When Mr. Gauck stood first for as candidate for the office of President there where some comments that he should no divorce from his wife and mary Mrs. Schadt but then when he was elected in 2012 it was after the disastrous affair with Christian Wulff so they Parties decided ti nominate a Candidat who was accepted by all. What i find more strange is if one condiders his profession. He was a protestant Pastor. Btw. last year the presidental Couiplre paid a State Visit to Norway and mrs. Schadt was then given the norwegian order of merit. They also paid a State Visit to Nortway but i donÄt remember if and which Order she was given there.
--Previous Message-- : Definitely the purple sash of the Order of : Leopold. : : Prince Laurent did not wear any order. I : don't know if he did not receive any German : order, of if he received one (then probably : the same rank in the German Federal Order of : Merit as his sister Archduchess Astrid) and : chose not to wear it. : : Anyway, his clothing for this State dinner : was very... puzzling. : : : (Picture credit: 1) Robin : Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM, 2) Olivier : Polet/Reporters/ABACA) : : I would not like to sound old-fashioned, but : I find very strange that Mrs Daniela Schadt : is treated with the full protocol treatment : of a First Lady. President Gauck is : separated, but not divorced, from his wife, : Gerhild Gauck (née Radtke), whom he married : in 1959, and mother of their four children. : Daniela Schadt is Mr Gauck's partner since : 2000, but their partnership is just a : domestic arrangement, without legal status. : Isn't there any reluctance, in Germany or : abroad, to see Mrs Schadt being given the : status and precedence of a First Lady? : :