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Crown Princess Carolina hints at cracks in door slammed shut by Embargo
Future Empress urges caution when dealing with Foreign Nations
Kaliburg Free City, Ananto
November 30, 5571


Crown Princess Carolina publicly calls for Peace on Polytechnic Campus

Her Highness, the Crown Princess Carolina Ananto-Hulanevek made news today by appearing to put a little distance between herself and Her Imperial Majesty, Empress Pavlina I Ananto today on foreign policy.  She was interviewed in Kaliburg Polytechnic's The Daily Gallan, where she made statements on Kaliburg's Embargo policy.  Though the Crown Princess has no official policy role while she is still in University, where she will graduate in May with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering, the Crown Princess insists that she has her own mind on things, and has the unique privilege of being able to speak her mind.

"Well, Her Imperial Majesty, my mother, she sometimes takes things a little further than I would if I were in her place," said Crown Princess Carolina, on the Kaliburg Polytechnic campus this week.  "Not to say that I fully understand all the pressures she is under, but maybe if people realized that her heart is in the right place, maybe they could understand at least why she does some of the things she does.  I can say I think I understand a lot of it, but I also would probably go about things a little differently."

On her mother's motivations, the Crown Princess said "Well, you have to understand that my mother feels that the legacy of my father is being forgotten.  She is in office by accident, and she very deeply still misses him.  She feels that when others slight Kalistan, or ignore Kalistan, or deliberately provoke Kalistan, they are dishonoring the memory of my father.  And so for her it is a deeply personal insult not so much against her, but for my father's memory.  Fredrick was a very kind man, and his reign was the zenith of Kalistan's positive relationships with the rest of the world.  And since then, my mother has only sought to preserve his memory.  But she is still very much in deep mourning for his loss.  When he died, she was destroyed.  She wasn't the same.  She used to be happy, but has mourned him since he was murdered.  His loss took away her joy, forever, and nothing, nobody could ever replace him.  People call her the 'Black Empress' and I think she has embraced the title, just because the world looks very dark to her now.  A lot of her actions reflect that very deep sorrow and sense of loss, and she is I think struggling maybe to hold things together.  A strong Kalistan represents maybe keeping my father's memory alive for her, a little bit."

The Princess continued to talk about how much Kalistan has actually lost as a result of the loss of Emperor Fredrick.  "When we look at where we were when my father was killed versus where we are, we can see truly how much the fascists took from the world.  We used to be on friendly terms with Kundrati and Likatonia.  Now, both are estranged:  Likatonia just issued a travel advisory against Kalistan, and that is incredibly sad when you think about the role Likatonia played in my mother and father meeting.  My father's mother had made peace with Luthori, and Luthori respected boundaries in Seleya, and Kalistan's position.  And now that's over and Luthori and Kalistan are hostile.  Kalistan was in a period of growth, and now we are looking at a period of our economy contracting because of an embargo.  It's very sad.  It's not that my mother is a bad Empress:  In fact, she is probably the only person that could be Empress during this difficult period.  It's just that we would be at peace had my father survived and continued ruling with my mother, if the racists and fascists had just left my mother alone, and allowed her to be happy, instead of taking one of the two things she loved more than her own life, away from her after hounding her for many years."

The Crown Princess opined on the effects that the Embargo will have.  "I am not really too sure that the effects will be good for anyone," said Her Grace.  "If I were in her place, I would look for opportunities to speak with countries like Likatonia or Gaduridos rather than shutting them completely out.  I would have made up with Kundrati a long time ago, and I would have done whatever I could have to reach out to Luthori:  I would have gone there myself.  I realize that, as Empress, she has to keep up appearances, and can't seem to condescend to reach out to people she doesn't even recognize, but I am not so constrained.  If they wanted to reach out to Kalistan, I would take the meeting.  Anything to end this conflict in a way that both sides can be happy, without giving up on our vital interests, or demanding too much from the other side.  But, there has not been any interest by the other side in resolving things, and I am just a college student who studied civil Engineering.  What do I know?  All I do know is that a lot of people will be hurt by this embargo, and I think my mother is dead set on keeping it in place.  She can be very set in her ways, as I am sure others certainly are too."

The Crown Princess spoke about her plans following College:  "I have to begin my education in public Administration," said Crown Princess Carolina.  "That means that a lot of my social life will be curtailed, and I won't be as free to speak for myself as I am now.  My mother lets me get away with things I shouldn't m because she wants me to experience life before being saddled with the burdens of state.  But I am also very much my mother's daughter.  Though she adopted me as a baby, I grew up watching her, and remember her happiness and joy during our time with my father.  I know that she still has it in her somewhere, but I don't know if she will ever let it out again.  So I will experience joy on her behalf.  As I finish formal schooling, I have lots of plans for the remainder of this year, and then next fall, when I am beginning to learn how to become the next Empress, I really want to put my energies into beginning work on the Metro.  The Kundratis were very inspiring, and I think that is some project I can oversee which is low risk and will allow me to gain very practical experience in addition to what I earned in National Service."

Asked if she would ever visit Luthori, she said "Obviously I would.  My favorite band is from there and I really admire their people.  I believe they are friendly, and I also think that if they were ever allowed, they would enjoy meeting people from Kalsitan too.  It is impossible now:  I think if I ever went to Luthori now, it would be an international scandal.  My mother would never sanction a visit to Luthori.  But maybe someday we won't be enemies.  That is a nice thought."

Her Highness, The Crown Princess Carolina Ananto-Hulanevek was interviewed in an unofficial capacity by the student run newspaper of Kaliburg Polytechnic, The Daily Gallan by staff reporter Krista Chronenburg, and was reprinted here in The Republic