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Queen Silvia: Your Majesty on Crutches

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Angela Merkel and Queen Silvia currently have one thing in common - they can only walk with the help of crutches. The Chancellor had to undergo a meniscus operation, Sweden's Majesty rushed in New York on the run from an obtrusive paparazzo.

This allows the question: Why is Queen Silvia so sensitive at the moment? First a flu infection that threw her to the sick bay, and now the uncontrolled reaction to a bad photo attack. Yet Queen Silvia is used to half her life, with reporters buzzing around her, constantly trying to catch photos. She must have known that stubborn paparazzi lingered in New York City hoping for a meeting of Queen Silvia with Princess Madeleine's new boyfriend, Chris O'Neill . Such a proof motive would have provided much material for a new love story ... Now there will be other speculations: Does Silvia's left leg, now embedded in a plastic splint, heal quickly and without consequences? Maybe something will go away, after all, Queen Silvia (66) is no longer the youngest. The incident also evokes memories of an incident that occurred in early April 1990. At that time, Queen Silvia had fallen with a snow scooter and injured her right leg. For weeks, she was disabled because the recovery took longer than anyone expected ...

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