King Mohammed VI is popular on Facebook

[marine2109]

King Mohammed VI is popular on Facebook | Royalista

[Windsor]

Not a very dignified photo of the Sovereign. He looks rather odd, perhaps its the angle in which the photo was taken?

[Lady Adams]

It's a selfie, Windsor. ;-) Pretty appropriate for Facebook, in my opinion. Charles has done selfies too (though they've been with others!)

[TLLK]

Nice that he took the time to pose with a young girl.

[Blue Clover]

Love that the King was so nice to a young person who recognized him on the streets of Paris.

[Jenee]

No it's not dignified at all. General question, should all photos of royals be dignified or are we in an age where we want our rulers to he "real people"??

[Blue Clover]

Jenee, Excellent question! What do we expect from our "rulers" in the modern world?

[Lady Adams]

I agree-- this is an excellent question! Obviously, we want them more approachable than in previous centuries, but still to have authority. Yet we don't want them to be disconnected-- ie, when Albert of Monaco did the Ice Bucket Challenge, his video showed that he "got it"-- and he challenged high profile people, in addition to getting wet and do acting money. On that front, a selfie is not appropriate for an official photo, but on Facebook or Twitter, it shows a member if a royal family isn't disconnected from their people.

[Blue Clover]

^^^Lady Adams,
:goodpost:

[Jenee]

You touched on an important point - authority. For our rulers/leaders to command authority, they can't have your typical saturday night, beer-in-hand photos flying around the cybersphere. But a quick, unphotoshopped selfie? Probably not a big deal.

[TLLK]

^^^Lady Adams,
:goodpost:

Well stated Lady Adams.

[tiaras]

Almost all the European royals including some Middle Eastern ones have social media accounts (Queen Rania ,Crown prince of Dubai ) etc etc they understand this ... the brf  :shrug:

I am kinda upset Harry and w&k did not take part in the ice bucket challenge  :notamused: