Grand behavior? Ive always gotten the impression that shes a nice lady.
Well, sometimes impressions hide ambitions...
There have been many articles in the newspapers about her bad behavior towards her employees.
Press Online :: Politika :: Kraljevski tretman: Biju i šikaniraju za državne pare
Press Online :: Politika :: Mesecima su me zlostavljali, a na kraju sam dobila i batine
Few of the articles, although in serbian language. Doesn't matter who is guilty, but these kind of things do not help the image of the royal family which is very low among Serbian people.
One of the few gaffes that I have heard recently was that she applied to the Royal council for her children to be granted HRH, but, of course, it was denied.
My friend was working on the order of precedence for the reburial of King Peter II in Oplenac. She instructed him to make the order and strictly follow the rules. When he has done the list she got very mad and shouted at him because her children were not, due to order of precedence rules, listed among royals and screamed at him how could he have done such thing.
Also, few years ago, I was with her and some other people having dinner in the royal related restaurant near Oplenac church. When she took a little bit more wine, she began loudly talking about her being a Queen. One of the royal council members, happens to be a cousin of the restaurant owner, who was also present there, tomorrow asked CP Alexander just to talk to her and "calm" her down as such things people here view very negatively and it doesn't support royal house image. When he talked to her, she immediately informed this council member that "there is no need anymore for him to come to his office in the palace" and that he could do his job from home.
Sorry to reveal such details, but as a monarchist I would like the best for my country, but one must know how things should have been done.
People's impressions about Princess Maria da Gloria when she visited Serbia were very,very good. She was decent, discreet, not pushy and people liked it. One of the persons who didn't like it was Katherine, just as she didn't like the fact that Princess Elizabeth is very popular and ordered few years ago that she can't come to the palace, all in order not to "steal the show" from her. She would very much like to be popular among people, but sometimes just can't control herself and doesn't know how to achieve that.
Unfortunately, in recent years, there have been many articles and interviews about feuds in the family which ruined their image. First CR Alexander and Princess Elizabeth and later CP Alexander and Prince Vladimir. Sometimes they fight, sometimes they try to be a family, but they should be more united.
https://www.slobodna-bosna.ba/vijes...leksandar_sahrani_u_porodichnoj_grobnici.html
http://www.espreso.rs/vesti/drustvo...radjordjevog-cukununuka-sahranjuje-u-dvoristu
One of the latest feud articles, regarding burial of the deceased family members in ancestral crypt which was denied by CP and his wife.
And some older ones where royal family members do not speak nicely about CP and his wife, including deceased Prince Tomislav, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Eva Maria, widow of Prince Andrej:
http://serbianna.com/srpski/archives/189
Prince Vladimir talks about Crown Princess Katherine:
http://www.vesti.rs/Dvor/SVADjA-KAR...u-u-dvoru-prestolonaslednik-mu-dao-ormar.html
Hope things are a bit clearer now.
It's much more complicated than it seems on the surface.