Westling claims kidney illness 'not hereditary'
Published: 18 May 10 06:56 CET | Print version
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Daniel Westling, the future husband of Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria, has insisted that he is in great shape ahead of the couple's June wedding, arguing that his kidney illness is not hereditary.
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Westling's first public comments about his kidney malfunction aimed to calm fears that the illness could be passed on to the future heir to Sweden's throne.
The 36-year-old former fitness instructor to the princess, said he had been born with the kidney defect but had not realised there was a problem until he needed x-rays after suffering a injury playing football when he was 16.
"It was not something I had suffered from or even noticed," he said.
But doctors had said his condition was deteriorating and about two years ago it was decided that he would need a transplant.
Since the transplant, he said, he felt better than ever.
"My body has been cleansed. I have a new kidney that is cleaning the blood."
Westling is to marry Victoria, 32, the eldest daughter of King Carl XVI Gustaf, on June 19th. After the wedding Westling, who came from humble origins in the small Swedish town of Ockelbo, will be known as Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland.
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It is not anyone's place to fear or complain about the possibility of passing an illness to any children of this couple.
It does not matter whether the couple are public or private figures. It is their decision, their business only.
I don't know about that but that guy has to
a) Learn to tie his tie.
b) Seriously come out of the closet.
Victoria announces that in bred stupidity among European royals is not as hereditary as it may appear. I quote "Over the last century our in breeding has not, as it might appear, led to a regal elite who are unable to complete any form of tertiary education without assistance from the examiners".
God only knows what would happen if they got a baby with a disability - lock it up in some castle dungeon. It matters not one jot, what their baby inherits or not. The fact that they had to mention it is a sad indictment of the world we live in.
If anyone was actually quoted having "fears" that any children would be given the same kidney problem this would be a move into the ugly world of eugenics. Also, would any such people be perfect physical and mental specimens? I think not!
Only the inbred royals would concern themselves with any kind of "birth defect" that might infect thier crown.
In my honest opinion, I think it's all just garbage. Live and let live.