
- It's the first time he's let someone in this way - and it will be the last, she says in Morgonstudion.
Ny dokumentär om Kungen_ ”Tog ett år innan vi kom nära” _ SVT Nyheter
From a review of the film by Gunilla Brodrej:
"I can't help but wonder how the movie would have turned out if the King had been allowed to talk about things he really likes. And by that I don't mean journalism like SVT's "The year with the royal family", but better, closer, deeper. I suspect that the sale of the Angus bull or the organic roughage production at Stenhammar could serve as a starting point for a different and reasonably comfortable conversation.
The King is a practitioner. When af Klintberg asks for relationship tips, he suggests separate bathrooms. When she asks for a hug, she gets a handshake. It doesn't necessarily have to be wrong.
We have to talk, af Klintberg thinks. The King doesn't think so."
Recension av ”Kungen”, en film av Karin af Klintberg.
Karin af Klintberg knew she had to ask the King about the scandal with the book "The Reluctant Monarch". The King says he still doesn't understand what happened. There was a lot, what you call a drive that always goes on, everyone gets on each other, and everyone invents a lot of things and it simply escalates.
Karin wonders if it was an equal situation when the coffee girls were there. The King laughs. Karin feels it is unequal that girls would come to a party to entertain upper-class gentlemen. The King says that it is a strange biased interpretation of the event. Karin asks the King to tell how it was, the King says that it seems Karin knows everything much better. Karin's intention is not at all to accuse, she is just asking and the King says that he is just trying to explain.
The clip where the King responded to whether he has been to a strip club: "No, I actually don't think so", has gone viral and Karin tells that many think the King is lying. But the King sticks to his version:
- It was all made up, it wasn't wise. It's just unnecessary to rummage through old things, no one gets pleasure from it. It's more fun to talk about the future and what to do. It is more important to do the job that you have been assigned to do, and increase the pace a little. The idea is that when you are a leader, you should not show yourself weak, but stand there and be strong.
The King admits that sometimes it can be difficult and tells that he felt bad during the period.
- It wasn't good, it was tough. But I'm not going to lie down on any bench with any psychologist in any case. No, why should I do it? I will solve it myself.
Karin asks the King if he is well, if he hates her and wonders if she is welcome back to meet him.
- I survive even this, I have been through worse. Yes, you are booked. You are on my program, I follow it to the letter, says the King and laughs.
Kungens nya ord om skandalen_ ”Det var tufft” _ Kungligt _ Expressen
Karin af Klintberg tells that both she and Crown Princess Victoria had tears in their eyes during the recording. Karin brings up the day when Victoria will take over the throne. The conversation then turns to death and Victoria comments that it is not something you talk about in the family.
- Both she and I sat with tears in our eyes. It's never easy to think about your parents' passing away, and you don't like to do it. It's hard to think about. And in their case, it is the case that they get their office when they are in the middle of grief and a close relative has just died. It is such an extremely special situation, that when you are in the middle of mourning work, you have to have all the eyes of the world on you. When you really want to hide and be alone, you have to be exposed instead, says Karin.
Kronprinsessan Victoria i tårar över kungen _ Hänt
Karin af Klintberg has followed and interviewed King Carl XVI Gustaf for two years. Now she releases her new documentary "Kungen", a close portrait of the monarch.
- It's the first time he's let someone in this way - and it will be the last, she says in Morgonstudion.
Ny dokumentär om Kungen_ ”Tog ett år innan vi kom nära” _ SVT Nyheter
From a review of the film by Gunilla Brodrej:
"I can't help but wonder how the movie would have turned out if the King had been allowed to talk about things he really likes. And by that I don't mean journalism like SVT's "The year with the royal family", but better, closer, deeper. I suspect that the sale of the Angus bull or the organic roughage production at Stenhammar could serve as a starting point for a different and reasonably comfortable conversation.
The King is a practitioner. When af Klintberg asks for relationship tips, he suggests separate bathrooms. When she asks for a hug, she gets a handshake. It doesn't necessarily have to be wrong.
We have to talk, af Klintberg thinks. The King doesn't think so."
Recension av ”Kungen”, en film av Karin af Klintberg.
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