De små prinsarna

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    Johan T Lindwall: ”Är det över nu – blir det inga fler prinsar eller prinsessor?”

    Ines Marie Lilian Silvia, hertiginna av Västerbotten. Jag hade alla namn som min gissning före – förutom tilltalsnamnet Ines.

    Efter reklamen: Här avslöjar kungen nya prinsessans namn och hertigdöme

    Västerbotten såg jag däremot inte komma. Jag hade in i det sista hoppats på Småland. Eller Öland, men har nu i efterhand fått höra att just Öland redan är upptaget tills den dagen prinsessan Estelle får sin förstfödda. Hertig eller hertiginna av Öland.

    Ines är ett fantastiskt namn. Det är en spansk form av det grekiska namnet Agnes och betyder ren eller helig. Äldsta belägget för att någon har haft namnet Ines i Sverige är från

    Ines har aldrig funnits i svenska kungafamiljen. Det är ett släktnamn på Sofias sida.

    Kungens beslut för Ines

    Jag har genom åren varit på otal konseljer på slottet. Det är ju något alldeles speciellt och gammeldags.

    Konseljer har funnits ända sedan talet och ordet kommer franska conseil, råd, och det är statschefen, kungen, som är ordförande vid en konselj.

    Vid en kunglig födsel är just en konselj obligatoriskt och som vanligt satt vår kung Carl XVI Gustaf där

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    karreee's review against another edition

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    I liked this book because it taught me about the issue of orphanages in Nepal. The writing was decent and at times funny. I know the whole "finding love" thing helps readers connect to the story, and in this case it was part of the story, but it turned me off from really liking this novel. A pleasant read overall but I wasn't dying to pick it back up once I put it down.

    fespo's review against another edition

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    Moving story about a privileged kid wanting to travel the world but instead ends up falling in love with seemingly orphaned kids in Nepal and helping them reconnect with their families and encourage bright futures. True story written by the author. Engaging until the very last page.

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    Having lived and worked in Nepal for 3 years, I was very excited to see a book come out about a country and people I love. Unfortunately, I have mixed feelings about this book.

    This is a very important issue, and it's good that Conor's book is bringing attention to it. However, I was surprised that he felt the need to crea

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    De små prinsarna: En mans kamp till att hjälpa Nepals förlorade barn tillbaka hem

    August 7,
    When late-twenty-something Conor Grennan felt skyldig about spending an entire year travelling the world, he decided to dedicate three months of this time to volunteering at a Kathmandu orphanage named “Little Princes.” His experience would be a life altering one for him. The children in this orphanage had arrived mostly because of traffickers. Unscrupulous men promise desperately poor rural parents that their children will be well looked-after, well educated, and will be safe from being taken by Maoist insurgents. They then charge these poor people enormous sums but do not deliver on their promises. Some of the children are sold into slavery, some are used as professional beggars for Fagin-like masters, some are dumped on families no better able to raise and protect them than their own families, and some are dropped off at orphanages. The “orphans” Grennan encountered were often children who still had living families. He made it his uppdrag to try to reconnect the children with their loved ones.

    I was reminded of Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson’s tale of building schools for educati